Loads of lovely sessions ahead… getting me out of the house and on a break from distilling my research on Trad Music in Galway in the 1960s and 1970s into Chapter 4 of my PhD thesis. phew! Hope to see you along the way i gConnemara this weekend!
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Great tunes
Spoiled for great tunes these last few days, Monroes yesterday evening was brilliant craic and mighty music. Was delighted to join Kevin Hough and Ger Clancy and a host of wonderful musicians, Francis on the pipes, Gerry Hanley, Máirín Fahy, Mike Chang, Pádraig Mac Donnchadha, Bliss. Thanks to Gary Monroe for looking after the musicians so well and also playing some groovy bodhran in the session! Here a little clip from the tail end of the session….
Tunes in Cois Cuain
Had a lovely gig with James Donoghue yesterday. A mini concert in the snug of An Cruiscin in Spiddal :- Session in Cois Cuain, (formerly An Droighnean) this evening from 6 with some very special guests. Looking forward. We had a fab session last Sunday, with the one and only Grant Dermody visiting and Charlie Lennon playing some of his wonderful fiddle music. Magic!
RIP Mick Moloney
Very sorry to hear of Mick Moloney’s passing. What a legacy. Had the pleasure to meet him a couple of times. RIP Mick!
Talk and Gigs
Happy to report that my talk went well at the ITCM World Conference 2022 in Lisbon. Alas, I was already back in Ireland and presented remotely from Galway, alongside Adrian Scahill, Pamela Cotter, Susan Motherway and Daithi Kearney. All had very interesting and thoughful presentations and John O’Flynn of DCU was Chair of the session; wonderful! Thanks to all. ICTM is taking place in Ghana next year. How cool! … Some sessions this weekend, all out Connemara way, in beautiful Spiddal and Furbo. Have a look at the gig calendar…
Lovely days in Lisbon at ICTM Worldconference
Lovely and stimulating days in Lisbon at the ICTM World conference and a few tunes and beautiful sight-seeing to boost!
Another lovely radio program and session tonight
Delighted about continues airplay in New Zealand on Folk on Sunday. You can listen here ….
Another program from Mitch and Robyn Park and delighted to be part of the lovely playlist…you can find them here…
Kidnappers Ceilidh STREAMING live Sundays at 0004 NZ time
Folk on Sunday STREAMING live Sundays at 1504 NZ time
Wonderful concert
It was a wonderful, sold-out concert at the Schwind-Pavillon in Rüdigsdorf, nr. Gnandstein, Saxony in Germany. A stunning venue, first-class acoustics and truly special to play! Thanks to Bernd Lüdtke for joining me for the concert and to Corinne Schulze for the organisation as well as musical contributions! 
Anna Falkenau, Bernd Lüdtke and special guest Corinne Schulze
A fabulous audience and the honour of standing ovations at the end of the concert. Some vids to follow soon, but for now some foto impressions.
Germany Concert Sold Out
Great news: this Saturday’s concert at the beautiful Schwind-Pavillon is sold out!
Monroe’s tomorrow w Kevin Hough and Ger Clancy // Thanks Áine Hensey
Delighted to join one of my fav guitar players, Kevin Hough and the wonderful Clare fiddle player Ger Clancy tomorrow for the unbeatable two fiddle sound:- Monroe’s 4.30pm-6pm. And a big thanks to Áine Hensey for recent airplay of music from Féileacán na Saoirse and from I Can Hear You Calling on her great afternoon program on Raidio na Gaeltachta …
https://www.rte.ie/radio/rnag/binneas-beil/programmes/2022/0615/1305081-binneas-beil-de-ceadaoin-15-meitheamh-2022/?fbclid=IwAR263D1_gY9C3IHQks4AXwewRKRw-7P8ECgzTp529rk5086zRhvp621p45A