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STIMS: The Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society, Inc...............

2010 Traditional Irish Music Concert Calendar

"...The Shamrock Traditional Irish Music Society has risen steadily in stature and must now be considered the premier, East Coast, not-for-profit organization presenting high-quality live Irish Traditional Music." Earle Hitchner, Irish Echo.

2/12 Karan Casey & John Doyle (Irish Echo Trad Musician of the Year!!)
original founders of Solas 
 
at the intimate Fairfield Theatre Company's Stage One.

TIX Available ONLY at FTC's box office click the pic

Karan Casey & John Doyle first came to international prominence as founding members of the influential Irish band Solas. Now deep into their solo careers, the two- one of Irish music's most glorious voices and one of its mightiest instrumentalists - have reunited.

Karan Casey has received critical acclaim from Japan to America as one of Ireland's greatest singers, a standing confirmed by having been twice voted Best Female Traditional/Folk artist by Irish Music Magazine readers and her nomination for a prestigious BBC Radio 2 Folk Award.

The Associated Press calls Casey's voice "...so beautiful, it's almost impossible to avoid falling under her spell."

John Doyle named Irish Echo Top Traditional Musician of 2009
[Published on January 27, 2010, in the IRISH ECHO newspaper, New York City. Copyright (c) Earle Hitchner. All rights reserved. Reprinted by permission of author.]
To say Dublin-born, Asheville, N.C., resident guitarist and singer John Doyle had a brilliant year of music in 2009 is an understatement.
On Sun., Jan. 31, we'll find out if he and Chicago fiddler Liz Carroll win the best traditional world music album Grammy for "Double Play" (Compass), their exceptional, co-produced CD that finished fifth in the Irish Echo's top ten traditional albums of 2009. This first-time nomination for the Irish traditional duo is a breakthrough in another sense, confirming industry-wide recognition of their accomplishments.
Doyle also appears on seven other albums issued in 2009. They include two more co-produced by him for Compass Records: Mick Moloney's "If It Wasn't for the Irish and the Jews" (sixth in Irish Echo's top ten list) and "The Green Fields of America" (15th in Irish Echo's top 30 list). The remaining five releases are "Irish Pirate Ballads and Other Songs of the Sea" (Smithsonian Folkways); "How Sweet the Sound" (CD and DVD on Razor & Tie/American Masters) by Joan Baez, for whom he's also music director; "The Company You Keep" (Compass) by Alison Brown; "Out of Ireland" (deluxe edition DVD and CD multi-pac reissue of 1995 documentary soundtrack on Shanachie Entertainment); and "Helping Hands" (Fiddlesticks Music) by Jerry Holland and John Doyle.

4/25 Grainne Hambly & William Jackson

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Fairfield Theatre Co Feb 12

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Tommy O'Sullivan, Matt Cranich & Donal Murphy

3/4 Sliabh Notes - 8PM at the historic Newtown Meeting House, Newtown, CT. (Directions click here)

At the heart of the Sliabh Notes sound is the playing of Dónal Murphy on accordion, and Matt Cranitch on fiddle, who in the words of Paul Dromey, Folk Columnist of the Evening Echo, “have proved themselves to be one of the finest and most electrifying Sliabh Luachra-style box and fiddle duos you could wish to hear.” Added to this is the versatile guitar-playing and unique singing of Tommy O'Sullivan. The result is a dynamic mix of exciting traditional music that is vibrant, powerful and compelling.  USE THE FORM BELOW LEFT TO RESERVE OR CALL 203 254 1271

Chulrua 4/07 click pic to hear Chulrua
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Dale Russ Paddy O'Brien Pat Eagan

4/7 Chulrua (pronounced cool-ROO-ah), location TBD Chulrua plays old instrumental dance music of Ireland: jigs, reels, hornpipes, polkas, walking marches, slow airs, set dances, and the harp music of Turlough O'Carolan. The band strives to present these tunes in keeping with the old tradition, as they were handed down from generation to generation in Ireland. The heart of Irish music is the session, where tunes are played and traded, and conversation about music is the central theme. Sessions can be held anywhere, but are usually the best--and most relaxed--in a small, intimate place like the kitchen of a house or a small pub. The music Chulrua presents
onstage comes from that tradition.

Button accordion icon Paddy O'Brien has accumulated a veritable hoard of rare versions of tunes and stories gleaned from more than 40 years of patiently seeking out and spending time with older musicians throughout Ireland. A native of County Offaly in the Midlands of Ireland, he received a National Endowment for the Arts grant to record and annotate 500 dance tunes and is revered by aficionados worldwide.

American fiddle player Dale Russ gets rave reviews from the best Irish fiddle players. He plays Irish traditional music with distinctive clarity, articulation, and soul. In 1993, renowned Irish fiddler Martin Hayes told Folk World magazine "Dale Russ is one of the greatest fiddlers I know in Irish traditional music."

For 20 years, Tipperary man Pat Egan has developed his own powerfully emotive style of guitar accompaniment and vocal delivery. A native of Tipperary, Pat grew up singing and playing, and has been a professional musician since 1985. Now living in Baltimore, Maryland, Pat has made extensive tours of the United States, and has also performed in France, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Germany, and Scotland. He has appeared on numerous television and radio programs, in the U.S., Ireland, and abroad.


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