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www.alisonkinnaird.com
Temple Records artist, Alison Kinnaird has had her website overhauled and redesigned and it’s online now. Alison is one of the foremost exponents of Scottish harp music, playing both gut and wire-strung Scottish harps. She was the first player to make a recording of Scottish harp music, and co-wrote (with Keith Sanger) the history of harp in Scotland, as well as producing many other recordings and printed collections of music.
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Back in good oul’ Germany, and recovering from what turned out to be a wonderful greatest tour of the USA, Gudrun and the guys are gearing up for a live recording on their autumn tour of Holland, Belgium and Germany. They have booked the Arsenaal Theater in Vlissingen, ordered in the cameras and will be recording a live DVD on Sunday October 21st.
More details on the website at www.caramusic.de
Michel Ferry (fiddle) and Antoine Leclercq (guitar) are musicians from the Parisian area, both have been playing Irish traditional music in sessions for years with various musicians. They released the album “The Winding Way”, in July 2007. It gathers together tunes composed by Michel over the last twenty years, and most of which were previously unrecorded.
Find out more on the website www.thewindingway.net
Kieran Fahy is a Galway born and Belgian based fiddler, (he was a member of Shantalla for a number of years). He has recently released another album, entitled “Man from the West”. This follows on from his “Traditional Music of Ireland” and “Woman of Tuam”, he also has a duo album with the American guitarist, Duck Baker.
You can sample short clips from the new album on the website at:
www.israel-music.com
Ireland In America:
Mick Moloney, Liz Carroll, Joe Derrane, Donny Golden Dancers
Friday, November 30th at 8pm,
Venue: NYU’s Jack H. Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place at
Washington Square South.
This program of dynamic jigs and reels, introspective airs, traditional and contemporary songs, and virtuoso step dancing features folklorist/singer/multi-instrumentalist, Mick Moloney, an influential figure in Irish music in the US for three decades; fiddle master Liz Carroll, one of traditional music’s most sought after performers; Joe Derrane, an electrifying button accordionist whose music and influence have spanned six decades; and World Champion step dancer, Donny Golden, one of the most innovative and successful artists in the world of Irish dance, with his ensemble.
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The Douglas Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann are settling back into a new year of classes and activities. Comhaltas is an organisation that seeks to promote Irish traditional music, song, dance and the Irish language around the world. One of its specific aims concerns the promotion of the harp, our national instrument.
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Deis is a traditional arts funding scheme which was established under the Arts Council’s Traditional Arts Initiative, 2005-2008. It is a proposal based scheme which is aimed at encouraging and facilitating the traditional arts community to seek funding from the Arts Council for a range of projects. Proposals are for both traditional arts projects, and projects involving the traditional arts in collaboration with other artforms, that are in line with the Arts Council’s policy on the traditional arts.
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In support of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind
Sat 20 Oct@ 8pm
Tickets: €13/ €10 conc
Booking: 01-8852622 or online at
Johnny McEvoy plays Draíocht on Saturday the 20th of October. He has appeared in concert at Draíocht every year since the theatre opened in 2001 and is delighted that this year’s performance is again in support of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind.
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“The group has found an especially eloquent mixture of the old and the new.”
- NEW YORK TIMES
“The band’s potent mixture of traditional ballads and fiery instrumentals leaves their audiences spellbound.” - IRISH AMERICAN NEWS
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A musical gathering of the
masters of the future
www.westcorkmusic.ie
The Young Masters of Tradition Festival returns to Bantry from 12th – 14th October with an exciting line-up of the finest young talent in the world of traditional music.
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