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Friday
28th April Jimmy
Crowley
Traditional singer and musician from fair Cork City , no-one
sounds like Jimmy,
and few can match him for the humour, joy, tenderness and sheer
storytelling
craft which he brings to his repertoire of songs. "Cork Urban
Ballads", a body
of songs from the oral tradition collected in the "field" by Jimmy since
the late
sixties, is due for publication soon.
With
The Pigeon English Band (Paul Gross, Doug Adams, Sarah
Crofts)
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19th-21st
MAY
WEEKEND CELEBRATION
IN HONOUR OF KEITH SUMMERS
John and Katie Howson will be bringing a
troop of musicians, singers and
dancers from Suffolk and Eamonn Brophy, a truly
brilliant piper and singer
will be making his London debut . We
are delighted to present Patricia Flynn,
Grace Toland, Brian Doyle, Jim McFarland, Jerry
O'Reilly, Ellen Mitchell, etc...
NB this will be Ticket-Only and
Members-Only . SEE full information and Booking details
below.
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Friday June
16th "Bloomsday" celebration
The city of Dublin and the work of James Joyce will be
celebrated with guests
Barry Gleeson from the Goilin singers club in Dublin, and Paul Sheehan
a noted Joycean scholar, poet and one time lecturer at the Metropolitan
University.
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Friday 21st
July
The Devil's Interval (Jim Causley,
Emily Portman, Lauren McCormick)
To quote Martin
Carthy - "Lauren, Jim and Emily are three young
musicians
utterly committed to singing the traditional songs of these
islands and
doing so while maintaining a great sense of adventure along
with an obvious
enjoyment of the music and a pride in their own abilities."
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