Aaron Dillon at The Spiegeltent

Saturday, June 28th, 2008 Posted in Cork Midsummer Festival, corkgigs, Ireland, Live Music, Music, Photography | 3 Comments »

Aaron Dillon and band played the Spiegeltent as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival last weekend and were up on stage after a great performance from Cian. Having Aaron Dillon play a number of times this year, most recently ...

Cian at The Spiegeltent

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 Posted in corkgigs, Ireland, Live Music, Music, Photography | 3 Comments »

Cork singer Cian opened up at the Spiegeltent last Sunday for the start of a mammoth show lasting about four hours featuring Aaron Dillon, Ian Whitty, and Ger Wolfe. This was the first event of the Cork Midsummer Festival ...

Aaron Dillon Album Launch at the Triskel

Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in corkgigs, Ireland, Live Music, Music, Photography | 2 Comments »

Aaron Dillon launched his debut album Brown Envelope last night in a packed Triskel Arts Centre. We were lucky to get in as we were late and missed a great support act by all accounts.  I've been looking forward ...

Tobar an Cheoil at the Triskel

Saturday, May 17th, 2008 Posted in corkgigs, Ireland, Irish trad music, Live Music, Music, Photography | 4 Comments »

On Thursday night last Tobar an Cheoil came to the Triskel in Cork in the guise of three fantastic traditional musicians: Brian McNamara on uilleann pipes, Gráinne Hambly on harp and concertina and Éamon Ó Donnchadha on flute and vocals. ...

Hamell on Trial at Cyprus Avenue

Friday, April 25th, 2008 Posted in corkgigs, Cyprus Avenue, Ireland, Live Music, Music, Photography | No Comments »

The irreverent New Yorker Hamell on Trial came to town back in February and is always a must-see.  I hadn't seen him since the days of the long-gone Lobby where I had been warned by friends not to sit up ...