From: Karen Ryan [k.ryan_at_virgin_dot_net]

Sent: 22 January 2016 16:01

Subject: Mick Mulvey _at_ Triangle & Thomas McCarthy _at_ Mus Trad tonight/ McNamaras for set dancing _at_ LIC Sat 23 Jan

 

Included in this email:

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Session tonight (Friday 22nd January) at the Auld Triangle, Finsbury Park from 8.30pm

Session hosted by:

Mick Mulvey (flute), Gary Connolly (box), and Pete Quinn (keys)

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FRIDAY 22nd JANUARY 2016

Musical Traditions Club

 

THOMAS McCARTHY sings songs from his Travelling family in his distinctive,

embellished style.  CD "Herself and Myself ", dedicated to his mother Mary. 

www.thomasmccarthyfolk.com

 

Plus CAROL ANDERSON, brilliant Scots fiddle player from Aberdeenshire,

celebrates         BURNS NIGHT in the company of linguistic wizard RACKER

DONNELLY wearing his Scott-ish hat tonight. www.rackerdonnelly.com/

 

Plus music from The Pigeons (Sarah Crofts and Paul Gross )

 

The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL  

(jnc. Foley Street & Cleveland Street)  

Tube: Goodge Street / Warren Street/ Great Portland Street. 

Limited free parking after 6.30 on side nearest the pub.  

Admission :  ?8, concs. ?6  (Members ?7, concs ?5)   8-11pm.                    

Info : www.mustradclub.co.uk/      petawebken_at_aol_dot_com      

                      

020 8340 0530    or Ken mob. 0780 143 2901 

 

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Saturday 23rd January 2016

Set Dancing C?il?

With Music by The McNamara Trio

Gary Connolly (box), Karen Ryan (fiddle) and Pete Quinn (keys)

8pm, Tickets ?8 on the door

Kennedy Hall (please use entrance on Murray Mews - just off Murray Street)

London Irish Centre NW1 9XB

This event is brought to you by IMDL (Irish Music and Dance in London)

 

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FRIDAY 12th FEBRUARY

The RAKES 

(Reg Hall, Michael Plunkett & Paul Gross, with Ken Lees)

celebrate 60 years of playing together.

With Irish music from the Linane Family:

Michael and Sinead Linane (fiddle), Maureen Linane (accordion), with John MacLeod (flute)

and Reg Hall (piano) plus many more special guests.

 

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Friday 19th February 2016, 8pm

?Echoes of Erin' Comhaltas Concert

?A colourful and exciting show of Irish traditional music, song and dance.

Tickets ?10 (contact: 07957364516 or john_at_comhaltas_dot_co_dot_uk)

The artists performing on the 2015 Tour are:

 

S?an ? S? (Co. Cork)

Alice Fitzgerald (Co. Waterford)

Tim Doyle (Co. Dublin)

Gr?inne Nic Ghiob?in (Co. Limerick)

Vincent Murphy (Co. Wexford)

Jana McCarthy - Kent (Co. Waterford)

Annette Hannigan (Luton)

Fi?na Nic Conmara (Co. Dublin)

Sarah O'Gorman (Co. Waterford)

S?amus Tierney (Co. Cavan)

Paul Clesham (Co. Mayo)

S?amus ? Flatharta (Co. Galway)

Darragh Hurley (Co. Kerry)

Carla N? hAinif?in (Co. Kerry)

 

 

The 2016 Tour Manager is Vince Jordan (Birmingham)

Sound is provided by McElligots (Co. Kerry)

 

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Friday 4th March 2016, 8.30pm

?Macalla 1916'

The Barbican Centre, London

Showcasing the newly composed suite by Michael Rooney

Performed by the Comhaltas National Folk Orchestra

www.macalla1916.ie

An Echo Of The Past... A Vision For The Future

MACALLA 1916 is a new suite of music composed by Michael Rooney,

performed by the Comhaltas National Folk Orchestra of 55 traditional and

classical musicians. The MACALLA 1916 suite, while reflecting on this

seminal event in Irish history will also place The Easter Rising in the context of

Ireland's story from Famine to present times. Michael Rooney, widely reputed

as one of the foremost traditional composers of our time, has composed seven

major suites of music, most recently BOR?IMHE. The London performance

will be followed by a nationwide concert tour of MACALLA 1916 over Easter

2016. Macalla 1916 will be directed by Ray Conway.  

Get your tickets for the London Premiere at the Barbican Centre here:

http://www.barbican.org.uk/music/event-detail.asp?ID=18957

 

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Friday 11th March 2016, 7.30pm

Meitheal Cheoil St Patrick's Family C?il?

McNamara Hall, London Irish Centre

50-52 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB

FREE ENTRY - All welcome

An hour long concert by Meitheal Cheoil students,

followed by a family c?il? for all

Dances called by Geoff Holland

 

 

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Monday 21st March, 8.30pm

Lo?c Bl?jean (uilleann pipes) and Tad Sargent (bouzouki)

In concert

The Green Note, Parkway, Camden NW1

Tickets ?10

Available - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/332290

 

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IMAGINING IRELAND
Friday 29 April 2016 at 7.30pm
Royal Festival Hall

Imagining Ireland is a musical conversation between Ireland and England, through the songs of the last hundred years.

With several names taking part that can't be announced until the New Year, the first artists confirmed to take part (in alphabetical order) are

Paul Brady
Martin Carthy
Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill
Andy Irvine
James Vincent McMorrow
Cait O'Riordan
Camille O'Sullivan

with a house band directed by Kate St John, featuring Calum MacColl, Neill MacColl and Steve Nieve.

This concert is a response for London to the IMAGINING HOME series of concerts at the National Concert Hall in Dublin.

It is produced by Serious and National Concert Hall Dublin, and supported by Culture Ireland and The Embassy of Ireland in London.

The event is part of the Ireland 2016 Centenary Programme, marking a key moment on Ireland's journey to independence

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Fri 26 February - The Gloaming at Union Chapel is SOLD OUT

Next London date:

Thurs 22 September

The Gloaming in concert at the Royal Festival Hall

http://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whatson/the-gloaming-94362

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Dates for the 18th Return to Camden Town Festival:

Tuesday 25th - Monday 31st October 2016 ? stick them in your new diaries J

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