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 Martin O'Connor |
In a session that unites four of the finest, most
innovative musicians in Ireland, you can expect nothing short of pure raw
creative and electric genius. Máirtin O'Connor’s remarkable career stretching back to the late 70's has seen him as a member of leading traditional groups
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 Bill Whelan - Riverdance |
Composer Bill has worked extensively in theatre and film. Appointed composer to the W.B.Yeats International Theatre Festival at Ireland's National Abbey Theatre in 1989, he wrote original music for 15 Yeats plays. His adaptation of HMS Pinafore received a Laurence Olivier Award nomination. His work in film includes original scores for Dancing At Lughnasa starring Meryl Streep, Some Mother's Son starring Helen Mirren and Lamb starring Liam Neeson. Music for television includes The Seven Ages, Sean O'Mordha's history of the Irish State. The Seville Suite was his first large scale orchestral work, commissioned for Ireland's National Day at Expo '92 in Seville. The Spirit Of Mayo followed in 1993. His composition Inishlacken has been performed in Europe and the USA. His concerto Carna, the second in a series of three pieces for chamber orchestra, premiered in Carnegie Hall in March of this year and featured soloists Zoë Conway, Morgan Crowley and Colin Dunne. More... |
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 Paul Molone |
Where other comedians perform from forty minutes to an hour, Paul's show is two hours of non-stop laughter. Paul’s show covers every subject under the sun. Politicians, Priests, Marriages, Divorce, Growing up, School, Teenage years, Joy-riders and Hospitals – just to mention a few. His send-ups of famous bands and singers have become legendary around the country. More... |
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 Sharon Shannon |
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 The Dubliners |
The Dubliners formed in
1962. They made
a name for themselves playing regularly in
O'Donoghue's Pub in
Dublin. The
founding members were
Ronnie Drew,
Luke
Kelly,
Ciaran Bourke and
Barney McKenna. Drew spent some time in Spain in his younger years where
he learned to play Flamenco guitar, and he accompanied his songs on a
Spanish guitar. His gravelly voice has been compared to a cement mixer
and the sound of
coke
(coal) being crushed under a door, it is instantly recognizable. Drew
left the band in 1974 to spend more time with his family, to be replaced by
Jim McCann. He returned to the Dubliners five years later, but left the
group again in 1995. Paddy Reilly took his place this time around. Some of
his most significant contributions to the band are the hit single "Seven
Drunken Nights", his rendition of "Finnegan's
Wake", and "McAlpine's
Fusiliers". Luke Kelly was more of a balladeer than Drew, and he played
chords on the five-string banjo. Kelly sang many defining versions of
beautiful songs: traditionals like "The
Black Velvet Band", "Whiskey
in the Jar", "Home Boys Home"; but also
Phil Coulter's "The
Town I Loved So Well",
Ewan
McColl's "Dirty
Old Town" and "Raglan
Road", written by the famous Irish poet
Patrick Kavanagh. Kavanagh met Kelly in a pub, and asked him to sing the
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 Andy Stewart |
Andy Stewart (30 December 1933 - 11 October 1993) was a Scottish singer and entertainer. The use of tartan patriotism and stereotypical Scottish humour goes back to Sir Harry Lauder and music hall songs. In the 1960s this strand was continued by entertainer Andy Stewart. He was born in
Glasgow
in 1933, the son of a teacher. He moved to
Arbroath
as a child and then trained as an actor at the
Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. He had several hit
singles - "Come in-Come in", "Donald
where's yer troosers?", "A
Scottish Soldier" (36 weeks in the chart in
1961), "Campbeltown
Loch", "The Muckin' O' Geordie's Byre", "Tunes of Glory", and "Dr.
Finlay". He is also remembered for being the compere of "The
White Heather Club". This was a
BBC
television programme that existed as an annual
New Year's Eve party (1957 - 1968) and also as a weekly early evening
series (1960 - 1968). "Donald Where's Yer Troosers?" was a hit in 1961 and
again in 1989. Andy does an
Elvis
impersonation half way through the song. On the strength of this comedy hit,
Andy toured
Australia
and appeared on the
Ed Sullivan show in
1968, doing
impersonations of
Dean
Martin. |
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 Dusty Young |
"The World's Favorite Irish Comedian" |
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 Séamus Begley & Stephen Cooney |
This unlikely pairing of an Australian ex-rocker guitarist (Stephen Cooney) and Kerry accordion player (Seamus Begley) is now recognized as one of the top acts in Irish music, playing traditional dance music with a fire that is true to the tradition, and much appreciated by the dancers for whom the music exists. The duo specialize in the songs and dance music of the Cork/Kerry region, mixing the local polkas and slides with the more usual jigs, reels and hornpipes. The music is naturally full of vigor and energy; this pair are true to this essence, but bring their own style and innovations that have made their music wildly popular around the world. |
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 Shaun Connors |
A night in the company of this seasoned performer can range
from side-splitting comedy banter to spell-binding and hilarious after
dinner speaking - and he possesses a superb singing voice as well. |
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 Tim O'Riordan & Natural Gas |
Natural Gas is a four-piece group. They have a gigantic repertoire from slow and plaintive love songs to lively sea shanties to rousing ballads, poetry and recitations and lively dance music played on a wide range of instruments including fiddle, uilleann pipes, guitar, tin whistle, accordion, harmonica, bass and bodhran. Although their roots are firmly based in traditional music, the band has no problem in traversing all musical styles. They’re quite at home performing covers like Neil Young’s ‘Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World’ or L.L. Cool J’s rap anthem ‘I need Love’ easily blending jigs and reels with these songs to put their own stamp on them. Many tales, not all of them repeatable, abound as to where the band derived their name. One sanitized version explains a “gas man” as somebody humourous or good fun to be with. Natural speaks for itself, no tricks or gimmickry here, just honest music from the heart. |
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 Conal Gallen |
Conal Gallen |
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 Christy Moore |
Christy Moore,
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 Francis Black |
FRANCES BLACK's professional singing debut
was in 1986, when she began performing with her three brothers and sister
(Shay, Michael, Martin, Mary, Frances) as The Black Family, performing a mix
of traditional and contemporary/traditional Irish music. With The Black
Family, she did two major tours of Ireland in the late 1980s, and appears on
both recorded albums [see
discography]. |
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