Ionad Cois Locha, Dun Luiche
Tionscnamh Lugh – promotion, Featuring three wondrous voices, Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich, voice Siân James, harp, voice Mary Macmaster, harp, voice This is a trad celebration of the shared musical traditions of the native-language communities in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. The whole gamut of the human condition is here: from achingly beautiful lullabies and heart-rending love songs to humorous tongue-twisters and macaronic mash-ups…
Siân James, born in a small Welsh-speaking village in Powys, has been hailed as the finest singer and harpist of her generation. Singing mostly in Welsh, she is a wonderful storyteller too, weaving tales and legends throughout the music and translating the lyrics as she goes.
Steeped in the traditions of the Corca Dhuibhne Gaeltacht and a founder member of Ireland’s first all-female traditional band, Macalla, Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich is renowned for her individual and heartfelt interpretations of both Irish and English songs from her native West Kerry.
The Celtic connection is completed by Scottish harpist Mary Macmaster, best known for her pioneering work with the metal-strung clarsach, she is also a fine singer of Gaelic and English language songs. Mary has collaborated live and in the studio with Sting, the Northumbrian pipe virtuoso Kathryn Tickell and English folk legend Norma Waterson. Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich
“The sheer power and beauty of her voice…is stunning.”
Folk Roots on Siân James
“Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich’s songs ‘haunt the heart and animate the mind’ “
Brendan Kennelly
“Those who are familiar with Mary Macmaster’s work over the past couple of decades with Sileas and The Poozies, will already be well aware of her credentials as a first rate harpist”
Allan Wilkinson, Northern Sky
Seosaimhín Ní Bheaglaoich, voice
Siân James, harp, voice
Mary Macmaster, harp, voice
Tuesday 22 May, Dun Luiche (Dunlewey), Co. Donegal
Ionad Cois Locha
8:30pm, €10 / €8
086 6050110
Presented by Music Network
Promoted by Tionscnamh Lugh
www.tlugh.com/
Kevin Welch. Nashville/Austin, Award winning singer/songwriter.
4th May Concert 8-30pm
5th May Songwriting workshop 11-00am-2-00pm
Ionad Naomh Padraig Gweedore.
Kevin Welch’s poetic songs paint pictures of real people - people you know, people you’ve seen - so clearly that you realise quickly he’s a keen observer of the human experience. His songs have an almost filmic quality in their vision and beauty.
After growing up in Oklahoma Kevin moved to Nashville in the mid ‘70’s and became a songwriter for artists such as Moe Bandy, Waylon Jennings, Steve Earle Roger Miller, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, The Highwaymen, The Judds, The Kendalls, Patty Loveless, Reba McEntire, Ricky Skaggs, Pam Tillis, Randy Travis, Don Williams, and Trisha Yearwood.
In 2004, Kevin began recording as a band with fellow Dead Reckoners, Kieran Kane and Fats Kaplin. Together their albums wowed critics and topped Americana charts.
Kevin’s recordings are popular around the world, particularly in Europe where his tours are greeted with sold-out houses. His tales of lost friends, broken dreams and even serial killers are brought into sharp relief against the pared-down beauty of the music. Now resident in Austin Texas. He continues to write, and tour regularly.
Kevin will Conduct a Songwriting workshop on Sat 5th from 11-00 AM till 2-00 PM
Enquiries/Tel 0866050110
Kicking off This Year’s Singers Club We’re Lucky to have persuaded Eugene Ginty [Opera, Classic Tenor] to return as a special guest and join with our wonderful local singers from different genres to present a coming together of different singing traditions and styles in the informal and intimate setting of Dannie Minnies Anagaire. Fear an Ti for the evening is Tony Rodgers, who will be joined by various local singers on the night
These singing nights are open to all local singers who as always are encouraged to come along and participate as well as listen, and compare styles and songs.
Evening starts at 9.00pm and is free.
Dermot Byrne+ Special Guests.
Button Accordion Maestro Dermot Byrne In Concert with 1 or 2 special guests.
Over the past 2/3 tears Dermot Byrne has performed in Ionad Cois Locha for what is becoming a regular end of year closing gig for Tionscnamh Lugh.
His last few concerts have included the amazing talents of Steve Cooney, Mairtin O Connor, Dessie Donnelly, Alec Finn, Brid Harper. So no doubt there will be another great line up from him for our end of year concert
Brian [Danny Minnie] O Domhnaill, Sean Nós, & Eugene Ginty, Opera /Classical .
Lillis O Leary Sean Nós, & Miranda Rosenberg, Blues/Soul
The Alan Kelly Gang +special guest Eddi Reader.
Tá Alan go minic luaite mar dhuine de na ceoltóirí traidisiúnta is fearr ar an phianóchairdín. Tá triúr sárcheoltóirí eile le bheith ar stáitse leis, triúr a mbeidh eolas leitheadach orthu sna blianta atá le theacht.
Tóla Custy ar an fhidil, a bhí mar fhidléir i gcoirmeacha ceoil le bannaí macasamhail Lúnasa, Grada agus Guidewires.
Tony Byrne - Guitar
Steph Geremia – ar an fhliúit /an fheadóg / ag ceol. Cé go bhfuil sí ag cur fúithi le tamalt fada in Éirinn, is as Nua Eabhrach ó dhúchas í. Thaisteal sé ar fud na cruinne le leithéidí The Chieftains, Gaelforce Dance, and Líadan.
Beidh an ceoltóir a bhfuil clú idirnáisiúnta as Albain, Eddi Reader, ina haoi speisialta ar an oíche.
Fronted by Ireland’s piano accordion maestro, described by New York’s Irish Voice as ‘in league with the best piano accordionists in the world’, and with three of Ireland’s finest musicians {Tola Custy (fiddle), Steph Geremia (flute & vocals) and Tony Byrne (guitar)} all critically acclaimed masters of their own craft, The Alan Kelly Gang (formerly quartet) has been creating quite a stir on the traditional & folk circuit taking their audiences by storm and impressing both music lover and critic alike. Performing beautifully arranged songs and instrumental pieces from throughout the Celtic regions including Ireland, Brittany, Asturias and Louisiana as well as original compositions that stem from a deep traditional sensitivity, skillfully executed and soulfully delivered, their sound is fresh and unique with their strong dynamics, driving rhythms and buoyant harmonies. Their music will draw even the most fainthearted listener into the passion that they put into the music they play – magical, joyous and uplifting! “The arrangements are world class, as are the musicians, and Ireland is always somewhere in the mix.” Irish Music Magazine
The past two years have been extremely busy for the band with top festival appearances worldwide including a recent performance at WOMADelaide, but one particular highlight was when legendery Irish rockband, Horslips personally invited the band to open for them at Dublin’s O2.
The Alan Kelly Gang will be joined by internationally acclaimed, Scottish songstress, Eddi Reader, (formerly of Fairground Attraction) and Trashcan Sinatra’s guitarist and songwriter, John Douglas for this very special Irish/Scottish 2011 collaboration tour of Ireland. The tour will mark the release of The Alan Kelly Gang’s first official band album, ‘Small Towns & Famous Nights’ (due out Sept 1st 2011), which features a beautiful evocative song from Eddi Reader called Connemara.
Since 2005 Alan has toured the world as part of the Eddi Reader Band and recorded on her last four albums. His friendship with Eddi first resulted in a beautiful collaboration on a song penned by John Douglas. The collaborative work ‘I Hung My Harp Upon The Willows’ appears on Alan’s 2009 album, After The Morning which was named as one of the ‘top ten musical highs of 2009’ by the Irish Times who described it as a “humdinger of a collection”.
In 2010 Alan and Eddi joined forces for three Irish festivals, The Cork Folk Festival, Sligo Live and The Galway Arts festival. Each was a huge success, receiving glowing reviews. Scotland’s The Living Tradition magazine described the collaboration as an ‘astonishing concert’.
Eddi Reader
Eddi Reader grew up in Glasgow and Irvine, Scotland and it was in those towns that she learned to use music as a vehicle for communicating with others. She has been described as a singer with meltingly true vocals and a towering romanticism. It was her time with Fairground Attraction that really brought her into the limelight as the group’s single, ‘Perfect’ and parent album, First of a Million Kisses, both topped the British charts. She also famously harmonized with Annie Lennox touring with the Eurythmics, and had a successful stint with punk outfit, Gang of Four. She has since released seven acclaimed solo albums including the classic ‘Songs Of Robert Burns’ that was released to international acclaim in 2003. Awarded the MBE in 2006 for services to singing, she took her Burns songs on tour all over the world. Her seventh solo album was released early 2009 and continues to set Eddi Reader apart through her ability not only to move the listener but to connect her experience to that of her audience.
Donal Lunny, Mairtín Ó Connor, Roisin Elsafty.
Le dhá scór bliain anuas níl mórán in Éirinn atá inchurtha le Dónal Lunny ó thaobh ceoil traidisiúnta de. Chuidigh sé le cruth agus déanamh úr a chuir ar cheol thraidisiúnta na hÉireann. Tá á lorg le haithne ar bhannaí ceoil éagsúla macasamhail
Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin agus Mozaic.
Tá lámh mhaith ealaíonta ag Mairtín O Connor ar an bhosca. Tá stíl lasrach ina cheoil agus tá a shaothar ina lúb cheiliúrtha ar chuile ghné de cheol traidisiúnta na hÉireann. Tá smior an cheoil ann, tréith a fhágann iarraidh mhór ar a chuid ceoil bosca mar gurb é duine de na ceoltóirí bosca is fearr sa tír.
Is ceoltóir Sean-Nóis Gaeilge í Róisín Elsafty agus stíl Chonamara in úsáid aici. Tá Mairtín agus Dónal ina cuideachta ar á halbam úr agus tá clú ar an saothar seo mar cheann de na halbaim is fearr sean-nóis/traidisiúnta ar ma mallaibh.
Dónal is one of the most influential figures in Irish music over the last 4 decades. Dónal Lunny helped shape the form and the direction Irish music. His influence in the various bands he formed / played with speaks for itself, Planxty, The Bothy Band, Moving Hearts, Coolfin and Mozaic.
Mairtín O’Connor’s technical brilliance, and flamboyant style and a versatility seems to encompass every form of traditional music of countless countries and marks him out as a squeeze box player in the very top echelon, one of the very best.
Róisín Elsafty is a sean-nós singer of Irish traditional songs in the Conamara style and have been joined by the above musicians on her latest album which is amongst the best sean-nós/traditional recordings in recent times.
Tríona Ni Dhomhnaill
Tá clú agus cáil ar Thríona Ní Dhomhnaill, mar bhall den ghrúpa iomráiteach Skara Brae agus ina chuideachta seo cheol sí leis The Bothy Band, agus ina dhiaidh sin sna Stáit Aontaithe, bhí mar bhall de Touchstone, Relativity agus Nightnoise. Bhí Tríona, a deirfiúr Mairéad agus a dearthár Micheál, nach maireann, ar thús cadhnaíochta sa tír seo lena gcuid ceoil traidisiúnta le dhá scór bliain anuas.
Tá albam úr ceoil uirlise ag Tríona The Keys Within le saothar úr ceoil curtha le chéile aici. Albam a ligean a haithne a fhad linn trína cuid ceoil. Turas ealaíonta ceoil spreagtha ag an tsaol, a cairde agus a cuid daoine muinteartha a chuidigh léi an t-aistear seo a thaisteal agus drithleog an cheoil a choinneáil beo beitheach inti.
Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill is one of the founding members of seminal Irish groups “Skara Brae” and The Bothy Band, and later while in the USA, Touchstone, Relativity and Nightnoise. Along with sister Maireád and their late brother Micheal, she has been at the forefront of Traditional Irish Music for the past 4 decades.
With a new instrumental album “The Keys Within” featuring original compositions by Tríona that are inspired by her life in music and the friends and relations who have sustained and inspired her along that journey.
Laoise Kelly[Harp], Tiarnan Dinkin [Uilleann Pipes]
Tá an t-iomrá le Laoise Kelly gurb í an cláirseoir is fearr dá glúin. Ní cheileann a cuid ceoil an greann atá inti féin agus ait folacháin ina saothar den bhrí agus den oibriú bheoga ina cuid ceoil. Is í ceann de na ceoltóirí is iomráití in Éirinn agus mhúscail sí spiorad agus suim úr nua inár gléas ceoil náisiúnta.
Is é Tiernan Dinkin ceann de na píobairí uillinn is clúití in Éirinn agus sheinn sé le cuid mhór de phríomhcheoltóirí na glúine seo. Le deich mbliana anuas tá Tiernan agus Laoise ag cur dlaoi úr draíochta aigeanta ar a gcuid ceoil.
Laoise Kelly is regarded as the most significant harper of her generation.
Her playing is shot through with a humour and an infectious energy. She is regarded as one of Ireland’s most significant musicians and she has given a new lease of life to a national instrument.
Tiernan Dinkin. Is One of Irelands finest Uilleann Pipers having played and recorded with many of the leading artists of his generation. Over the past year Tiernan and Laoise have been breaking new ground in this wonderful collaboration.”
Donal Lunny, Bouzouki, Paddy Glackin. Fiddle
Beirt a bhí ar thús cadhnaíochta lena gcuid ceoil traidisiúnta agus a fuair máistreacht iomlán ar a gceird ealaíonta. Beirt atá doirte do Thír Chonaill. Is fianaise chinnte an bhuaidh cheoil atá iontu nuair a mheabhraítear dúinn go raibh siad ina mbaill bhunaidh ar an Bothy Band.
Two of the giants and pioneers of Irish Traditional music team up for a fantastic night of virtuoso playing back in their historical home in the Donegal Gaeltacht. Both are founder members of The Bothy Band their musical pedigree is second to none.