Mozaik’s first studio album available January 15, 2008
www.compassrecords.com

“It isn’t easy to select a favorite from this album of songs and tunes….an experienced and talented lot.” - IRISH MUSIC MAGAZINE

“Spirit-shocking, genre-bending music… sublime in execution…” - THE IRISH TIMES

NASHVILLE, TN (January 15, 2008) - Departing from an Irish pub circa 1962 and passing through Hungary for a chance encounter with a blue-eyed beauty before stopping in the Virginias for an old-fashioned hoedown, Mozaik’s Changing Trains is a musical journey hindered not by genre, place or time signature. Recorded in 2005 in Budapest, Mozaik’s first studio album explores and celebrates the fusion of Irish, European and American folk music. While Changing Trains is a “unique cross-cultural exercise” (Irish Music Magazine), the strength of this album lies within each individual member’s deep respect and understanding of their own musical traditions.
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www.bc.edu/gaelicroots
Gaelic Roots Music, Song, Dance, Workshop and Lecture Series
Series Director: Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist-in-Residence
Spring 2008 Calendar

Fulbright Scholar–Dr. Jim O’Brien Moran: Boston College is delighted to welcome Fulbright recipient Dr. Jim O’Brien Moran for the spring 2008 semester. A highly respected uilleann piper, singer, and tin-whistle player, Dr. O’Brien Moran has been studying and playing Irish music for over two decades. He participates in symposia all over the globe, and been a regular teacher at the Willie Clancy Summer School in Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare.
His doctorate from the University of Limerick focused on the music of the Galway piper Paddy Conneely (c.1800-1850). Dr. O’Brien Moran has lectured at both the University of Limerick and Waterford Institute of Technology. He has recorded solo albums and appears on group albums such as James Kelly’s The Ring Sessions for Claddagh Records. Jim O’Brien Moran will be presenting at three of the events listed below.
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‘Feile an Earraigh 2008’

Féile an Phobail will celebrate their fifth Spring festival ‘Feile an Earraigh’ between the 7 – 10th February 2008 with a striking new venue in the city centre.  For the first time ever Féile have secured a marquee to be placed in Bank Square for you to enjoy this year’s electrifying line-up. The return to a Marquee will accompany the more traditional venues such as the breathtaking Clonard Monastry, An Cultúrlann and Conway Mill among others.
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www.lukabloom.com + http://www.myspace.com/lukabloom

Tour Dates 2008

Since 1978, Irish singer songwriter Luka Bloom has produced a canon of fifteen critically acclaimed albums with songs from his catalogue recorded by numerous artists. Two of his compositions ‘City of Chicago’ and ‘You Couldn’t Have Come at a Better Time’ have become standards performed by Irish, folk, roots and acoustic artists throughout the world.
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www.tg4.ie
Begins Sunday, 27th January 2008 @ 10.00pm on TG4
Bodhrán Beats under the Indian Sun…Sean-nós Steps at a Harlem Tap Jam…Donegal Mazourkas at the mouth of a Norwegian Fjord….
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with Caoimhín O’Raghallaigh, Catherine McEvoy and Micheál O’Raghallaigh, January 16 - 26, 2008
www.musicnetwork.ie

This tour brings together three outstanding traditional Irish musicians: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh (fiddle), Catherine McEvoy (flute) and Micheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina) in a tour that promises to blow away the winter blues. Combining their rich musical repertoires, they can be heard on a Music Network tour of Ireland from 16 - 26 January 2008. Music Network tours provide a wonderful opportunity to see some of the world’s foremost
musicians at affordable prices in venues around Ireland and are presented in association with The Irish Times and RTÉ lyric fm.  Music Network is revenue funded by the Arts Council. Further information from Music Network at (01) 671 9429 or www.musicnetwork.ie
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Two of Celtic music’s more exciting performers, fiddler Ashley MacIsaac and guitarist/singer John Doyle, perform Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Chandler Music Hall in Randolph to benefit a fund for fiddler and cancer patient Jerry Holland.

Holland, based in Cape Breton, has made Vermont his second home recently, teaching and performing. Since the spring he has been undergoing treatment for cancer and the proceeds from this concert will help in that effort.
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www.icmc2008.net

The Sonic Arts Research Centre at Queen’s University, Belfast, in association with the International Computer Music Association and the Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, is proud to be hosting ICMC 2008. The Conference will take place between 24-29 August 2008 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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www.frankiegavin.com
Frankie Gavin, of De Dannan fame, is back centre stage with a new group Hibernian Rhapsody, and a debut nineteen-track album entitled “The Full Score”. The CD recording features some of Ireland’s finest talents including: Carl Hession – Piano, harpsichord; Michelle Lally – Vocals; Derek Hickey – Accordion; Tim Edey – Guitar as well, of course, as Frankie on Flute and fiddle.   Other guest musicians include such notables as Rick Epping on Harmonica.
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March 6th-9th, 2008, Trecco Bay, Porthcawl, South Wales
www.cwlwmceltaidd.com

For the 7th consecutive year, over 500 singers, musicians and dancers from all the Celtic countries will be descending on the South Wales seaside resort of Porthcawl for a great festival of concerts, ceilidhs, sessions and workshops, known as Cwlwm Celtaidd (transl. “Celtic Knot”). The quirky festival venue, Trecco Bay Holiday Park, is only 100yds from the beach and coastal paths on the beautiful South Wales Heritage Coast, with separate venues for dance (800 capacity) and concert(1200), with a central 300 seater bar dedicated to the session musicians and the occasional showcase.
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