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Festival concerts
Festival Concert / Ceolchoirmeacha
Niamh Ní Charra
Festival Concerts/Ceolchoirmeacha
JULIE FOWLIS / PAUL BROCK & ENDA SCAHILL
Niamh Ní Charra
Kerry fiddler, Niamh Ní Charra has been strongly influenced by the wealth of local Sliabh Luachra musicians she grew up around. Somewhat of a child prodigy, she had support gigs for The Chieftains and Noel Hill under her belt before she reached her teens!
A former member of the Riverdance troup, Niamh has delighted audiences with her fiery fiddling, fancy footwork and dazzling smiles across Europe, North America, South America and Asia.
Niamh has now returned to Dublin, Ireland where she works as a solo and freelance musician, regularly gigging across the city. She released her debut album “Ón Dá Thaobh / From Both Sides” in 2007 to much critical acclaim. The album was listed in respected music reviewer Colin Irwin’s Top Ten Folk Albums of 2007 for MOJO Magazine (Niamh was the only Irish artist listed). She has also recently joined the Carlos Nunez band and and now tours with them as a solo artist.
FESTIVAL CLUB
This year’s festival club will be held in the bar of Project Arts Centre, located on East Essex Street in Temple Bar. When the night’s formal events are finished, the club will remain open and will provide a venue for musicians and audiences to relax, get to know each other, and maybe share a tune. So come along to the Festival Club, meet the stage artists on a common ground and have a bit of craic together!
The Festival Club will open from 11.00 until late each night over the festival weekend.
Date/Dáta: Wednesday 23 to Sunday 27 January Venue: Ionad: Project Arts Centre, bar upstairs Time / Am: 11.00pm Adm / Cead Isteach: FREE Date / Dáta: Saturday 26 January Venue / Ionad: Button Factory Time / Am: 8.30pm Adm / Cead Isteach: €22.50 / €20
JULIE FOWLIS
For those of us who don’t speak the (Gaelic) language, Julie’s records are like beautiful messages from another world. As enchanting, beguiling and fascinating as songs by Kate Bush and Bjork - Mark Radcliffe, BBC
Julie Fowlis burst onto the wider music scene in 2006, when she became the first ever Scottish Gaelic singer to win a prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Award. Since winning the Horizon Award for best newcomer, she has won the hearts of audiences around the globe. The songs she was brought up with in the Hebrides can now be heard just as regularly on mainstream radio throughout the world as they can be at home on Gaelic radio - as was shown in her ground breaking nomination for Folk Singer of the Year 2007 at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.
Bringing centuries old songs from the windswept islands of the Hebrides to a modern audience, Julie remains steadfastly true to her roots in North Uist. If you haven’t heard her before, be prepared to be surprised by her music and her breathtaking vocal power. This is true Gaelic music. Come listen.
PAUL BROCK & ENDA SCAHILL
A multiple All-Ireland champion born in Athlone, County Westmeath, Paul Brock pursued a solo career through the ‘60s and ‘70s by mastering the single-row, two-row, three-row, and five-row button accordIons. His collaborations with fiddle player Frankie Gavin during the ‘70s and ‘80s culminated in their 1986 Gael-Linn recording ‘Tribute to Joe Cooley’, regarded by critics and fellow musicians as one of the outstanding traditional albums of the modern era.
Galway-born banjo player Enda Scahill has long established himself as one of the finest exponents of traditional Irish banjo playing and is widely recognised for his banjo teaching abilities. His solo album ‘Pick It Up’ was widely acclaimed. Enda has been described as ‘just about the strongest banjo I’ve have ever heard’ (Art Ketchin, Celtic Beat) and Irish American News in Chicago said ‘[Enda] does things on the banjo which should be impossible’.
Paul and Enda’s 2006 release ‘Humdinger’ was voted ‘Irish Music Album of The Year’ by the Irish Times and ‘Instrumental Album of the Year’ in Irish American News. Paddy Maloney of the Chieftains hailed the album’s ‘incredible virtuosic playing’ and ‘Humdinger’ has been released by Compass Records in Nashville, USA.
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Gala Concert / Ceolchoirmeacha
GALA CONCERT WITH MOZAIK, JACKIE DALY, TOMMY & SIOBHÁN PEOPLES and RÓISÍN ELSAFTY
Date / Dáta: Sunday 27 January Venue / Ionad: The Olympia Theatre Time / Am: 8.00pm Adm / Cead Isteach: €33.60
MOZAIK
First envisaged by venerable vocalist and multi-instrumentalist Andy Irvine (Planxty, Patrick Street), Mozaik is the ultimate global string band: a truly international ensemble, who can not only perform music from a wide array of cultures, but also interweave their myriad influences into an entirely new sound. Mozaik moves effortlessly from Celtic to old-time to Eastern European music, with intricate string arrangements complementing Andy and Bruce’s vocals. The line-up - Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny, Bruce Molsky, Nikola Parov and Rens van der Zalm - boasts musicians as versatile and eclectic as the music created between them, whose traditions and styles are distinct; yet blend beautifully to form a cohesive work of art.
JACKIE DALY
Jackie Daly is one of the most important and influential figures in Irish music in the last thirty years. Born in Kanturk, Co. Cork, he has recorded seminal duet albums with fiddler Seamus Creagh and with fiddler Kevin Burke as well as two solo albums. In 2005, Jackie was the recipient of the TG4 Gradam Ceoil and will be joined on the Olympia stage by Edel Fox who picked up the TG4 Young Musician of the Year Award in 2004.
TOMMY & SIOBHÁN PEOPLES
Master Irish fiddler Tommy Peoples is, quite simply, a living legend. Born in Donegal, his unique style of fiddle playing, his range and choice of material is recognised throughout Ireland. A member of the Bothy Band in the mid ‘70’s, he has also recorded both with other musicians and on solo projects. In 1998, Tommy was the first ever recipient of the TG4 Gradam Ceoil.
Hailing from Co. Clare, Siobhán Peoples is Tommy’s daughter and a brilliant fiddle player in her own right. Her music is a mix of the Clare and Donegal styles and her energetic performances produce a magical sound, encapsulating all that is great about traditional Irish music.
RÓISÍN ELSAFTY
A sean-nós singer from Connemara, Róisín has been singing since an early age, inspired by her mother, Treasa Ní Cheannabháin. She has collaborated widely and her solo album “Má bhíonn tú liom bí liom” is produced by Donal Lunny.
This Gala Concert will be recorded and broadcast by TG4 as part of the station’s celebration of the ten year anniversary of the TG4 Gradam Ceoil.
Ceardlanna
Workshops
COME & TRY WORKSHOPS
Always had a niggling desire to learn a traditional instrument but never got around to it? The Temple Bar Trad Festival has the perfect solution! Why not take part in our special ‘Come & Try’ workshops in tin whistle and bodhrán, especially created for those with absolutely no previous experience! (Workshops suitable for adults/young adults only)
Date/Dáta: Saturday 26 January Venue: Ionad: Filmbase Time / Am: 4pm – tin whistle
5pm – bodhrán (instruments provided)
Duration: 45 mins Adm / Cead Isteach: Free / Saor
(Pre book tickets by emailing trad@tascq.ie or telephone 677 23 97)
IRISH CULTURE WORKSHOPS
For a fun crash course in traditional Irish dance, song and language, come along to the Temple Bar Trad Irish Culture Workshops. Hosted by Gaelchultúr, each workshop lasts two hours and participants will try some sean-nós dancing, seannós singing and pick up a few phrases in Irish along the way!
Date/Dáta: Saturday 26 January Venue: Ionad: Gaelchultúr (Filmbase Building) Time / Am: 11am – 1pm
2pm – 4pm
Adm / Cead Isteach: €15
Date/Dáta: Saturday 26 January Venue: Ionad: Gaelchultúr (Filmbase Building) Time / Am: 2pm – 4pm Adm / Cead Isteach: €15
(Pre book tickets by emailing trad@tascq.ie or telephone 677 23 97)
