10 years of Téada

Oisin Mac Diarmada pictured at Willie Clancy Summer School recently, with Marcas Ó Murchú

Join Téada in Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo tomorrow night (Monday) to celebrate 10 years of the group. They’ll be joined by lots of great musicians/singers/dancers including Michael McGoldrick, Séamus Begley, Marcas Ó Murchú, Gerard Butler and many more, to also open the 2011 South Sligo Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance.

If you can’t make it, the tribute concert from the 25th South Sligo Summer School will be streamed on www.livetrad.com on Friday next July 15th from 10pm Irish/UK time.

Téada launch group app

Oisin Mac Diarmada and Seamus Begley US tour

Tunes and songs of the West Caost of Ireland to the Pacific NW West Coast tour, March 24-30, 2011

• March 16^th 2011: McGraw’s Irish Pub, East Rochester NY, 7pm

www.mcgrawsirishpub.com 585-348-9091

• March 17^th 2011: Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk CT, 7:30pm

Téada w/ Séamus Begley
www.norfolklibrary.org 860-542-5075

• March 18^th 2011: Sanders Theater, Cambridge MA, 8pm

WGBH St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn w/ Téada & Séamus Begley
www.wgbh.org/listen/stpatrickssojourn2011.cfm 617-496-2222

• March 19^th 2011: Zeiterion Theater, New Bedford MA, 8pm

WGBH St. Patrick’s Day Celtic Sojourn w/ Téada & Séamus Begley
www.wgbh.org/listen/stpatrickssojourn2011.cfm 508-994-2900

• March 20^th 2011: Towne Crier, Pawling NY, 7:30pm

www.townecrier.com 845-855-1300

• March 21^st 2011: Spring Lake Public Library, Spring Lake NJ, 7:30pm

www.springlakelibrary.com 732-449-6654

• March 22^nd 2011: House Concert, Voorhees NJ, 7:30pm

856-795-7637

• March 24^th 2011: Kyoto Art & Antiques, Seattle WA, 7:30pm

www.kyotoartandantiques.com 206-381-9871

• March 25^th 2011: House Concert, Salem OR, 7:30pm

503-363-7308

• March 26^th 2011: Historic Winona Grange, Tualatin OR, 7:30pm

www.sandairishentertainment.com 503-691-2078

• March 27^th 2011: High School Auditorium, Scappoose OR, 2pm

503-543-7915

• March 27^th 2011: House Concert, Tualatin OR, 7:30pm

www.sandairishentertainment.com 503-691-2078

• March 30^th 2011: Tualatin Heritage Center, Tualatin OR, 12:30pm

www.hulahub.com 503-691-2078

• March 31^th 2011: Chief O’Neill’s, Chicago IL, 8pm

www.irishmusicschool.com 773-412-5082

• April 08th 2011: Montana Tech Library Auditorium, Butte MT, 7:30pm

(Séamus Begley only)
http://life.umt.edu/uc/the_source/

• April 09^th 2011: Music Recital Hall, University of Montana, Missoula MT, 7:30pm

(Séamus Begley only)
http://life.umt.edu/uc/the_source/

• April 13th, 15^th – 17^th 2011: Masters in Collaboration V, Irish Arts Center, New York

(Joanie Madden with Séamus Begley & Tim Edey)
www.irishartscenter.org/music.htm#micv 212-757-3318

• April 14^th 2011: University of Missouri, Saint Louis MO, 1pm

(Oisín Mac Diarmada only)

• April 15^th – 17^th 2011: Tionól, Saint Louis MO

(Oisín Mac Diarmada only)
www.tionol.org

Celtic Connections lives up to name

Irish mini-festival Sligo Live is to curate its own night at the annual Celtic Connections event, which is currently taking place in Glasgow. Young trad band Téada, who have already headlined several world-music festivals, will be joined by Sligo trad-fusion act Túcan and rock trio The Unwanted. (From Irish Times >>>)

Téada @ The Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre

Friday January 21st at 8:30 PM @ Séamus Ennis Centre

Téada released a long awaited fourth album – Ceol & Cuimhne / Music & Memory in 2010 on the Gael Linn label, described by The Irish Echo’s Earle Hitchner as “the best album of Irish instrumental music I’ve heard so far this year”. 2011 will see the Téada mark its’ 10th anniversary with a busy season of touring and other special projects.

Founded by Sligo fiddler Oisín Mac Diarmada, Téada first came together in 2001 to make an appearance on the innovative Irish television series ‘Flosc’. With engaging textural arrangements, Téada, meaning “strings” in the Irish language revels in the vibrant traditional music of Ireland. Deftly playing up its structural intricacies while preserving the contagious energy inherent in the repertoire, the group strives to capture a sense of the rawness and individuality of the solo artist, within a modern group context.

Seating is limited. Book early to avoid disappointment.

Irish Christmas in America show

Celebrating its sixth year, the holiday show “Irish Christmas in America” tours throughout the USA with some of Ireland’s top traditional artists, including singer & accordion-player Séamus Begley, Gráinne, Tommy Martin, Brian Cunningham. An accompanying CD, “Irish Christmas in America,” is also now available.

Produced by Oisín Mac Diarmada of award-winning lrish group Téada, the atmospheric Irish Christmas in America show once again features top Irish in the 2010 touring line-up.

The holiday show was first conceived in 2005 by Oisin Mac Diarmada of Téada. Past tours have featured guest vocalists such as Karan Casey, Cara Dillon, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Cathie Ryan and Michael Londra. Mac Diarmada enthuses about the program as a way to bring traditional and often unknown Irish customs to the States. “One of the most heartfelt themes of Irish Christmas is emigration,” says Mac Diarmada. “Music was a way that people stayed close to home.”

Performance Venues 2005-2009 include
* Cerritos Performing Arts Center Los Angeles CA * The Dana Center Manchester NH * National Geographic Live! (5th consecutive year) Washington DC * Fox Theater, Tucson AZ * The Egg Albany NY * Annenberg Center Philadelphia PA * Kimo Theater, Albuquerque NM

Téada @ Music on the Hill

Delighted to have the chance to see Téada live, finally, and locally, at the first Music on the Hill, organised my Maryann Ryan in Kilteel on Saturday. I’d say it was the smallest stage Téada have been on in a while, but they managed to squeeze out a great show, and hung around and mingled a bit both before & afterwards in the Kilteel Inn and out back. They are off on another US tour (minus Paul Finn, pictured below in his solo set, who has just got married and who has the day job to attend to). And it’s no wonder they are so popular there and here as they clearly put in a lot of quality work on getting the balance right in their act – tune choices, arrangements, stage dynamics etc. And it goes without saying that they are superb musicians each and every one. I am glad I hadn’t yet purchased their new CD, Ceol & Cuimhne, as I was able to buy it direct off them afterwards … and get the autographs and have a chat!

A batch of other pics from the night (minus the morning, by which time I was in no shape to be taking photographs not to mention the shape the prospective subjects of the photographs were in) are here >>

Music on the Hill, Kilteel, Co Kildare

End the summer with a night of music and craic up the hill in Kilteel, Co Kildare. Music. BBQ. Camping. And breakfast rolls on sale in the hall next morning.

Line up includes: Lost Leaders; Buail an Bothar; Kosa; Sinead Keogh and band; Ken Murphy and Aishling Keogh; Maire Digan and band; Teada; McGetigans; and many more

€10 for all day ticket / €15 for day and camping ticket

Ring Maryann on 085-1443848 to get your ticket.

Téada’s new album reviewed in Times

Ceol Cuimhne/Music Memory, Téada’s new album gets four stars in Irish Times review (by Siobhan Long) >> http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/theticket/2010/0219/1224264732224.html

New Téada album

New Téada album in Irish stores from this Friday, Feb 12th. Available on Compass Records in US from April. Order online now for immediate mailing from http://ceolproductions.bigcartel.com

Innisfree Céilí Band recording

Innisfree Céilí Band album (featuring Téada’s Paul, Damien & Oisín) MP3 downloads now available from www.amazon.com ($0.99 per track), www.amazon.co.uk (£0.79 per track) and www.downloadmusic.ie (€0.99 per track)