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AUSTIN TEXAS |
The Largest St. Patricks Day Event in Central Texas! |
Matt Cranitch and Tommy O'Sullivan of SLIABH NOTES - TOMMY O'SULLIVAN was born to John L O Sullivan of Lispole, Co. Kerry and Mary Lynch of Garfinny, Dingle, Co. Kerry. He began playing guitar at the age of ten and shortly afterwards moved with his family back to Lispole, five miles east of Dingle. His already keen interest in music was fuelled by the great sessions that he heard locally and in particular in Cahir's Bar, Corofin, where he heard the likes of Mary Bergin, Tony Linnane, Noel Hill, and Paddy Keenan. Tommy has kept a busy international schedule with Paddy Keenan (The Bothy Band) since 1997. While mostly concentrated in the U.S., they also appear regularly in Ireland and at European festivals. For many, his vocal contributions to Sliabh Notes three albums so far ‘Sliabh Notes’, ‘Gleanntan’ and ‘Along Blackwater’s Banks’ and his duet with Paddy Keenan ‘The Long Grazing Acre’ were highlights as much as the musical content. Tommy’s personal view of himself is "a singer who plays as opposed to a player that sings." |
THE SILVER THISTLE PIPES AND DRUMS Silver Thistle Pipes and Drums is a non-profit 501(c) (3) educational and cultural organization based in Austin, Texas for more than 30 years. Silver Thistle is dedicated to promotion of the historically renowned Scottish Highland bagpiping and Scottish-style drumming through its educational component, youth program, traditional performances and competitive status. Its educational component and youth program is comprised of more than 15 aspiring pipers and drummers in the Central Texas region. Silver Thistle’s A band is registered as a Grade III band, the B band is registered as a Grade IV band. |
IRISH DANCE CENTER |
CLICKETY CLOGGERS |
CASS ACADEMY OF IRISH DANCE |
JEFF MOORE with Heather Gilmer and Jonathan Milton |
One of the most notable Irish musicians living in the Southwest, Jeff has been playing the guitar since the age of seven and has been studying and performing traditional Irish music for the past decade. Jeff has performed with many of the Southwest's foremost Celtic music ensembles. He was one of the founding members of the high-energy Texas Irish band Cluan and he continues to perform with Irish duo partner, fiddler Heather Gilmer. Jeff has also accompanied international touring musicians such as Cape Breton fiddler Jerry Holland, Dublin accordion legend James Keane, master Irish fiddler James Kelly, button accordion player Johnny B. Connolly, master musician and folklorist Mick Moloney, and Irish accordion maestro Joe Burke. |
MARCH 17th, 2010 WEDNESDAY 2PM TO 10PM AT COVER3 Tickets $8.00 (online) or $10.00 at the door KIDS UNDER 13 are free. |
MATT CRANITCH - who lives in Cork, is renowned as a fiddle-player and teacher, both at home in Ireland and abroad. He has a particular interest in the music of Sliabh Luachra, which is located in the south-west of Ireland. He has successfully completed a Ph.D. on the fiddle-playing style of this region at the Irish World Music Centre, University of Limerick, where he also teaches traditional music performance. His current band is Sliabh Notes, which also includes Dónal Murphy and Tommy. Matt is a regular contributor to radio and television programs as a performer and commentator on matters relating to traditional music. He is traditional music consultant for TG4, the Irish-language television service. “An exceptional musician and an authority on Irish fiddle-playing, Matt has been a major force in Irish music since the early 1970s.” – The Rough Guide to Irish Music. In 2003, he received the ‘University College Cork Hall of Fame Award’ in recognition of the contribution he had made to Irish traditional music. |
Austin's Clickety Cloggers is a dance club composed of Central Texans who get together each week to perform a uniquely American dance form that is rooted in traditional Appalachian-style clogging - but with a decidedly modern flair. The club is open to anyone who has already learned how to clog dance or who completes our beginner clogging lessons. It is a non-profit dance group dedicated to preserving the clogging heritage and promoting the art of clog dancing. |
THE DERAILERS In a career that has given rise to more than a decade's worth of fine-tuned, highly anticipated and wonderfully received music, the Derailers continue to build the relationship between song, listener and dance floor. Each album has been a mix of well-crafted original songs and cover songs so thoughtfully chosen and so representative of the band, that fans think they are as original as the band themselves. Challenged by their fans to create a sound that mirrors the shuffle of happy boots on a hardwood floor, the Derailers have fed the hungry dancehall crowds with their classic country beats and a 60s pop sensibility. This Austin-based quartet made quite a splash during Austin's 1996 South By Southwest music festival and were the talk of 6th Street for half a decade. Their first 2 CD's made them poster children for modern-day alt-country - brandishing a love for Merle Haggard and Buck Owens while thumbing their noses at the mainstream Nashville music industry. That combination practically branded them Alamo heroes in the eyes of blues-loving Austinites. |
A CELEBRATION OF AUTHENTIC IRISH AND FOLK CULTURE INCLUDING CELTIC MUSIC STARS FROM IRELAND: Matt Cranitch and Tommy O'Sullivan TEXAS LEGENDS:The Derailers AND LOCAL CELTIC STARS: JEFF MOORE, CASS ACADEMY OF IRISH DANCE THE SILVER THISTLE PIPES AND DRUMS, THE IRISH DANCE CENTER, THE CLICKETY CLOGGERS, THE GAELIC LEAGUE AND CELTIC COWBOYS |