April 17th - 19th, 2009
www.feileathadachab.blogspot.com

The third annual Féile Átha Dá Chab will be held in Ballydehob, Co. Cork on
April 17-19, 2009. Visitors to this traditional music weekend can expect
great impromptu pub sessions, a concert, a children’s session, and workshops
in music, song and dance. The line-up of artists for for Féile Átha Dá Chab
2009 is as follows: Mary Bergin (tin whistle), Brendan Begley (button
accordion), Conal O Grada (flute), Seamie O’Dowd (fiddle), Róisín Ní Mhainín
(sean-nós dancing), and Ann Mulqueen (sean-nós and traditional singing).

Further information can be found on http://feileathadachab.blogspot.com

www.rte.ie/rnag

The annual Oireachtas na Samhna festival will take place in Cork from 29 October to 2 November, and RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta will be broadcasting live from Cork to bring listeners the atmosphere on the streets as well as the best in music and song from the festival.
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www.corkfolkfestival.com
Thursday 2nd – Sunday 5th October 2008

The cream of folk musicians, artists, dancers and singers from Ireland, UK, Europe and beyond will descend on Cork this weekend for the Beamish Cork Folk Festival. The Festival runs throughout Cork City from Thursday 2nd – Sunday 5th October 2008.
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www.sawdoctors.com

About You Now is the new single from The Saw Doctors due for release, on CD and iTunes download, on October 10th, 2008. About You Now is a rocked-up version of the Sugababes hit single from their 2007 album, Change. Bonus tracks on the CD single include Bebo, She’s Got It and a video the boys made on the streets of Galway for the re-release of I Useta Lover.
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www.sarahmcquaid.com

Sarah McQuaid lived in Ireland from 1994 until 2007 and now lives in Cornwall. In October she released a striking album that reveals her true American roots. I Won’t Go Home ‘Til Morning, is the long-awaited follow-up to her acclaimed debut album When Two Lovers Meet, and marks a distinct change of focus. Whereas her first album was a feast of Irish music, this is an enchanting celebration of old-time Appalachian folk, with Sarah’s arrangements punctuated by her own fine compositions and a cover of Bobbie Gentry’s classic Ode to Billie Joe. She returned to Trevor Hutchinson’s Marguerite Studios in Dublin, where her debut album had been recorded some ten years previously, to make the new album with Gerry O’Beirne once again in the producer’s seat.
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www.crowvalleymusic.com

Re-released by Crow Valley Music, Niall and Cillian Vallely’s highly acclaimed album Callan Bridge was re-released in September. Originally released in 2002, Callan Bridge was widely lauded as one of the most significant traditional albums of recent times. Niall and Cillian Vallely learned their music the old-fashioned way - from their parents Brian and Eithne, who founded the Armagh Pipers’ Club, a group that for over three decades has fostered the revival of traditional music in Ireland’s north. Brian Vallely plays the uilleann pipes and Eithne the fiddle, but Niall instead took up the concertina, an instrument not usually associated with music from Ulster.
Callan Bridge is available online from www.crowvalleymusic.com

www.kevinburke.com

A 30th Anniversary edition of Kevin Burke’s If the Cap Fits is a newly re-mastered and re-packaged CD with a foreword by Earle Hitchner of The Wall Street Journal and Irish Echo at the website www.kevinburke.com. Kevin Burke released this solo debut in 1978 while he was still a member of the Bothy Band. Thus, when the Bothies split up for good the following year, the shock of the blow was lessened by the knowledge that former members of the band would still make music like this. Compass Records, who acquired the rights from Mulligan records, have re-mastered the CD and have also included some additional notes and photographs.

……….evening gatherings hosted by GAEL LINN

Tuesday 21 October 2008

MACDARA Ó CONAOLA
and friends will entertain with
songs from his recent CD ‘The Love Token’
and stories from his native Inis Oírr in the Aran Islands !

ADMISSION: €15 ( Incl. finger food ! )
Bar open/tea and coffee available
Booking essential ( limited space ! ): 087-2547574/niamh@gael-linn.ie

Coming soon…………………..
Tuesday, 18 November: Old friends Mick O’Brien (uileann pipes/flutes/whistles ), Mark Kelly (Guitar/ backing vocals ) and Niamh de Búrca (Songs ) re-group for an evening of great music and song !

www.cic.ie

Cló Iar-Chonnachta have two new traditional Irish music albums, 1972-2007 Corn Uí Riada Buaiteoirí (CICD 177) and Patsy Ó Ceannabháin - Fear Múinte Mánla (CICD 176). 1972-2007 Corn Uí Riada Buaiteoirí (CICD 177) is a double CD containing songs from winners of Corn Uí Riada, 1972-2007. Patsy Ó Ceannabháin - Fear Múinte Mánla (CICD 176) is a compilation of sean-nós songs from Conamara, with a mixture of slow and fast airs.

Both CD’s are released on the Cló Iar-Chonnachta label. 1972-2007 Corn Uí Riada Buaiteoirí (CICD 177) will be officially launched at Oireachtas 2008 in Cork, and Patsy Ó Ceannabháin - Fear Múinte Mánla (CICD 176) was officially launched on 3rd October 2008.

November 1st, 2008
www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/celticstudies

The University of Toronto’s Celtic Studies program offers a wide variety of undergraduate courses on the languages, literature, history, music, folklore, art and archaeology of the peoples of Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Each autumn the institution’s Celtic Studies Program offers a one-day Annual Conference. This year’s confirmed speakers include author Gearóid Ó hAllmhurain of the University of Missouri, St. Louis.
Watch the website www.utoronto.ca /stmikes/celticstudies for further details.