TradFest Temple Bar Program 2009 by Temple Bar

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Temple Bar TradFest

Welcome to 2009’s Temple Bar TradFest, the biggest and best Irish music and culture festival in Dublin. From pipe bands to sean-nós, soft lullabies to rip-roaring Celtic beats, even African rhythms to fusion and jazz, once again Temple Bar TradFest offers a world of music within the very walkable confines of Dublin’s cultural quarter. With an eclectic line-up more far ranging and diverse than any in TradFest’s four year history, music lovers can choose between iconic acts like Paddy, Seamus and Kevin Glackin, the towering quartet of Maighread Ní Dhomhnail, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Moya Brennan or the sensational US based act Solas. And that’s just the headline concerts.

This year, there are parades, pipebands, film screenings, photographic exhibitions and family attractions. Our aim is to provide an all inclusive event, while the festival’s backbone – the pub trail – will feature over 15 venues all providing free entertainment. Playing over five days and nights from 28th January to 1st February TradFest continues to build on its mission of bringing traditional music to an urban setting. If you require any further information on acts, ticketing, accommodation, or to sign up for e-letters or downloads, please visit our website: www.templebartrad.com Let the festival begin!

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Patron’s Message Opening Concert Festival Concerts Festival Events – Outdoor Events, Workshops, Exhibitions, Screenings 29 TradFest Pub Trails & Restaurant Guide

35 TradTalk 39 How to Book Tickets 41 Festival Events – Your Quick Guide 45 TradFest Pub Trail – Your Quick Guide 52 Festival Map

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Stephen Rea It seems hard to believe given the enhanced scale of this year’s Temple Bar TradFest that this musical celebration is only entering its fourth year.

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In 2006 Dublin enjoyed its first traditional music festival in nearly twenty years and the result was a humble toe in the water to see if the growing interest in traditional music in the Temple Bar area could support an event running over several days and harnessing big venues like The Olympia and the Bank of Ireland Arts Centre. The answer was a resounding yes and now, in its fourth year, the festival has both got larger and smaller. Larger in the sense that the number of musicians performing in it can be numbered literally in the hundreds but smaller in the sense that the showcase concerts have moved to more intimate, contemporary venues like The Project Arts Centre and The Button Factory.

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Thank yous

General Manager: Martin Harte

A huge thank you to all our volunteers, sponsors, partners and to Stephen Rea our festival patron. To the TASCQ board for their endless drive and encouragement, and all our TASCQ members. And to all the artists performing in TradFest 2009.

Festival Programmer: Roise Goan Operations Manager: Claudine Murray Events & Marketing Executive: Fiona Ní Chomáin Graphic Design: designworks Pub Trail Programmer: Stephen Leech Production: Benny Lynch Public Relations: Gerry Lundberg Public Relations Festival Interns: Claire de Wilt & Janneke Sprangers Programme Writer: Peter Howick Health & Safety Consultant: Dennis Herlihy

Special thanks to: Aine McGuinness, Anna Wood, Avril Ryan, Bernie Lillis, Dermot McLoughlin, Eileen Brady, Gerry Cash, Jennifer Killelea, Jo Holmwood, Kevin O’Sullivan, Martin Keane, Mary Weir, Niamh Heery, Niamh O’Donnell, Paul Fitzpatrick, Mary Whelan, John Kelleher, Padraig Chambers, Martin Gaffney, Patrick Mullins, Nicholas Carolan, Philip King, Lisa Fitzsimons, Imke Van Gaal, Daithi Doolan, Tom Scott, Avril Ryan, Ken McEnroe, Andy Brennan, Shane O’Connor, Rory Sheridan, Willie Murrough.

And this is a festival that looks forward as well as back. The expression ‘traditional music’ has a changing meaning in this context and the ‘new frontier’ of trad has been warmly embraced with some performers not only relishing their roots but infusing the music with such diverse forms as jazz, new world and even fusion sounds. What I am particularly pleased to see is the increasing emphasis on street performances. The children’s parade, the pipe bands, the outdoor céilí, all bring the music to the people. Culture should be public and sometimes buildings and doors can intimidate the few who would then miss out on so much.

Much has been made of the uniformity of modern life across the Western world. Perhaps a healthy backlash is settling in as more and more young people across Ireland take a closer interest in their heritage and Irish song and dance. That interest reflects a growing cultural confidence, a stronger spirit and a greater sense of adventure. Finally, this line-up reminds me yet again of the length and breadth of the Irish diaspora over the decades. So many musicians this year have roots in the US, in Britain, in Canada. Many have lived abroad before coming home or have travelled in the opposite direction. The result is an incredible melting pot of styles and methods, which will infuriate the few as it delights the many. I am proud to be associated yet again with Temple Bar TradFest. A small but exuberant part of the city will now be ablaze with some of the finest music this country – and others – can offer. Bain taitneamh as an gceol! Stephen Rea

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Opening Concert

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Opening Concert

Paddy, Seamus & Kevin Glackin Opening an outstanding Temple Bar TradFest line-up is an outstanding act: Paddy, Seamus and Kevin Glackin. Their appearance is a major coup for the festival, simply because they have not performed on stage together for some time. Regarded by experts and fans alike as among the most talented fiddle players in the country, the three brothers Paddy, Seamus and Kevin may hail from Clontarf in Dublin but their style is very much part of a Donegal tradition passed down by their late father Tom Glackin. Tom was regarded as a highly talented fiddle player and his sense of energy and tradition was picked up by his sons whose attitude to music was once aptly summed up by Paddy Glackin who said:

“Traditional fiddlers and other musicians should not just be regarded as musical historians, it’s not just the notes and words of a song which are hugely important – giving people a context is also very important, knowing where a tune is actually from, as well as the story behind it, can define its tempo, the embellishments you might add and the rhythm you might play it in”. Since an early age Paddy has been surrounded by music. Picking up the fiddle as a six year old he went on to study at the Royal College of Music in Dublin before winning a number of All-Ireland senior fiddle titles before he was out of his teens. Paddy was the original fiddle player in the Bothy Band, regarded by some as the most influential and innovative Irish music group over the last thirty years and whose enormous legacy can be felt throughout this year’s festival. Now the scene is set for a remarkable reunion and a concert that will surely be fully booked out by those who don’t just want to experience a great occasion but also to see those who have played such a huge role in this country’s musical heritage.

Date: Wednesday 28 January Venue: Project Arts Centre Time: 8:30pm Admission: a14.99/a16.99

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Paddy Keenan & Tommy O’Sullivan, Solas, Seán McKeon, Liam O’Connor, Aidan O’Donnell & Ciarán Ó Maonaigh, Michael McGoldrick/Genticorum, Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Mairéad Ní Dhomhnaill & Moya Brennan

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Paddy Keenan & Tommy O’Sullivan

SOLAS

In the annals of Irish music few names are as revered as that of the uilleann piper Paddy Keenan, founding member of the legendary Bothy Band who forever changed the face of Irish traditional music. Now for the past few years Paddy has formed an intriguing musical partnership with Tommy O’Sullivan who has a long and distinguished history as guitarist and vocalist.

In the last few years Paddy has teamed up with Tommy O’Sullivan the tenor vocalist often described as the voice of Sliabh Notes and whose style is as versatile as it is unique. On guitar his technique has been labelled “percussive flat-picking” and whose huge range spans songs from Killing The Blues to The Maids of Culmore. He prefers to describe himself as a singer who plays as opposed to a player who sings.

The Bothy Band need no introduction, except to recall the memory of attending their concerts. One reviewer compared the experience of hearing the band to “a jet when it suddenly whipped into full throttle along the runway”. Paddy was once described by his contemporary Donal Lunny as “the Jimi Hendrix of the pipes” and has even been compared to jazz genius John Coltrane with his skill at improvisation and countermelody. Paddy’s open-fingered style can be traced directly from the style of such great travelling players as Johnny Doran, though this was passed on not so much from recordings of Doran but from the playing and guidance of his father.

Tommy O’Sullivan was born in London in 1961. At the age of 11 he and his family returned to their native Kerry. His already keen interest in music was fuelled by the great sessions he heard in Cahir’s Bar, Carofin where one of the regular players was future partner in chime Paddy Keenan. O’Sullivan’s exotic musical heritage included establishing Sliabh Notes before forming a regular partnership with Paddy Keenan in 1997.

Paddy Keenan was born in Trim Co. Meath and took up the pipes at the age of 10 playing his first major concert at the Gaiety Theatre at the age of 14. Having run off to England and Europe to explore a new interest in jazz and blues, he returned home to join the influential group Seachtar which featured longtime associate Donal Lunny. The next step was the formation of the Bothy Band and thus history was made.

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Together they promise a night of much passion and precision.

Date: Thursday 29 January Venue: Project Arts Centre Time: 8:30pm Admission: a14.99/a16.99

American trad group Solas don’t have to blow their own tin whistle as an ecstatic media are quite happy to do it for them. Easily the most exciting Celtic band to ever come out of the United States since it’s birth in 1996, the Boston Herald hailed the lineup as “the first truly great Irish band of America” while The Philadelphia Inquirer said “they make mind blowing Irish music, maybe the world’s best”. Perhaps the most significant and accurate tribute to the band’s talents came from Seth Rogavoy of the Berkshire Eagle who wrote that Solas “is to Irish music what some of Miles Davis’ groups were to jazz in the 1960s and 70s. The secret to the Solas magic is that they explore traditional music by using innovative instruments and vocal combinations. The result is a unique hybrid, a wonderful synthesis of old and new. Trad, country, folk, blues, jazz inspired improvisations and even global rhythms, Solas has done it all. It was not so far fetched when the much sought after rap producer Timberland sampled their music on his hit All Yall. The Solas sound today is anchored by its two founder members Seamus Egan and Winifred Horan, two of the most respected and imitated musicians anywhere in acoustic music. Egan, who plays a remarkable variety of instruments including flute, tenor banjo, whistle, guitar and bodhrán was born in the United States but moved to Ireland at the age of three.

By the age of 16 he was All-Ireland champion on a variety of instruments and recorded his solo debut album Traditional Music of Ireland for Shanachie Records, meeting up with New York born fiddler Horan for his third album When Juniper Sleeps. The arrival of Karen Casey and John Williams meant a band could be formed and Solas played their first gig in Georgetown University, Washington DC. Now, several lineup changes later, the band comprises Seamus Egan, Winifred Horan, Mick McAuley on accordions, low whistle, concertina and vocals, Eamon McElhom on guitars, keyboards and vocals and Mairéad Phelan on vocals. One of their latest CDs is a live album called Reunion which celebrates the band’s tenth anniversary. Twelve years on and Solas are brighter than ever.

Date: Thursday 29 January Venue: Button Factory Time: 9pm Admission: a22.50/a25.00

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SEÁN McKEON & LIAM O’CONNOR, AIDAN O’DONNELL & CIARÁN Ó MAONAIGH If you want a fascinating mixture of youth and talent then you will find it in this quartet whose musical pedigree belies their various ages. Liam O’Connor shot to prominence in 2002 when he was awarded the prestigious TG4 Young Traditional Musician of the Year. Picking up a musical interest from his father Mick, a renowned music historian and flute player, Liam completed all eight grades of classical violin with distinction in the College of Music, Chatham Row, Dublin and has won 5 All Ireland fiddle and slow air championships. He won the Oireachtas fiddle competition at junior and senior levels. Alongside his dazzling fiddle playing he is an accomplished concertina player and has toured extensively in his home country, the USA, France and Italy. Seán McKeon grew up listening to music at home in Dublin with his parents Gay McKeon (uilleann pipes) and Mary Corcoran (fiddle and piano) being his earliest influences. He began an interest in the tin whistle when he was six and within two years progressed to the uilleann pipes and was able to study the styles of musicians from another generation – Seamus Ennis and James Morrison are just two names – through recordings. His biography is very akin to Liam O’Connor in that he won the senior Oireachtas solo competition

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MICHAEL McGOLDRICK & GENTICORUM and in 2005 was made the TG4 Young Traditional Musician of the Year. He now tours Europe teaching and performing and this month sees the release of the long awaited first album from Seán and Liam entitled Dublin Made Me.

Surely one of the most fascinating and original combinations at this year’s TradFest comes with the meeting of minds and music between Manchester’s fluting maestro Michael McGoldrick and the power trio from Montreal, Genticorum.

Ciarán Ó’Maonaigh and Aidan O’Donnell are two young fiddle players who hail from opposite ends of that most musical of counties, Donegal. Ciarán was heavily influenced by his extended family which includes Altan members Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and Frankie Kennedy. He released his first album Ceol a’Ghleanna /The Music of the Glen in 2004 and was honoured with the TG4 Young Traditional Musician of the Year award a year earlier. Aidan O’Donnell began his music making at 12 and his influences include the older generations of Donegal fiddle players such as The Doherty’s, The O’Beirn’s and The Cassidy’s. In 2007 he won the prestigious Oireachtas na Gaeilge fiddle title and both he and Ciarán released their album Fidil during the summer.

Whistle player Michael McGoldrick has had an extraordinary career to date and been associated with a number of diverse artists and styles culminating in his acknowledged masterpiece Fused. This was a superb title for a recording that masterfully combined traditional music with folk and jazz, not to mention dance influences such as trance; it was an album that caught the imagination of musicians and music lovers all over the world. Michael will be joined on stage by John Joe Kelly, Ed Boyd and Dezi Donnelly.

The combination of all these precocious award winning musicians promises much today and even more tomorrow.

Michael was born in Manchester in 1971 and by 17 had won numerous All-Ireland Championships after swapping bodhrán for flute and whistles. He made a name for himself while still at school as a founder member of Toss the Feathers, the most influential Celtic rock band in Manchester and went on to win the acclaimed BBC Radio Two Young Tradition award in 1995.

This led to a recording career and a new band called Flook! which saw him team with two other flautists. He then went his own way teaming up with such diverse artists as Jim Kerr from Simple Minds and Jim Cale, famous for his work with The Velvet Underground and much else. In 2000 came Fused which seemed to have mixed up all of Manchester’s musical influences into one album. It will be hugely interesting to see how he meshes with Genticorum who come to Dublin with easily the most eclectic instrumental lineup of the festival. Yann Falquet plays guitar and Jews harp. Alexandre de Grosbois-Garand plays wooden flute, electric bass and fiddle while Pascal Gemme is on fiddle and feet! One of the most sought after proponents of Quebecois musical culture, the band have toured in over fifteen countries with their “full and glorious noise” combining precise and intricate fiddle and flute work with gorgeous vocal harmonies underpinned by thunderous foot percussion. Their latest album La Bibournoise is a rousing experience and listening to it, it is hard to believe there were only three musicians on board.

Date: Friday 30 January

Venue: Project Arts Centre

Venue: Button Factory

Time: 8pm

Time: 8.30pm

Admission: a14.99/a16.99

Admission: a24.99/a27.50

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T with the Maggies

(Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, MairÉad Ní mhaonaigh & Moya Brennan) On the festival’s penultimate night comes the chance to hear some of the finest female talents that Irish traditional music has ever produced. Nobody fits that description better than Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill whose singing and keyboard playing have been an integral part of Skara Brae, Touchstone, Nightnoise, Relativity and, most famously, the Bothy Band. Along with uilleann pipes player Paddy Keenan, flute and whistle player Matt Molloy, fiddle player Paddy Glackin, Tríona and her brother Mícheál Ó Domhnaill became charter members of that most memorable of Irish traditional bands. When the group parted company in 1979 Tríona crossed the Atlantic to join a new band of North American musicians, Touchstone, that recorded two albums. She then relocated to Portland and went on to feature in two new groups Relativity and Nightnoise. Maighread Ní Dhomnaill’s 1999 debut solo album No Dowry reminded everyone of the power of her voice. The album caused a stir partly because she had maintained a low profile since the demise of Skara Brae in the early 70s, a band that included her brother Mícheál Ó Domhnaill, sister Tríona and multi-instrumentalist Daithi Sproule. Another native of Co. Donegal Ní Dhomhnaill was raised in Kells, Co. Meath where her father was a teacher and a folk song collector.

Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh was born in the musically rich area of Gaoth Dobhair and from the age of eight was taught the fiddle by her father. Apart from her father another inspiration was Paddy Glackin who dazzled her with his skills at a concert she saw when she was 14. Other strong influences included John Doherty and Tommy Peoples, and when in college Mairéad played with Frankie Kennedy who went on to become her husband. Mairéad and Frankie recorded one album together before forming Altan, one of Ireland’s traditional super-groups and a regular at big festivals and concert halls around the globe. Mairéad has also enjoyed stints presenting programmes on radio and TV.

In a Lifetime – a duet with U2’s Bono – pushed the group’s profile even higher and Bono has recently described Moya’s voice as “one of the greatest the human ear has ever experienced”. In her career, as a solo artist and with Clannad, Moya has recorded 25 albums, achieving sales of over 15 million. Moya herself has released eight solo albums – her first, Máire, was released in 1992 and has since earned a Grammy award and four other nominations for her solo and Clannad albums.

Moya Brennan, folk singer, song writer and harpist is the eldest of nine children who grew up in Gweedore, Co. Donegal. On leaving school she studied harp, piano and singing at the Royal Irish Academy Of Music. Having started off by playing in the family pub, Leo’s Tavern, Clannad was formed with her two brothers and uncles. The group went on to introduce the irish language to an international audience and achieved enduring worldwide success with the Theme from Harry’s Game.

Date: Saturday 31 January Venue: Button Factory Time: 9pm Admission: a27.50/a30.50

Outdoor Events Workshops Exhibitions Film Screenings

TradFest Events

Pipers On The Street, Temple Bar TradFest Parade, Outdoor Céilí, Craft Market, Irish Culture Workshops, Photography Exhibition, Film Screenings

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Outdoor Events

OUTDOOR Céilí Join the acclaimed Tulla Céilí band and Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann for fun and frolics, jigs and reels in Meeting House Square. As the festival nears its end, a party is surely called for and that and more is what the famous Tulla Céilí Band will deliver in Meeting House Square.

PIPERS ON THE STREET With anything ranging from 6-25 pipers, 3-10 side drummers, 1-4 tenor drummers and 1 bass drummer – a pipe band is a recipe for excitement and stirred spirits – whatever its size.

Given their strong foothold in military history perhaps that’s not surprising. Bands were once used to inspire men to rally round the flag and excel in battle. One of the big highlights of TradFest has always been the sights and sounds of pipe bands in the streets of Temple Bar. This year every evening will feature a free concert by some of Ireland’s best pipe ensembles, including the recently formed National Youth Pipe Band.

This is an east Clare ensemble that has existed in various shapes and forms for over sixty years, having been created in 1946 to compete at the County Limerick Fleadh Cheoil. Its lineups have included such iconic musicians as Bobby Casey and Willie Clancy and even a TD in the form of Dr. Bill Loughnane. Set Dancing News said “while other bands may play faster and louder, the Tulla Céilí Band produces a lift that few can match, a lift that moves dancers effortlessly”. Also appearing in Meeting House Square are the dancers, singers and musicians of Craobh Seán Treacy CCÉ while over in Temple Bar Square, South Dublin’s Craobh Naithí will showcase the upcoming talent that exists among the younger members of this very popular branch of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann.

Date: Wednesday 28 January – Sunday 1 February

Date: Sunday 1 February

Venue: Streets of Temple Bar

Venue: Meeting House Square

Time: Early evening

Time: 2:30pm – 5:30pm

Admission: Free

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IRISH CULTURE WORKSHOPS

Craft Market Yet another addition to the 2009 festival is the craft market being held in Cow’s Lane. Already an established market area, Cow’s Lane will be host to a huge range of arts and crafts, paintings, clothes, jewellery, recordings, books and, occasionally, as with all such markets, the wacky and the weird!

Outdoor Events/Culture Workshops

Date: Saturday 31 January Venue: Cow’s Lane Time: 11am – 3pm Admission: Free

Education is no chore at the TradFest’s Irish culture workshops where participants can receive a crash course in song, dance and language. Gaelchultúr are experts in helping people experience Irish culture, customs and language in a fun and relaxed environment. On the speeded up syllabus lasting 2 hours is sean-nós (old style) dancing and singing and all involved will leave knowing an cúpla focal, ie some useful Irish phrases.

Date & Time: 11am-1pm Saturday 31 January – 2pm-4pm Sunday 1 February Venue: Gaelchultúr (Filmbase Building) Admission: a12

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Nutan Photography Exhibition A bird with its wings shimmering pre-take off; a top hat occasion at the races; music making in the parlour with two gnarled troubadours; a family chopping through the turf; the innocent glowing smile of a happy young Irish girl, her thatch of hair a hedge of blazing red… Such are the stunning images captured by the photographer Nutan, who has established one of the great reputations in photo-journalism. Over the last three decades Nutan has worked for some of the world’s most prestigious publications including National Geographic, Time and Newsweek and is the winner of both the Pentax Gold Award in 1969 and the Benson & Hedges Gold Award in 1990. He is a member of RAPHO, the distinguished Paris photo agency which lists the likes of Robert Doisneau and Roland Michaud on its books. His work has taken him all over the planet. However, it is his images of Irish life that have delivered one of the richest harvests of his long and distinguished career.

Nutan is also an accomplished bodhrán and bones player who has known and photographed many traditional Irish musicians over the years. His exhibition will provide an enthralling glimpse into the hidden world of Irish music, revealing some of its legends and its colourful characters. Largely based in The West of Ireland, Nutan now brings his first exhibition to Dublin and one that is sure to create enormous interest and excitement.

Date: 28 January – 1 February Venue: Gallery of Photography Time: 11am-6pm WED-SAT, 1pm-6pm SUN Admission: Free

Exhibition

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Film Screenings

IFI Screening

From Shore To Shore (Screening)

The weekend of the festival will see the screening of two very special films in the IFI. Bringing it all Back Home and Shore to Shore are two of the most celebrated pieces of film ever made on the subject of traditional Irish music.

From Shore To Shore is a 57-minute documentary that examines both the continuity and the changes that have affected Irish traditional music since the turn of the last century.

Bringing It All Back Home (Screening & Public Interview)

Using New York City as the focus, this documentary mixes historic photographs and film footage with contemporary interviews and performances. It traces the influence of family and community, Irish immigration, and American popular culture on the traditional music played in New York today.

RESILIENT, ADAPTABLE AND ABOVE ALL ENDURING, Irish music is a wave that has broken on many shores, and left its mark on many musical traditions. Bringing It All Back Home is the story of that music and its extraordinary odyssey from the kitchen to dancehall, from concert platform to international rock stadium, and back… The series was produced and written by Philip King and Nuala O’Connor. Nuala O’Connor was awarded a National Prime Time Emmy Award in 1993. The series broke new ground and created musical and cultural relationships that have blossomed and endured. Following the screening, a public interview will be conducted with the film’s writer and producer Philip King, who has been closely involved in the arts in Ireland for over 20 years. His roles have included that of film producer/director, music producer, musician, songwriter and radio broadcaster. His company, Hummingbird,

was established in 1987. The landmark television series Bringing it all Back Home won a National Primetime Emmy in 1991. As a musician, he has recorded seven albums to date. Sinead O’Connor has covered his song I am Stretched on your Grave on her album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got and by Dead Can Dance on their album Toward the Within. In the past year, Philip was the series editor of Other Voices – now in its seventh season – Ireland’s flagship rock music television series for RTÉ. He is also the series editor of the traditional music series The Full Set.

Date: Saturday 31 January Venue: IFI Time: 12pm Admission: a8/a10

While the primary place of traditional music in New York is the same as it was in rural Ireland – for personal and social enjoyment – the urban environment offered commercial possibilities as well as challenges. Many Irish balanced the effect of modern cultural forces with traditional customs such as house sessions and informal learning from master musicians. From Shore To Shore shows how Irish traditional music became a powerful vehicle for the transmission of ethnic identity from generation to generation.

Date: Sunday 1 February Venue: IFI Time: 12pm Admission: a8/a10

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Film Screenings

Date: 28 January – 1 February Venue: Meeting House Square Time: Every Evening Movies on the Square

Admission: Free

Adding to the cinematic elements of the festival will be the outdoor screenings of Irish films. Throughout Temple Bar TradFest visitors can enjoy some great Irish cinema for free every evening in Meeting House Square. Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom and Fluent Dysphasia are two highly acclaimed short films directed by Daniel O’Hara. Both movies take a humorous look at the place of the Irish language in Irish society.

Fluent Dysphasia

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

Fluent Dysphasia stars festival patron and Academy Award Nominee Stephen Rea as Murphy, who has little to say to his teenage daughter.

Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom (My Name Is Yu Ming) is the story of a young Chinese man, who is disillusioned with his dead-end job at a supermarket.

He wakes one morning after a drunken night out, to find that he can only speak fluent Irish, something he could never do before, and that he has completely forgotten how to speak English.

A spin of the globe leads him to choose Ireland as the destination for his new life and further research informs him that the official language of that country is Gaelic. Arriving in Dublin speaking the language, he is puzzled when nobody can understand him.

The situation leads to genuine, if unorthodox, communication between father and daughter.

The film was released in Irish cinemas in October 2003 with Jim Sheridan’s In America. It was short listed for an Academy Award and has won a total of eighteen awards at various film festivals.

Pub Trails Restaurant Guide

Sing and dance from pub to pub around the streets of Temple Bar!

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Pub Trails

PUB TRAILS Temple Bar is world famous for its public houses and TradFest takes full advantage of the huge opportunities for music that so many potential venues provide. This year the trail is bigger than ever and no less than 15 pubs will be participating, hosting a record breaking number of performances ranging from solo balladeers to traditional Irish music sessions to contemporary Irish and folk.

This year, the Palace Bar on Fleet Street will be the official after-club for all of TradFest’s artists and musicians. The Palace Bar has a long association with traditional Irish music which dates back to 1923. Even today you can drop in and soak up the atmosphere that surrounds their trad sessions. If you want to mingle with the performers and perhaps swap a tall tale or two, call into the Palace Bar throughout TradFest.

Participating Pubs:

The sheer number of acts means that Temple Bar will be ablaze with music from end to end and gives TradFest revellers the chance to either dip in and out or stick with an act they really appreciate.

The Auld Dubliner, Farrington’s, Fitzgerald’s Pub, Fitzsimon’s, The Foggy Dew, Gallagher’s Boxty House, Oliver St John Gogarty, The Purty Kitchen, The Porterhouse, The Quays, The Palace Bar, The Temple Bar Pub, The VAThouse, The Clarence Hotel – Octagon Bar. Check out the TradFest Pub Trail Quick Guide on page 46!

Date: Wednesday 28 January – Sunday 1 February Venue: Streets Of Temple Bar Time: 1pm-9pm Admission: Free

This year’s pub trail was programmed by Stephen Leech of SLM Productions and Promotions. In 2006 SLM Productions and Promotions was set up with the aim of providing top class Irish traditional music, song and dance for any occasion. SLM is run by artists who understand the need to facilitate any requirements no matter how small or big. From corporate functions to festivals, from intimate gatherings to weddings, SLM is here to meet your needs. For further information please visit: www.slm-productions.com SLM wishes the very best to Temple Bar TradFest 2009.

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Restaurant Guide

RESTAURANT GUIDE Food lovers will have no reason to go hungry during this year’s festival. Temple Bar offers a wide range of culinary delights, from traditional Irish to exotic Indonesian and much, much more. Here you will find details of some of the best eateries in the area, from pub grub to silver service, you will be spoilt for choice!

Oliver St John Gogarty

Pintxo

Our freshly produced, mouth watering starters include local favourites, such as Dublin Bay mussels served in a herb cream and white wine sauce, and much more.

The eagerly anticipated Bar Pintxo will serve an array of tapas and pintxos as well as an extensive range of fine wines, ports and sherries.

T 01 671 1822 www.gogartys.ie

T 01 672 8590 www.tascq.ie/eatingout

Gallagher’s Boxty House

Purty Kitchen

Anglesea Street, Temple Bar

Temple Bar, Temple Bar

The Chameleon

Fitzers

The Chameleon restaurant specialises in Rijst-tafel (rice table), a combination of many exotic and authentic dishes and an excellent introduction to Indonesian cuisine.

Expect a warm welcome at Fitzers of Temple Bar; located in the heart of Dublin’s cultural quarter. Enjoy excellent modern Irish cuisine prepared with fresh local ingredients.

T 01 671 0362 www.chameleonrestaurant.com

T 01 679 0440 www.fitzers.ie

Fownes Street Lower, Temple Bar

Temple Bar Square, Temple Bar

The Clarence Hotel Tea Rooms

FXB Restaurants

Come and try the exciting, innovative food of the Tea Room Restaurant with menus based on the highest quality Irish produce and seasonal ingredients, enhanced with a continental twist.

FXB Restaurants offer tasty, varied menus using only the best quality produce from land, river and sea. Our beef is all sourced from our farm in Edenderry, Co. Offaly, bringing truth to the statement “from the farm to the table”.

Wellington Quay, Temple Bar

T 01 407 0800 www.theclarence.ie

Crow Street, Temple Bar

T 01 671 1248 www.fxbrestaurants.com

Eustace Street, Temple Bar

East Essex Street, Temple Bar

From modern Irish cuisine to the more traditional stews, boxtys, bacon and champ, there is a wide choice of menu for all, including children.

“Wholesome”, “Delicious” and “Sinfully Tasty” are just some of the comments made by regular customers at the Purty Kitchen Café Bar and Club.

Wednesday – Sunday, lunch time (1pm-3pm) music session with Tony Burke & friends.

T 01 677 0945 www.purtykitchen.com

T 01 677 2762 www.boxtyhouse.ie

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Morgan Hotel

Fleet Street, Temple Bar Classic and innovative cocktails fill the seasonally changing menus, with guests also being able to enjoy the tapas menu. T 01 643 7000 www.themorgan.com

Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar A unique café/bakery specialising in delicious baked goods made on its premises. Enjoy wonderful food throughout the day and you’ll be back again and again. T 01 670 7499 www.tascq.ie/eatingout

Good luck to Temple Bar TradFest from all of us in AIB Dame Street.

Would you like to know more about TradFest? Why not learn some of the trad lingo in order to fully immerse yourself in the festivities? To help you, we have answers to some frequently asked questions and compiled a list of expressions and phrases that you may hear during Temple Bar TradFest.

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Official opening 5th May. Gala Concert 6th May Sean Nós Dancing competitions 7th May. Set Dancing Competitions 8th May.

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Temple Bar TradFest

Do you know your jigs from your reels? Or your airs from your sean-nós? Here’s a brief survival guide to Temple Bar TradFest. How long has Temple Bar TradFest been running?

This now highly established event only began in 2006. Until then there had not been a major traditional festival in Dublin for over twenty years.

Why is it held in Temple Bar?

The district is Dublin’s cultural quarter, a hub of theatres, restaurants, bars, shops, squares, galleries and many other attractions in a compact area that is both one of the oldest and best maintained in the city. Outside of festival time Temple Bar often attracts up to 70,000 daily, enthralled by its dynamism and artistic life. The area was just recently named Dublin’s tidiest area.

What are the musical styles I should know?

Irish traditional music is also known as Irish dance music and there are just as many types of tunes as there are dances. Here are some of the most popular: Reel: This is the most popular type of tune played. It is also the fastest of the dance music. The emphasis is on the first and third beat of the bar. The beat sounds like: “Cat-er-pill-er, cat-er-pill-er, cat-er-pill-er, cat-er-pill-er”.

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Jig: Like reels, jigs usually have two or more parts. In double jigs each part is played twice. The beat sounds like: “rashers and sausages, rashers and sausages, rashers and sausages”. Air (slow): This is an instrumental version of old song melodies. Slides and polkas: Popular for dancing sets and are most common in Kerry and Sliabh Luachra on the Cork-Kerry border. There is a world of difference between Irish polkas and those of other European traditions. Hornpipe: A pleasure to watch, the hornpipe has a “hoppy” rhythm whereas the reel has a much straighter rhythm. Sean-nós: Usually the singer sings unaccompanied “in the old style” often changing the notes around the set melody. Session: When musicians and singers meet to perform together the occasion is tagged a “session”. Céilí: Traditionally a social occasion but now essentially a dancing one.

What kind of instruments will I hear?

There is a huge variety to hear at this year’s TradFest. There are the popular fiddles, flutes, bodhráns, banjos, guitars and accordions but also more exotic fare such as the mandolin, bones and Jew’s harp which is one of the oldest instruments in the world, also known as the jaws harp, it is blown rather than plucked. Then there is the citern which is somewhat similar to a bouzouki, while a dadgad guitar refers to the way a particular guitar is tuned.

Finally, the Canadian group Genticorum play what they refer to as “foot percussion”.

What is the difference between Scottish and Irish uilleann pipes? The Scottish version invites the musician to blow into the bellows. The Irish prefer to use their elbow and side to generate the air thus saving their breath to cool their porridge.

What should I say or shout out at TradFest?

You could begin with “hup” let out at the highest point in the tune. An alternative is “yip!” followed by “g’wan!” (Go on) as a climax is reached. If you are very satisfied with the performance you could greet the conclusion of the piece with a heartfelt “mighty!”.

What should I not say or shout out at TradFest? Some sessions welcome little intrusion or crowd noise when the music is on. Remarks like, “could you not play it like the record?”, can also be ill-received.

What should I bring to TradFest? Warm clothes, strong shoes and a zest for great music and craic.

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Craobh Naithí branch, based in south County Dublin, is the largest branch in Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann and arguably one of the most vibrant and active branches across the entire Comhaltas network. Programme of activities includes: Weekly music classes presented by 26 teachers to in excess of 420 pupils Instruments taught include fiddle, flute, tin whistle, banjo, button and piano accordion, concertina, harp and sean nós singing. We also teach 5 x one hour grúpaí cheoil classes to develop performance playing. Annual Scoil Fómhair traditional music workshops delivered by visiting tutors Other Craobh Naithí activities - monthly music sessions, performances at major events, visits to other Comhaltas branches in Ireland and Britain, support to local cultural events such as Seachtain na Gaeilge and Wren Boys plus regular concert appearances. Information about Craobh Naithí CCÉ can be found at

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A quick guide to when, where and what’s on over the entire festival!

TradFest Events Your Quick Guide

Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann

Wed 28 Jan

Thurs 29 Jan

Fri 30 Jan

8:30pm Paddy Keenan & Tommy O’Sullivan

8pm Seán McKeon, Liam O’Connor, Aidan O’Donnell & Ciarán Ó Maonaigh

9pm Solas

9pm Michael McGoldrick/ Genticorum

Sat 31 Jan

Sun 1 Feb

All details correct at time of print.

Project Arts Centre

Opening Concert 8:30pm Paddy, Seamus & Kevin Glackin

Button Factory

IFI

Gallery of Photography

11am-6pm Nutan Exhibition

Gaelchultúr

9pm T with the Maggies (Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh & Moya Brennan) 12pm Bringing It All Back Home (Screening & public interview)

12pm From Shore To Shore (Screening)

11am-6pm Nutan Exhibition

1pm-6pm Nutan Exhibition

11am-1pm Irish culture workshops

2pm-4pm Irish culture workshops

Temple Bar Streets

Early Evening Pipers on the street

Meeting House Square

Evening Movies on the square

2:30pm-5:30pm Outdoor Céilí Evening Movies on the square

Cow’s Lane

11am-3pm Craft market

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TradFest Pub Trails Your Quick Guide

See when, where and what’s on over the entire festival!

Wed 28 Jan

Thurs 29 Jan

Fri 30 Jan

Sat 31 Jan

Sun 1 Feb

5:30pm-8pm Eamon Mitchell

* open sessions encouraged ** open sessions only encouraged BEFORE the performances *** open sessions only in the afternoon (2pm-6pm) Please contact venues for more details. All details correct at time of print.

Auld Dubliner* 24/25 Temple Bar

7pm-9pm Eugene Quinn (guitar/banjo/vocals) & Gavin Whelan (whistle/uilleann pipes)

9:30pm-11:30pm Eugene Quinn (guitar/banjo/vocals) & Gavin Whelan (whistle/uilleann pipes)

9:30pm-12:30am Des Dublin

12am-2am Owen Branagen

9:30pm-11:30pm Eugene Quinn (guitar/banjo/vocals) & Gavin Whelan (whistle/uilleann pipes) 1am-3am Dave Rafferty

Farrington’s* East Essex Street

Fitzgerald’s Pub* 22 Aston Quay

Fitzsimon’s** Essex Street East

The Foggy Dew*** 1 Fownes Street

Gallagher’s Boxty House 20-21 Temple Bar

6pm-8pm Seán Martin (guitar/vocals) & Stephen O’Connor (uilleann pipes/whistle/flute)

6pm-8pm John Byrne (guitar/vocals) & Cian O’Sullivan (flute/whistle)

6pm-8pm Shillelagh (guitar/vocals/fiddle/banjo)

3pm-5pm Turf (guitar/vocals/uilleann pipes/whistle)

7:30pm-9:30pm Bionic (Reggae band)

1pm-3pm Tony Burke & friends (guitar/vocals/trad friends)

Oliver St John Gogarty* 18-21 Anglesea Street

Oliver St John Gogarty’s Library Bar* 18-21 Anglesea Street *(except from 10pm-12:30am)

The Purty Kitchen* 34-35 East Essex Street *(not during performances)

Wed 28 Jan

Thurs 29 Jan

Fri 30 Jan

Sat 31 Jan

Sun 1 Feb

1pm-3pm Bar Eddie Valentine (guitar/banjo/vocals) & Cathal Holland (guitar/banjo/vocals)

1pm-3pm Lounge Eddie Valentine (guitar/banjo/vocals) & Cathal Holland (guitar/banjo/vocals)

Irish trad music all day till 2am

5pm-7pm Martin Denning (guitar/whistle/vocals) & Des Leech (accordion/flute)

Irish trad music all day till 12:30am

4pm-6pm Gael Force (guitar/vocals/whistle/ keyboards/uilleann pipes)

3pm-5pm Gael Force (guitar/vocals/whistle/ keyboards/uilleann pipes)

6pm-8pm Robbie and Gavin (singer/songwriter acoustic)

6pm-8pm Andy Mann (singer/songwriter)

6pm-8pm Robbie and Gavin (singer/songwriter acoustic)

9pm-11pm Press Gang (rock ‘n’ roll)

6pm-8pm The Jazz Globe Trotters (jazz band)

2pm-4pm James Reilly (guitar/vocals), Ros McVeigh (accordion) & Joanne McVeigh (fiddle/concertina)

6pm-9pm ‘Sliotar’ Des Govevan (drums/percussion), Ray MacCormac (whistles/ uilleann pipes/vocals) & J.P. Kallio (guitars/ bouzouki/kantele/vocals)

6pm-11pm ‘Sliotar’ Des Govevan (drums/percussion), Ray MacCormac (whistles/ uilleann pipes/vocals) & J.P. Kallio (guitars/ bouzouki/kantele/vocals)

Irish trad music all day till 12:30am

8pm-10pm Phil (singer/songwriter) 10pm-12am The Juice (cover band)

The Porterhouse* 16-18 Parliament Street

6pm-8pm James Reilly (guitar/vocals), Ros McVeigh (accordion) & Joanne McVeigh (fiddle/concertina)

The Quays* 11 Temple Bar

The Palace Bar* 21 Fleet Street

The Temple Bar Pub* 47-48 Temple Bar

The VAThouse* Anglesea Street

Wed 28 Jan

Thurs 29 Jan

Fri 30 Jan

Sat 31 Jan

Sun 1 Feb

1:30pm-3:30pm Bill Martin (guitar/vocals) & Andy Leighton (fiddle)

6pm-8pm Bill Martin (guitar/vocals) & Andy Leighton (fiddle)

4pm-6pm Bill Martin (guitar/vocals) & Andy Leighton (fiddle)

Additional: 3 sessions of light music

3pm-5pm Paul Brown (guitar) & Dermot Kenny (flute/whistles)

9pm-12am Trad music sessions

1pm-3pm Brian O’Shea (bouzouki/banjo) & Gerry Phelan (whistle)

3:30pm-5:30pm Ramblers 3

3:30pm-5:30pm Finnegan’s Wake

6pm-8pm Sin É

6pm-8pm Moonlight Love

8:30pm-11:45pm Lad Lane

4pm-6pm Danny Moran (guitar/ vocals), Noreen Leech (fiddle) & Stephen Leech (banjo/mandolin)

9pm-12am Trad music sessions

11:30am-1:30pm The Sallys

11am-1pm Cunla

12pm-2pm Classic

2pm-4pm Dublinos

1:30pm-3:30pm The Merry Ferryman

4:30pm-6:30pm Brian O’Shea (bouzouki/banjo) & Gerry Phelan (whistle)

4:30-6:30pm Brian O’Shea (bouzouki/banjo) & Gerry Phelan (whistle)

2:30-4:30pm Brian O’Shea (bouzouki/banjo) & Gerry Phelan (whistle)

8:30pm-11:45pm The Folksmen

7pm-9pm Ships are sailin (traditional ballad & folk)

6:30pm-8:30pm Reel Tone

8pm-11:45pm Zebra 3

4pm-6pm Danny Moran (guitar/ vocals), Noreen Leech (fiddle) & Stephen Leech (banjo/mandolin)

3:30pm-5:30pm Danny Moran (guitar/ vocals), Noreen Leech (fiddle) & Stephen Leech (banjo/mandolin)

5pm-7pm Danny Moran (guitar/ vocals), Noreen Leech (fiddle) & Stephen Leech (banjo/mandolin)

8:30pm-11pm Kimmage (traditional ballad & folk)

The Clarence Hotel Octagon Bar 6-8 Wellington Quay

5pm-7pm Tom O’Connor (guitar/vocals) & Brendan Lynch (fiddle)

5pm-7:30pm Lad Cane

8:30pm-11pm Ships are sailin (traditional ballad & folk)

5pm-7pm Tom O’Connor (guitar/vocals) & Brendan Lynch (fiddle)

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