Frank and Walters at Indiependence

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in Ireland, Live Music, Music, Photography, corkgigs | No Comments »

The Franks played down at the Indiependence festival in Mitchelstown again this year.  They're ever-present at this festival and while you might say that you're seeing the same bands this year but now have to pay for it, the multi-stage ...

Wallis Bird at Indiependence

Monday, August 10th, 2009 Posted in Ireland, Live Music, Music, Photography, corkgigs | 5 Comments »

Wallis Bird was the second act we caught at Indiependence last Sunday.  It's been a while since I saw her in Cyprus Avenue where she plays regularly enough but I was very impressed with her engaging and energetic live act ...

Paddy Keenan at De Barra’s

Monday, March 2nd, 2009 Posted in Ireland, Irish trad music, Live Music, Music, Photography, corkgigs | 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 Ireland, Live Music, Music, Photography, corkgigs | 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 Ireland, Live Music, Music, Pavilion, Photography, corkgigs | 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 ...