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More from the Trad for Trócaire gig….”French Mazurka”

Trad for Trocaire gig at the Hibernian hotel Nenagh,15/11/2013

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Come all ye dancers,singers,humdingers,dead ringers (Click to tweet),men in hats,dead cool cats,boys in toys-here to hear raal ‘white noise’;-come ye all to the hibernicus ale and food house and enjoy the melliflous,plaintive,plangent sounds emanating from that same hostelery !There you can sample the delights of amharanists,bodhranists, (more…)

Cloughjordan’s gypsy-jazz festival (Click to tweet) is back for another dose of top quality concerts and sessions.Friday October 11th begins with a concert from Frank Vignola andVinny Raniola.Saturday has a trad/manouche jam session in Graces bar from 12:30 p.m. with contributions from yours truely along with manuche rhythm guitarist Nicolas Deschatrettes and gypsy guitarist Robert Stulka ,along with virtuoso violinist Rudolf Bado from Dublins'”locoswing”.Saturday also has concerts from ‘petite annonces’ and the cloughtoberfest all stars (more…)

On Saturday june 1st. Paul Brady finally had a dream come true when he headlined the second ‘surprise artist’ to play the legendary whisky still in the picturesque village of Dromineer ,Nenagh ,Tipperary.The gig was organised by the committee of the north tipperary centre for young people with autism, a worthy cause which raised thousands of euro through its car raffle tickets on the night . (more…)