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13/03/2017 Western People:Clancy Brothers contest wants your original song.........................................................................3

09/03/2017 Clonmel Nationalist:Concert this Saturday night to support Cahir Looped Walks..........................................................4

12/03/2017 The Sun-Eire:How to work that dream............................................................................................................... 5

01/04/2017 Irish Music Magazine:IMRO SHOWCASE-TRADFEST TEMPLE BAR 2017........................................................................... 6

10/03/2017 Kilkenny People:International Music Sensation 'Fourth Moon' Scheduled for Kilkenny Tradfest............................. 7

09/03/2017 Fingal Gazette:Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe............................................9

09/03/2017 Dublin City Gazette:Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe..........................................12

09/03/2017 Clondalkin Gazette:Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe..........................................15

09/03/2017 Blanch Gazette:Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe..........................................18

09/03/2017 Lucan Gazette:Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe..........................................21

09/03/2017 Dundrum Gazette:Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe..........................................24

09/03/2017 Dun Laoghaire Gazette:Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe..........................................27

17/03/2017 Kilkenny People:Kilkenny Tradfest set to bring significant boost to local economy...............................................30

07/03/2017 Wexford Echo:Opera House scoops Live Music Venue award............................................................................. 31

07/03/2017 Munster Express - Encore:Steel Magnolias...........................................................................................................................33

07/03/2017 Carlow Courier:Top three national spot for local singer/songwriter....................................................................34

10/03/2017 Dungarvan Observer:Waterford's Nuadan to play Kilkenny Tradfest 2017................................................................... 35

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Western People*Monday, 13 March 2017Page: 62

Circulation: 14166Area of Clip: 19800mm²Page 1 of 1

Clancy Brothers contest wants your original song Now one of the biggest song contests in Ire-land, the Clancy Brothers Songwriting Competition 2017 is open for entries again.

And to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the event, songwriters are also invited to take part in ‘A Song for Carrick’, a new com-petition category for songs with the theme of Carrick-on-Suir, the home of the Clancy Brothers.

Two years ago, Mayo musician Jamie Mulrooney won the top prize.

This Clancy Brothers Songwriting Competition is de-signed with the song-writer in mind.

First prize includes a €500 cash sponsored by IMRO, studio time at Crossroads Record-ing in Kilkenny, and CD duplication from Duplication Ireland.

With these prizes, the winner will be all set for the next step in their songwriting ca-reer.

The two runners-up will also receive cash prizes of €250 each so no one leaves empty handed.

Songs entered into ‘A Song for Carrick’ must be on the theme of Carrick-on-Suir. It could be a song about the town, its setting on the River Suir beneath the Comeraghs and Slievenamon, a love song based in the town, or about some-one from Carrick-on-Suir such as Black Tom, Sean Kelly, Maurice Davin or even the Clancy Brothers themselves! There are also cash prizes for the eventual winner and

not on performance or production skills.

The finalists will perform their songs at a concert during the Clancy Brothers Festi-val of Music and Art later this year, after which the winners will be announced.

Entries to both com-petitions can be posted on a CD to Clancy Brothers Songwriting Competition, The Tudor Artisan Hub, 42 Main Street, Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary, or submitted in MP3 format via the website at www.cbsongwrit-ing.com.

The closing date for entries is April 14th.

Jamie Mulrooney (centre), from Pontoon, was the winner of the 2015 Clancy Brothers Song Contest. He is pic-tured with Mary Clancy, widow of the late Paddy Clancy, a member of the Irish folk group that first took the world by storm in the 1960s.

two runners-up. Both competitions

are free to enter and open to all musical styles and genres, all ages and all national-ities.

Songs are judged on melody, composition, originality and lyrics,

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Clonmel Nationalist*Thursday, 9 March 2017Page: 26


Concert this Saturday night to support Cahir Looped Walks On Saturday evening of 11th

March, the committee of

Cahir Looped Walks will

present a concert by singer-

songwriter Jack O’Rourke in

Cahir Park Golf Club.

Cahir Looped Walks are a recent formation with the ob-jective, already underway, of laying out three walks of varying distance in the vi-cinity of Scarrough Wood which lies at foot of the Gal-tees and within walking dis-tance of the town. The walks through the wood and onto the open mountain are to be upgraded and signposted with the purpose of benefit-ting both local and tourist alike. Funds raised will go to-wards costs in this regard.

Singer-songwriter Jack O’Rourke is from Cork. To speak of the regard in which his talent is held, IMRO says he is one of the most exciting

emerging talents in Ireland. RTE radio presenter and

musician, Fiaehana O’Braonain (Hothouse Flowers) spoke of the beau-tiful honest song-writing he delivered with a transporting musicality, whilst his words and music have been recog-nised by the great Tom Waites. Jack’s composition, Silence, was the anthem chosen for the Yes Equality Referendum.

He has been described as having oodles of soul, blues and jazz within him, so a variety for the musical ear. As a prelude to Jack, local musi-cian Nev Flynn will lend his talent to the evening.

Tickets are on sale from the Heritage, The Square, at €20 and your support for these walks greatly appreci-ated. Doors open at 7-3opm and Concert commences at 8.15pm sharp.

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03/12/2017 00:00 | The Sun-Eire

Media Source: PressPage: 18

How to work that dream

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Irish Music Magazine*Saturday, 1 April 2017Page: 56


IMRO SHOWCASE-TRADFEST TEMPLE BAR 2017 January 25th, 2017, St Werburgh's Church, Dublin. Sarah Jarosz and her band with support

from Paddy Dennehy and The Red Herring.

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addy Dennehy and The Red Herring, opened the evening,

showcasing the contrasting vocals of Paddy's impassioned, gutsy

voice and Emily Donoghue's lower, smoother tones. This was

heard on Hard Times, an original from the duo, which Paddy told the

audience had indeed featured in a live performance on The Late Late

Show. The gutsy projection from Dennehy threw up connotations of

Tom Waits, a verified reference in the group's musical direction. The

Waits-influenced growl adapted well by Dennehy, juxtaposed with the

smooth tone of Donoghue. On other songs like The Dance, emotion was

key and came in droves through vocal and instrumental arrangements,

their stated influences of Waits and also Randy Newman and Billie

Holiday among others, were quite audible.

Intensely involved and embedded in every passing lyric, in between

songs Dennehy was at somewhat of a loss, no doubt preferring the

space in which to delve into his music.

Indeed, at one point he said, nervously joking about the intensity of

the compositions: 'It's very hard to see out [into the audience], so if

anyone wants to make an escape, now's the time!' Of course nobody

left, but stuck around for the rest of Paddy Dennehy and Emily

Donoghue's all too short set.

Well, l don't know how they do things down Texas way, but here in

Dublin, Ireland, 10 degrees in winter is cause to start dusting off the

summer wardrobe. Sarah Jarosz began by telling us how cold the

weather was in the city, but we didn't shiver, as the genuine warmth of

her Americana vibe won over the audience in St Werburgh's church.

The 25-year-old has already lived a long life in the music business and

so stood confident on stage, flanked by impresarios Jeff Picker on

Double Bass and Anthony Nikowska on guitars, both acoustic and

electric. Between the three of them, the church reverberated to the

mouth-watering tone of Jarosz's archtop guitar, as well as clawhammer

banjo and her primary instrument, mandolin. “This is just lovely!” Sarah

proclaimed from the altar cum stage, about seeing a sold-out house

who had come to hear her on this apparently 'freezing cold' winter

night.

“Dennehy was intensely involved and embedded in every passing lyric, Jarosz as comfortable

on banjo as mandolin, she played Annabel Lee in the wonderfully subtle clawhammer style”

New CD Irish, Scottish and Cape Breton traditional fiddle tunes

“ / like what they Jo because they have great attack.

There's a lot of energy going on here . ”

Frank Hennessy, Celtic Heartbeat. BBC Radio Wales

Available from iTunes and CD Baby www.leighcline.com/alanaleigh.hrml

[email protected]

Picking from her collection of albums, including her latest Under-

current, released last year, the audience was very obviously pleased

with her selection of songs. Songs like Build Me Up From Bones and her

performance of Bob Dylan's Ring Them Bells received extra attention

from all in attendance. Almost every one of those songs had an

infectious groove, urged along equally by Jarosz's confident stage

presence, effortless musicianship and also the exemplary bass playing

by Picker, who filled the church with his runs through her songs.

Nikowska's energetic lead work on acoustic and electric guitars added

immensely to the groove. The electric effects gave a flowing, effective

and slightly edgy backdrop to the groove, particularly on Back of My

Mind from her latest album Undercurrent

As a nod to a major influence on her journey with the mandolin, and

a familiar face in traditional music circles on either side of the Atlantic,

Jarosz played Tim O'Brien's Lands End/Chasing Talon set, showing off

her picking skills which have been honed si nee the age of 10 when she

got her first mandolin lesson. This set turned into a special moment of

the night, with Sarah and bassist Picker sparking off each other in their

performance of the tunes. Not only sparkling on mandolin and treating

us to that tone-rich archtop guitar, she also announced at one point: “I

think it's time for a bit of banjo!” Equally as comfortable on banjo as

mandolin, she played Annabel Lee in the wonderfully subtle

clawhammer style on her open-back, Boucher-style banjo. Another banjo

whirl saw her sing Ireland's Green Shore, again influenced by O'Brien.

As she announced once or twice to the audience that she hoped they

were managing to keep warm enough through the music, I wondered

if she might want to slip over to Leo Burdock's for a 'one and one' (fish

and chips) after the gig to warm her cockles. Although, having noticed

on Wikipedia that Jarosz is the Polish word for vegetarian, perhaps a

large single of chips might have sufficed, with a few crispy bits thrown

in too. Well, you have to have the crispy bits, whether you're vegetarian

or otherwise and always if you aspire to the banjo.

Derek Copley

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Kilkenny People*Friday, 10 March 2017Page: 36


International Music Sensation ‘Fourth Moon’ Scheduled for Kilkenny Tradfest International music sensa-tion, Fourth Moon are scheduled for Kilkenny Tradfest 2017. The band who were formed when they were studying a Masters in Traditional Music at the World Academy of Irish Music, University Limerick are set to play Kilkenny Tradfest on Sunday 19th March at 9:30pm in Billy Byrne’s, John St, Kilkenny. Fourth Moon line-up con-sists of Mohsen Amini (Con-certina), David Lombardi (Fiddle), Geza Frank (Whistles, Flute, Pipes) and Jean Damei (Guitar), who between them have per-formed globally with their own projects and also with the likes of Riverdance and Carlos Nunez. Between them they have a whole host of awards under their belts including the 2016 BBC Radio Scotland Young Musi-cian of the Year, 2015 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award Winner, 2015 MG ABLA Up and Coming Artist of the Year nomination, Piping championship titles in Ger-many/Austria and upwards of 5 All Britain titles. Amini from Scotland, who

was recently nominated for Musician of the Year at the BBC Folk Awards, com-ments that “The whole idea of the band was to bring to-gether a collective, who share a common ground of innovation but who also keep traditional music at the core and so with this we have incorporated a lot of own compositions and ad-apted them to given them the ‘Fourth Moon’ branding.” Kilkenny Tradfest, which is this year celebrating its fifth anniversary has again ex-ceeded all expectations,

with some of the country’s most influential and ac-claimed musicians set to play in Kilkenny City over the St Patrick’s Day weekend (16th - 19th March). Bulmers is once again the title sponsor at the festival and this years’ high-

lights include; Paul Brady (2017 headline act), Eleanor McEvoy, Ushers Island, De-clan Sinnott & Vickie Keating, The Voice Squad, plus breakout Irish tradi-tional and folk band ‘Beoga* who have recently recorded two tracks for Ed Sheeran’s hotly anticipated new album, ‘Divide’. Kilkenny Tradfest was re-cently awarded ‘Best Small Live Music Festival’ at this year’s IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards. The festival proudly show-cases the very best of Irish traditional and folk music, in a variety of unique venues across Kilkenny city. This year’s festival is set to be bigger and better than ever before, with both free and ticketed events, there’s something everyone can enjoy. Commenting Malcolm Noonan, Kilkenny Tradfest Chairperson said, “We are delighted to welcome Fourth Moon to our festival. Fourth Moon are an incred-ibly talented band and we are honoured they are part of our 2017 line up.” Mr Noonan continued, “The festival is jam packed over the four days, and we are proud to present classic trad music, with contemporary blends as well. There really is something for everyone at Kilkenny Tradfest and without doubt it is the place to be this St. Patrick’s Day weekend.”

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Fingal Gazette*Thursday, 9 March 2017Page: 24


FESTIVAL: DIVERSE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AND ARTISTS BOUND FOR SMOCK ALLEY VENUE IN APRIL

Journey into the evolving sounds o a contemporary music universe }EMMA NOLAN

A CONTEMPORARY music festival is taking to Smock Alley Theatre this April. Music Current 2017 is a showcase for the best in new Irish and interna-tional contemporary elec-tronic music.

This year’s festival runs

composer Christopher and emotional intensity. Dublin for the first time Fox, German ensemble In this concert, she will in a programme of works KLANK, a major new present the Irish premiere developed by the group, immersive installation by of Kaija Saariaho’s semi- KLANK create their Dublin Sound Lab com- nal masterpiece, Lonh - a own sonic universe from posers, plus a special con- beguiling work for solo a dizzying interaction cert of new international soprano and electronics, of musical techniques works developed during The concert also and cultural approaches, the festival by participat- includes recent works by where improvisation ing composers - one of festival composer Christo- collides with the musi-whom will receive this pher Fox: Sea to the West cal potential of everyday Year’s Imro/Music Cur- (forsoprano and electron- objects to create uniquely

forthree days at The Boys . „ . . School Sm kAlle The ren* Commission award ics), which was recently inventive klang-aktionen atre from Anril 27 to 2Q of €2>500- recorded by Hilliard for (sound performances).

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“Fringe” of Irish new music festivals, Music programme of new works Current is now in its for ^ electron- second year and gives a ks performed by Eliza_ platform for the newest bethHUliard contemporary electronic a pioneer of

^nusic, hosting four con- Irish contemporaiy music

certs overthree days. and renowned for her This year’s line-up exceptional

features Irish soprano ^ effortless creativity Elizabeth Hilliard, guest

on Thursday, April 27), a logue Irraissonne (forsolo Saturday, April 29), a

soprano), a captivating large-scale immersive, meditation on language panoramic “painting” of and the fragility of com- Dublin, using eight loud-mumcation. speakers and four large

In KLANK plays video screens. KLANK (8pm on Friday, in this major collabo-April 28) Bremen-based ration, composers Scott quartet KLANK bring McLaughlin, Grainne their mad, lucid logic to Mulvey, Jane Deasy, Fer-

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gal Dowling, creative pro-ducer Sabina Bonnici and video artist Mihai Cucu extend Barker’s vision of a 360-degree experience by reimagining a cityscape reconstructed in pure sound.

Immersed in surround-sound and accompanied by video, the audience is invited to explore four singular perspectives of Dublin.

Music Current 2017 also features an oppor-tunity for the public to engage with composers through a public panel discussion at the Con-temporary Music Centre Library, No 19 Fishamble Street (at 6pm on Friday, April 28).

Entitled, Are You Talk-ing to Me?, the discussion considers the relation-ship between listeners, performers and compos-ers from the audience’s perspective. The panel will include members of KLANK, composer Chris-topher Fox and other

guests. Moderated by Evonne

Ferguson, director of the Contemporary Music Centre, audience mem-bers and concert-goers are encouraged to partici-pate.

For further information, see musiccurrentie.

‘Considered as the “Fringe” of IriH new music festivals, Music Current is now in its second year and gives a platform for the newest contemporary electronic music, hosting four concerts over three days’

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Dublin City Gazette*Thursday, 9 March 2017Page: 24


Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe FESTIVAL: DIVERSE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AND ARTISTS BOUND FOR SMOCK ALLEY VENUE IN APRIL } EMMA NOLAN


This year’s festival runs for three days at The Boys School, Smock Alley The-atre, from April 27 to 29.

Considered as the -“Fringe” of Irish new music festivals, Music Current is now in its second year and gives a platform for the newest contemporary electronic

Jnusic, hosting four con-certs over three days.

This year’s line-up features Irish soprano Elizabeth Hilliard, guest composer Christopher

Fox, German ensemble KLANK, a major new immersive installation by Dublin Sound Lab com-posers, plus a special con-cert of new international works developed during the festival by participat-ing composers - one of whom will receive this Year’s Imro/Music Cur-rent Commission award of €2,500.

The festival opens with Vox Electronica (at 8pm on Thursday, April 27), a programme of new works for soprano and electron-ics performed by Eliza-beth Hilliard.

Hilliard is a pioneer of Irish contemporary music and is renowned for her exceptional musician-ship, effortless creativity and emotional intensity.

In this concert, she will present the Irish premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s semi-nal masterpiece, Lonh - a beguiling work for solo soprano and electronics.

The concert also includes recent works by festival composer Christo-pher Fox: Sea to the West (for soprano and electron-ics), which was recently recorded by Hilliard for the Metier CD label, and Fox’s encyclopedic Cata-logue Irraissonne (for solo soprano), a captivating meditation on language and the fragility of com-munication.

In KLANK plays KLANK (8pm on Friday, April 28) Bremen-based quartet KLANK bring their mad, lucid logic to Dublin for the first time

in a programme of works developed by the group.

KLANK create their own sonic universe from a dizzying interaction of musical techniques and cultural approaches, where improvisation collides with the musi-cal potential of everyday objects to create uniquely

inventive klang-aktionen (sound performances).

The festival concludes with Perisonic (8pm on Saturday, April 29), a large-scale immersive, panoramic “painting” of Dublin, using eight loud-speakers and four large video screens.

In this major collabo-ration, composers Scott McLaughlin, Grainne Mulvey, Jane Deasy, Fer-gal Dowling, creative pro-

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ducer Sabina Bonnici and video artist Mihai Cucu extend Barker’s vision of a 360-degree experience by reimagining a cityscape reconstructed in pure sound.



‘Considered as the “Fringe” of Irish new music festivals, Music Current is now in its second year and gives a platform for the newest contemporary electronic music, hosting four concerts over three days’



Ferguson, director of the Contemporary Music Centre, audience mem-bers and concert-goers are encouraged to partici-

pate. Forfurther information,

see musiccurrentie.

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Hilliard, KLANK, composer Christopher Fox and Michael Quinn

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Clondalkin Gazette*Thursday, 9 March 2017Page: 24


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Entitled, Are You Talk-ing to Me?, the discussion considers the relation-ship between listeners, performers and compos-ers from the audience’s perspective. The panel will include members of

KLANK, composer Chris-topher Fox and other


Ferguson, director of the Contemporary Music Centre, audience mem-bers and concert-goers are encouraged to partici¬

pate. Forfurther information,

see musiccurrentie.


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Blanch Gazette*Thursday, 9 March 2017Page: 24


FESTIVAL: DIVERSE PROGRAMME OF EVENTS AND ARTISTS BOUND FOR SMOCK ALLEY VENUE IN APRIL

Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe | EMMA NOLAN


This year’s festival runs for three days at The Boys School, Smock Alley The-atre, from April 27 to 29.

Considered as the “Fringe” of Irish new music festivals, Music Current is now in its second year and gives a platform for the newest contemporary electronic nusic, hosting four con-certs over three days.

This year’s line-up features Irish soprano Elizabeth Hilliard, guest

composer Christopher Fox, German ensemble KLANK, a major new immersive installation by Dublin Sound Lab com-posers, plus a special con-cert of new international works developed during the festival by participat-ing composers - one of whom will receive this Year’s Imro/Music Cur-rent Commission award of €2,500.

The festival opens with Vox Electronica (at 8pm on Thursday, April 27), a

programme of newworks for soprano and electron-ics performed by Eliza-beth Hilliard.

Hilliard is a pioneer of Irish contemporary music and is renowned for her exceptional musician-ship, effortless creativity

and emotional intensity. In this concert, she will

present the Irish premiere of Kaija Saariaho’s semi-nal masterpiece, Lonh - a beguiling work for solo soprano and electronics.


In KLANK plays

KLANK (8pm on Friday, April 28) Bremen-based quartet KLANK bring

their mad, lucid logic to Dublin for the first time in a programme of works developed by the group.




In this major collabo-ration, composers Scott

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McLaughlin, Grainne Mulvey, Jane Deasy, Fer-gal Dowling, creative pro-




Entitled, Are You Talk-ing to Me?, the discussion considers the relation-ship between listeners, performers and compos¬

ers from the audience’s perspective. The panel will include members of KLANK, composer Chris-topher Fox and other


Ferguson, director of the Contemporary Music Centre, audience mem-bers and concert-goers are encouraged to partici-

pate. For further information,

see musiccurrent.ie.


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Artists featuring at Music Current 2017 include (from top) soprano Elizabeth


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Lucan Gazette*Thursday, 9 March 2017Page: 24



Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe | EMMA NOUN


This year’s festival runs for three days at The Boys School, SmockAlley The-atre, from April 27 to 29.

Considered as the {“Fringe” of Irish new {music festivals, Music Current is now in its second year and gives a platform for the newest Contemporary electronic music, hosting four con-

certs over three days.

This year’s line-up features Irish soprano Elizabeth Hilliard, guest







In KLANK plays KLANK (8pm on Friday, April 28) Bremen-based quartet KLANK bring their mad, lucid logic to

Dublin for the first time in a programme of works developed by the group.




In this major collabo-ration, composers Scott McLaughlin, Grainne Mulvey, Jane Deasy, Fer-

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Entitled, Are You Talk-ing to Me?, the discussion considers the relation-ship between listeners,

performers and compos-ers from the audience’s perspective. The panel will include members of KLANK, composer Chris-topher Fox and other


Ferguson, director of the Contemporary Music Centre, audience mem-bers and concert-goers are encouraged to partici


see musiccurrentie.


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Dundrum Gazette*Thursday, 9 March 2017Page: 24



Journey into the evolving sounds of a contemporary music universe | EMMA NOLAN


This year’s festival runs forthree days at The Boys School, SmockAlley The-atre, from April 27 to 29.

Considered as the “Fringe” of Irish new music festivals, Music Current is now in its second year and gives a [platform for the newest

ontemporary electronic usic, hosting four con-

certs over three days. This year’s line-up

features Irish soprano Elizabeth Hilliard, guest








Dublin for the first time in a programme of works developed by the group.



The festival concludes with Perisonic (8pm on Saturday, April 29), a large-scale immersive, ipariotamip “painting” of Dublin, using eight loud-speakers and four large video screens.


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Ferguson, director of the Contemporary Music

Centre, audience mem-bers and concert-goers are encouraged to partici-pate.

For further information, see musiccurrentie.


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Dun Laoghaire Gazette*Thursday, 9 March 2017Page: 24



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tional contemporary elec-tronic music.

This year’s festival runs

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Hilliard is a pioneer of Irish contemporary music

This year’s line-up and is renowned for her features Irish soprano exceptional musician-Elizabeth Hilliard, guest shiP’ effortless creativity

soprano), a captivating meditation on language and the fragility of com-munication.


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Kilkenny Tradfest set to bring significant boost to local economy Kilkenny Tradfest, is celeb-rating its fifth anniversary, and this year’s line-up does not disappoint. With some of the country’s most acclaimed musicians and artists set to play Kilkenny on St. Patrick’s Day weekend, it’s not sur-prising that visitors are ex-pected to descend on the city in their thousands for the renowned festival, which recently won ‘Best Small Live Music Festival’ at the IMRO Venue awards.

The influx of visitors to the city is expected to bring a sig-nificant boost to the local eco-nomy, with people coming from all corners of the country to join in the celebra-tion of Irish traditional and folk music.

It is estimated that for every €i spent on live enter-tainment tickets, an addi-tional €6.06 of revenue is generated in the rest of the economy, this was the find-ings in a recent report, de-veloped by IMRO and Failte

Ireland, ‘Let’s celebrate’ which examined the eco-nomic and cultural impact of live music events. The re-search, which was conducted between March 2015 and Feb-ruary 2016, also estimated that during this period, an ad-ditional €1.3 billion was gen-erated by live entertainment nationally, and 8,723 addi-tional jobs were secured as a result of five entertainment only.

Kilkenny Tradfest Chair-person, Malcolm Noonan said that the final prepara-tions are being made to the award-winning festival.

“We are really looking for-ward to this year’s Kilkenny Tradfest, the line-up has ex-ceeded all our expectations and it’s such an honour to

have so many talented and wonderful artists playing at our festival.”

“Without doubt Kilkenny Tradfest will bring a signi-ficant boost to the local eco-nomy in Kilkenny. The IMRO/Failte Ireland report outlines that for every €i spent on live entertainment tickets, the local economy will generate €6.06 of revenue, which is really astounding.

“ We have always received so much support from local businesses in Kilkenny, and it’s down to their enthusiasm that we’ve managed to grow the festival for the past five years. We want to continue to build on this, and with a col-lective effort we think we can make Kilkenny, Ireland’s top festival destination,” he added.

Kilkenny Tradfest will take place over St. Patrick’s Day and is accessible to everyone with both free and ticketed events and something for the whole family to enjoy.

Making his debut appear-ance at Kilkenny Tradfest, Paul Brady’s performance will be amongst the highlights of this year’s music festival. Paul will take centre stage within the stunning setting of St. Canice’s Cathedral on Thursday (March 16) and tickets are now available from Rollercoaster Records and on ticketmaster.ie

Other highlights of this year’s Kilkenny Tradfest in-clude Ushers Island, Eleanor McEvoy, The Voice Squad, Pauline Scanlon, Heidi Talbot, Declan Sinnott, Mohsen Amini and Fourth Moon, plus breakout Irish traditional and folk band ‘Beoga1 who have recently re-corded two tracks for Ed Sheeran’s new album, ‘Di-vide’.

The five-day festival will

host events for all ages, in-cluding workshops, the Bulmer’s Music Trail, Ceili dances, family activities, along with the city’s renowned St Patrick’s Day parade, and much more.

For fantastic traditional Irish musicians and dance, world-class performances as well as all the Paddy’s Day festivities, Kilkenny will be the place to be this St Patrick’s Day weekend 16th-19th March.

For tickets and more in-formation see: kilkennytrad-fest.com

Heidi Talbot who will play at Cleere's Theatre on March 18 as part of

Tradfest

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Wexford Echo*Tuesday, 7 March 2017Page: 68


Opera House scoops Live Music Venue award MORE ACCOLADES came the late Frank Murray (man-theway of Wexford's Nation- ager for Thin Lizzy and The

Pogues) who sadly passed away in December 2016.

The award was presented to Frank’s daughter Shan-non Murray.

Performances on the night came from Soule, Jafaris and Overhead, The Albatross.

Plot Press Editor Niall Stokes also gave special commendations, present-ing awards to The Olympia Theatre, Dublin / Mike The Pies, Listowel and Boyle's of Slane.

al Opera House last week when the acclaimed High Street venue was announced as the winner of the 2016 IMRO National Live Music Venue of the Year award.

The award, which was by public vote, was presented at the much anticipated ninth IMRO awards cere-mony held in the Irish Music Rights Organisation Head-quarters in Dublin and was hosted by loede’s Paddy McKenna.

Of the annual awards which were voted by over 11,500 IMRO members, Vic-tor Finn, IMRO Chief Execu-tive said:

"A strong live music cir-cuit is the lifeblood of a vibrant music industry.

"It is important that we acknowledge those venue owners and festivals pro-moters whose commitment, passion and support for live music throughout the coun-try enables music creators to continue making the music we all enjoy.”

Other winners in the regional categories include Dublin - Vicar Street, Rest of Leinster - Watergate The-atre, Kilkenny, Connacht The Quays, Galway, Mun-ster - Coughlan’s, Cork, Ulster - Voodoo, Letterken-

ny, Co Donegal. Also nabbing accolades pan* QUjz m the Talbot Hotel. Pic: Nicola Reddy,

for IMRO Music Festival of the Year and IMRO Small Live Music Festival 2016 were Sea Sessions and Kilkenny Tradfest respec-tively.

The Olympia Theatre picked up the award for IMRO Tech Crew of the Year.

The IMRO Outstanding Contribution to Live Music accolade was awarded to

Cllr. Davy Hynes, Leonard Kelly (Quiz Master) and Tom Harpur working hard at the Good 2

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Wexford Echo*Tuesday, 7 March 2017Page: 68


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Munster Express - Encore*Tuesday, 7 March 2017Page: 5


Liam Murphy casts an eye on the local theatre scene.

Steel Magnolias

LIAM MURPHY REPORTS entertainmentramunster-express.ie

Ger Cody and the Water-gate Theatre Kilkenny are on a roll at the moment. They got a one-off grant from the Gov-ernment of €81,858 in the Arts and Cultural Capital Scheme 2016 -2018 (Garter Lane got €54,000). They were also Best Live Music Venue in the rest of Leinster category (exclud-ing Dublin) in the ninth annual IMRO awards.

To add to this success, Watergate Productions pre-sented a wonderful version of Robert Harling’s ‘Steel Mag-nolias’. Expertly directed by Don O’Connor, a six-woman ensemble cast touched the lives of an appreciative audi-ence who were caught up in the drama. They were like ‘emotional putty’ in the thrall of a cast who gossiped, ban-tered and comforted each other in a small-town beauty shop in Chinquapin, Louisiana, that was a metaphor or a touch-stone for shared sympathy and universal empathy. The late eighties setting was well real-ised by John O’Donoghue’s excellent set design. Central to the story was ‘Shelby’ as she arrived to get glammed up for her wedding. She was beautiful and mercurial, full of hopes for happiness and

fulfilment and she makes light of her diabetes in her wish to give birth. Elaine O’Hara was luminous and fragile in this role and the audience took her to their hearts in a way only live theatre can achieve. Claire Gibbs was powerful and quietly supportive as her concerned mother, ‘M’Lynn’ and she evoked spontane-ous applause for a powerful emotional outburst towards the end of the play. You knew that these six characters’ lives were entwined with each other and you believed the wonderful rapport shown time and again in this production. Colette Browne played the Earth Mother/Big Momma, ‘Truvy’ who owned the beauty shop and you felt you could tell her your secrets and share your troubles. This was a performance to bask in and enjoy. Cathy Lawler played ‘Clairee’, a recent widow who coped so well and her devel-opment through the play was a joy and a triumph. Truvy took in the emotional stray in search of a job. ‘Annelle’ was played with such skill by Maeve O’Flynn who grew in confidence and spirituality in a way that struck the right note, rather than be an ersatz

cypher. Ann Hurley played the scene-stealing ‘Ouiser’, the tough as teak, loud, mouthy, opinionated ‘take no prisoners’ and ‘suffer no fools’ realist. Like the others, she changed as the play pro-gressed. At times you wanted to thump her as Clairee said “take a whack at Ouiser” but by the end the emotional transformation was wonder-ful and life affirming. What a performance.

Kilkenny Musical Society will present ‘Parade’ by Jason Robert Brown at the Water-gate, directed by Christine Scarry with David Hayes as musical director. The late Bryan Flynn had planned to do Parade at the Cork Opera House before his untimely death. This musical drama-tizes the 1913 trial of a Jewish factory manager, ‘Leo Frank’ who was accused of murdering a thirteen-year-old ‘employee of the pencil factory, ‘Mary Phagan’. The work has large emotive and dramatic scenes echoing the American Civil War and includes rabid anti-Semitism and the birth of the Anti-Defamation League (Jewish Civil Rights) as well as the revival of the Ku Klux Klan. It runs from April 2nd to 8th.

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Carlow Courier*Tuesday, 7 March 2017Page: 6


Top three national spot for local singer/songwriter CARLOW hosted this year’s Pan Celtic National Song Contest with local teen Tadhg 6 Grifin taking the third spot.

The 18 finalists from across the country, including three from Carlow, performed live before an audience of more than 300 and the judging panel of Seathrun 6 Casaide of the legendary Na Casa-daigh family group from Donegal, RTE producer Brian Pairceir and traditional singer Deirdre Nig Eanruig.

The Pan Celtic trophy and top prize of €1,000 went to Emer O’Flaherty of Ennis for her composition “Taibhse’. Emer will be back in Carlow on Thursday, 22nd April to perform her winning song. She will be representing Ire-land at the Pan Celtic Interna-tional Song Contest, compet-ing against the entries from the other participating Celtic

nations of Wales, Scotland, Brittany, Cornwall and The Isle of Man.

The judges were extremely impressed by the high stan-dard of the entries and were visibly moved by the profes-sional delivery of all finalists, the organisers said.

A big cheer went up from the Seven Oaks Hotel au-dience when local young singer/songwriter Tadhg was declared for 3rd prize and re-ceived €100 for his composi-tion ‘Abhainn an Ghra’.

Meabh Ni Bheaglaoich of the Begley family from West Kerry picked up 2nd prize and €200 for her song ‘Amhran na nGael’.

The gala event was spon-sored by IMRO, Gael Linn and Pan Celtic while raffle sponsors included Dan Mor-rissey & Co Ltd, Carlow Tom-ism and Seven Oaks Hotel.

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Dungarvan Observer*Friday, 10 March 2017Page: 61


NuadSrs are scheduled to

I play Kilkenny Tradfest 2017 over four nights from Thursday 16th - Sunday 19th March at Matt the Miller’s, John St Lower, Kilkenny. Nuadan are a four piece band from the West Waterford Gaeitacht, An Rlnn. The band is made up of the remaining members of a band that won the presti-

* i|||| gious Siansa Gael Linn Competition in the ’1 National Concert hall in 2013. They play

tunes and songs in both Irish and English as well as sing local sean-n6s songs from An Rlnn with arrangements. The band’s

'b scheduled gigs at Kilkenny Tradfest are free and not to be missed!

Kilkenny Tradfest, which is this year cel-ebrating its fifth anniversary has again exceeded all expectations, with some of the country’s most influential and acclaimed musicians set to play in Kilkenny City over the St Patrick’s Day weekend (16th - 19th March). Bulmers is once again the title sponsor at the festival and this years’ highlights include; Paul Brady (2017 headline act), Eleanor McEvoy,

hers Island, Pauline Scanlon, Declan Sinnott & Vickie Keating, The Voice Squad, Mohsen Amfni and Fourth Moon, plus breakout Irish traditional and folk band

iga‘ who have recently recorded two tracks for Ed Sheeran’s hotly anticipated new album, ‘Divide’.

Kilkenny Tradfest was recently awarded ‘Best Small Live Music Festival’ at this i year’s iMRO Live Music Venue of the Year 1 Awards. The festival proudly showcases £ the very best of Irish traditional and folk music, in a variety of unique venues across Kilkenny city. This year’s festival is set to be bigger and better than ever before, with both free and ticketed events., there’s something everyone can enjoy.

Commenting Malcolm Noonan, Kilkenny Tradfest Chairperson said, “We are delighted to welcome Nuadan to our festi-val. Nuadan are an incredibly talented band and we are honoured that they are part of our 2017 line up.”

Mr. Noonan continued, “The festival is jam packed over the four days, and we are proud to present classic trad music, with contemporary blends as well. There really is something for everyone at Kilkenny Tradfest and without doubt it is the place to be this St. Patrick’s Day weekend.”

For the full schedule, with information on tickets please visit; kilkennytradfest.com

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