Archive for the ‘Music’ Category

Paddy Keenan at De Barra’s

Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in corkgigs, Ireland, Irish trad music, Live Music, Music, Photography | No Comments »

Uber-piper Paddy Keenan played in de Barra's in Clonakilty Thursday week ago accompanied on stage by guitarist Tommy O'Sullivan.  The pair have an album, The Long Grazing Acre, from which they took quite of a bit of material for the ...

Mick Flannery at Cork Opera House 2008

Monday, February 9th, 2009 Posted in corkgigs, Ireland, Live Music, Music, Photography | No Comments »

Mick Flannery played his annual Christmas gig in the Opera House to a packed house back in Decemeber.  Mick has come on in leaps and bounds this year with the release of White Lies and regular airplay on the national ...

Grand Pocket Orchestra at The Pavilion

Saturday, February 7th, 2009 Posted in corkgigs, Ireland, Live Music, Music, Pavilion, Photography | No Comments »

Grand Pocket Orchestra played a couple of weeks ago in The Pavilion in Cork as part of the weekly Bootleg series.  I was looking forward to seeing this band and I must say I was surprised at how young this ...

Download Adrian Crowley Album for Free (and legally)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Posted in corkgigs, Cyprus Avenue, Ireland, Live Music, Music | No Comments »

Jim Carroll has been touting a free download of the excellent "Long Distance Swimmer" by Adrian Crowley on his site recently.  If you want to get this for free, head on over to On the Record but hurry as this ...

Swingin’ Blue Cats at the Firkin Crane

Wednesday, November 12th, 2008 Posted in corkgigs, Ireland, Live Music, Music, Photography | 2 Comments »

The Swingin' Blue Cats played a blinder on the Sunday night of the Cork Jazz Festival at the Firkin Crane.  They provided fantastic upbeat music for the Shanghai Palace Nights swing dance event organised by Elaine & co at Swing ...