Heidi Talbot & John McCusker
CONTEMPORARY/FOLK Friday 31st July @ 8.00pm
With the release of her new album In Love and Light, Heidi Talbot is set to establish her place in the firmament of great Irish singers. After five years as lead singer with the Irish-American super group Cherish the Ladies, and high praise for her previous solo outing Distant Future, Heidi now extends her talents over a broader, bolder musical canvas. John McCusker is a multi-instrumentalist, producer and composer who from his early days with legendary Scottish folk outfit Battlefield Band has over the years worked with artists as diverse as Paul Weller and Patti Smith, Teenage Fanclub and Mark Knopfler. Known mainly for his virtuoso fiddle playing, John was presented with the Spirit of Scotland Award for Music in 2000.Part of The World Fleadh, www.theworldfleadh.com
Adm.: €20
“Heidi Talbot sings in a voice that’s both awestruck and tender.” - New York Times
“Talbot is exquisite.” - The Village Voice
“John McCusker… a musician’s musician.” - Phil Cunningham
Carmina
TRAD/FOLK/JAZZ Saturday 1st August @ 8.00pm
Founded by songwriters Rob King and Pippa Marland in the late 80s, Carmina’s music is an uplifting blend of traditional and contemporary Celtic sounds with jazz improvisation in powerful original songs, led by Pippa’s voice (“wondrous, emoting and enchanting” according to Time Out). Original, soulful and sophisticated, Carmina’s music has been compared with Moving Hearts, Joni Mitchell and Van Morrison, yet Carmina’s highly accessible music is uniquely their own. Carmina has attracted a world-wide devoted following, with four albums to date and countless tours in Ireland, the UK and worldwide. The band has just finished recording its latest album, My Crescent City, produced by the legendary Dónal Lunny.Part of The World Flead: www.theworldfleadh.com
Adm.: €15 / €12 (concessions)
“Glorious...gorgeously haunting.\" - Time Out
\"Powerful and spiritually uplifting.\" - The Guardian
Dave Munnelly Band
TRADITIONAL MUSIC Sunday 2nd August @ 8.00pm
On the road since 2000, the Dave Munnelly Band is one of the hottest bands on the traditional Celtic music scene. Headed by Belmullet button accordion wizard David Munnelly, who\'s toured and recorded with The Chieftains and with DeDanann and has a string of acclaimed CDs to his credit, the band (David Munnelly, Kieran Munnelly, Philippe Barnes, Paul Kelly) combines accordion, fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo, piano, bodhrán and flute for a high-spirited instrumental sound coloured with a bit of jazz, ragtime and percussive dancing, topped with the singing of All-Ireland champion Shauna Mullin. A night of Trad at its most exciting.Part of The World Fleadh: www.theworldfleadh.com
Adm.: €15 / €12 (concessions)
\"The Irish band to see.\" - The Irish Voice
Crooked Still
BLUEGRASS/FOLK Monday 3rd August @ 8.00pm
On the road since 2002, bluegrass sensation Crooked Still has established itself as \"the most important folk group to emerge from Boston since the early 60s\"(- Boston Globe). Originally a four-piece that is now a quintet, Crooked Still continues to perform one of the most compelling and exciting forms of alternative bluegrass and string band music today, with both modern and traditional influences, bringing together improvised old time music, bluegrass, folk and original songs in a genre-bending sound that is the result of the combined alchemy of five distinctive talents: Aoife O\'Donovan (vocals), Greg Liszt (banjo) Corey DiMario (bass), Brittany Haas (fiddle), Tristan Clarridge (cello). Amazing, unique, and totally intoxicating!Part of The World Fleadh: www.theworldfleadh.com
Adm.: €20
“Superbly crafted musical styles veering off into exciting and exhilarating directions.” - All Music Guide
“Highly skilled… with an ingenious flair for steering traditional music in unexpected directions.” - The Boston Globe
Beezneez Theatre Co. - A Wake In The West
COMEDY THEATRE Tuesday 11th August @ 8.00pm
Not content with drinking himself to death, Tom Healy makes a last request to be buried ‘in the drink’ - at sea! His wish creates havoc in his house and in his local community, with some believing he is not entitled to ‘take it all with him’. In this riot of a comedy, his neighbours vie with each other to secure a piece of Tom before his exit. The work of Mulranny playwright Michael Joe Ginnelly, A Wake In The West is described by Leitrim-based theatre favourites Beezneez as the funniest comedy the company has ever worked on, “an absolute madcap evening of fun and frolics that will leave you sore from laughter”. Directed by John McDwyer.Adm.: €15 / €12 (concessions)
Dennis Wyers’ Rhombus Quartet
CONTEMPORARY JAZZ Thursday 20th August @ 8.00pm
Rhombus jazz quartet features some of the finest established and emerging jazz musicians on the Irish scene. Led by Castlebar-born composer/saxophonist Dennis Wyers, the group is quickly developing a name for itself as a hotbed for spontaneous, exciting music. The ensemble draws on influences from Norwegian and British jazz, contemporary classical, the blues and South-Indian music, moving between many different styles and textures to create colouristic compositions and intensely rhythmical jazz explorations, with influences from Charlie Parker to Frank Zappa and from the Beatles to Pat Metheny. The debut album, part-funded by the Mayo County Council Arts Office, is currently in production. The full quartet lineup is: Dennis Wyers (alto saxophone); Bill Blackmore (trumpet); Cormac O Brien (double-bass); and Shane O Donovan (drums). Catch them now!Adm.: €15 / €12 (concessions)
Other Voices Theatre Co. - We Are for the Dark
DRAMA Thursday 27th August @ 8.00pm
Other Voices Theatre Company presents an evening of memorable entertainment: three one-act plays about women: The Baglady by Frank McGuinness, The Bright Day is Done, a new play by Gerald Wilson; and The Jewish Wife by Bertolt Brecht. All the kaleidoscope of life is here on display: the gaudy colours and brass trumpets of youth, the muffled drum of age, fear amidst the tumult of history.Adm.: €15 / €12 (concessions)
