Music under the Mountains @ Hollywood

The line up for this year’s Music Under The Mountain festival in Hollywood, Co Wicklow has just been confirmed. All are welcome to visit Hollywood – just an hour from Dublin on the N81, and this festival always manages to have a great atmosphere both in Tutty’s & the Hollywood Inn, facing each other, and out on the road in between.

Friday 24^th

9.00 pm Hollywood Inn

Alyth McCormack (vocal) & Triona Marshall (harp)

Saturday 25^th

10.30 am Hollywood Inn

Workshops with Michelle O’Brien (fiddle), Peter Browne (accordion) & Gavin Whelan (whistle)

2.00 pm Hollywood Inn

Gavin Whelan Band

3.00 pm Tutty’s

Session led by Steve Larkin (fiddle), Kevin Rowsome (pipes) & Mick Kinsella (harmonica)

9.00 pm Hollywood Inn

Josephine Marsh (accordion) & Mick Kinsella (harmonica)

Sunday 26^th

12.30 pm Tutty’s

Singing session hosted by Phil Callery

8.00 pm Tutty’s

Michelle O’Brien (fiddle), Peter Browne (accordion) & Eugene Quinn (guitar & banjo)

All Set For 4th Annual Tulla Festival

The 4th Annual Tulla Traditional Music Festival will take place this weekend, 10th to 12th September 2010.

The line up has recently been confirmed and this year’s special guest is Seamus Tansey. Seamus is one of the most colourful musicians in the traditional Irish music scene today, a native of Sligo he is a wonderful flute player who has influenced a whole generation of musicians. He has also published two books “ The Bardic Apostles of Innisfree 1999 “and “ The Bardic Apostles of Innisfree Continued 2005”. (Clare Herald) >>>

Trad for Trócaire

Trócaire has teamed up with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann to run Trad for Trócaire, a new national fundraising initiative that will launch for the first time in September 2010.

Musicians and venues around the country will be encouraged to hold a traditional Irish or folk music session during the week of 23rd to 29th September in aid of Trócaire.

Click here for more details on how to get involved >>>>

Síle Seoige with, from left, musicians Barry Mc Allister, Luke Deatan and Eoghan Scott at the launch of Trad for Trócaire. Photo: Maxwells Photography