Session at The Landmark Tavern
Mondays from 8 to 11 pm
626 11th Avenue at 46th Street, Manhattan

Tenor banjo, harmonica and fiddle player Don Meade and friends get together every Monday night for an Irish traditional music session in the back room of this historic Hell’s Kitchen bar/restaurant. Free admission. Musicians and singers welcome.

Special Session Guests:
January 11: Johnny Connolly - One of the best Irish button accordionists in the US, on a rare visit from Oregon.
January 18: Deirdre Corrigan - Wonderful wooden flute player and native of Queens, NY.
January 25: Donie Carroll - Cork City singer extraordinaire, with a new solo CD in the works.
February 1: Tom Dunne - Tom’s the real deal when it comes to old-time traditional music on button accordion and fiddle.
February 8: Jason Cade - one of the finest Irish fiddlers in America will make a rare trek from Brooklyn for this session.
February 15: Skip McKinley - Skip, a top-class wooden flute player from Connnecticut, has just released a new CD.

For more info, (212) 247-2562 or visit www.thelandmarktavern.org

Irish Traditional Music Concerts
at Glucksman Ireland House at New York University
ALL SHOWS 9:00 P.M. - $15 ADMISSION
free to Ireland House members and NYU students with ID

GLUCKSMAN IRELAND HOUSE at NEW YORK UNIVERSITY
1 Washington Mews – entrance on Fifth Avenue just north of Washington Square
For more information, call Ireland House at at (212) 998-3950 www.nyu.edu/pages/irelandhouse

FEBRUARY 19: CORMAC BREATNACH and MIKE CONSIDINE
Cormac, a member of a distinguished Dublin family of Irish-speaking writers, politicians and artists, is one of the world’s leading whistle players. His powerful tone on plastic Susato instruments is unique, as is his progressive musical sensibility, which adds jazz and other world music influences to traditional Irish music. His partner for this show will be London-Irishman Mike Considine, a master of guitar and bouzouki accompaniment. Dublin-born uilleann piper Ivan Goff will also contribute his talents to the occasion.
 
MARCH 12: KEVIN CRAWFORD and CILLIAN VALLELY
Clare flute, whistle and bodhrán player Kevin Crawford and Armagh uilleann piper / whistle player Cillian Vallely are both members of the all-star Irish ensemble Lúnasa. Cillian and Kevin have also garnered great critical acclaim for their recent recording as a duo.  This is a great opportunity to see and hear a couple of today’s very best Irish instrumentalists in the intimate space of Glucksman Ireland House.
 
APRIL 16: DONIE CARROLL
A singer and guitarist originally from Douglas, County Cork, Donie Carroll has long been a fixture on the New York Irish music scene. Many will remember him as the anchor, together with the late fiddle legend Andy McGann, of a long-running and internationally famous Saturday night music session at the former Kate Kearney’s bar, but Donie has been a regular at many other venues and is a stalwart with NYU’s own Washington Square Harp and Shamrock Orchestra. Donie has a great repertoire of old and new Irish songs that includes many Cork City favorites such as “The Night the Goat Broke Loose on Grand Parade” and “The Cottage by the Lee.”  He will be joined at this concert by some of his many musical friends. Note: John Faulkner, originally scheduled to perform on this date, has cancelled his planned U.S. tour.
  
MAY 14: JAMES KEANE and RANDAL BAYS
Dublin-born button accordion great James Keane’s latest recording project is Fingal, a trio collaboration with fiddler Randal Bays and County Derry-born singer/guitarist Dáithí Sproule. As Dáithí lives in the midwest, Randal in Washington state and James in Queens, the trio has a hard time assembling for gigs. We’ll take advantage of a trip by Randal to the east coast, however, to feature at least two Fingalians in concert. No songs or guitar this time, but in Dáithí’s absence we will hear even more clearly the wonderful interplay between Randal’s fiddle and James’ button box.

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The Landmark Tavern
Historic Hell’s Kitchen bar/restaurant.
www.thelandmarktavern.org

Catskills Irish Arts Week
www.east-durham.org/irishartsweek/index.htm

Ceol agus Rince calendar
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