The usual reminder, a house is just a house and only holds so many (about 45, with 20 seats taken by the workshop musician) and our house concerts have always sold out. 

Send an e-mail to rmacdiarmid@cogeco.ca to book your spot for the concert or workshop.

Jackie Daley and Matt Cranitch
House Concert - Friday, March 22. 8:00 p.m.

For many years, Jackie Daly (accordion, De Danann, Patrick Street, Buttons and Bows, Arcady, Reel Union and Kinvara) and Matt Cranitch (fiddle) have been among the foremost interpreters of the rich Sliabh Luachra tradition of instrumental music. The unique cultural area on the borders of northwest Cork and east Kerry provides a special repertoire of tunes as well as a very distinctive style of playing, and has long been a source of inspiration for both Jackie and Matt. Through their respective performances over many years, they have established enviable individual reputations in the world of Irish traditional music. Together however, the vibrant music that they create displays an additional collaborative dimension.

“Matt Cranitch's 'The Irish Fiddle Book' is a must for every serious student of Irish fiddling” – Folk Roots Magazine
For more information on these very fine musicians browse to the  following link:
http://www.mattcranitch.com/matt-jackie/

Pat O'Connor and Eagan O'Sullivan
House Concert - Sunday, March 24. 8:00 p.m.

PAT O'CONNOR comes from the heart of County Clare, Ennis and has been playing music all his life. As a child, he was in the school band and played piano-accordion. He played harmonica, banjo, mandolin and bouzouki before finally settling on the fiddle when he was 30. Pat has been greatly influenced by the older musicians such as Paddy Canny, Martin Rocheford, PJ Hayes and Francie Donnellan who lived in East Clare area. He has also listened to Joe Cooley, Paddy Fahy, Joe Ryan and a lot of pipe music. He has released two solo albums, The Green Mountain (2000) and The Humours of Derrybeha (2004), featuring his unhurried brand of fiddle playing. To hear Pat play is to experience the intangible and elusive "lonesome touch" of County Clare fiddling. Pat has lived in Feakle, East Clare since1993. He also does fiddle repairs and works in Custy’s Music Shop in Ennis.

EOGHAN O'SULLIVAN grew up in a musical family in Mitchelstown, County Cork. He was taught to play press and draw style accordion by his father. He played whistle, flute, accordion, fiddle and harmonica in his childhood years. His earliest influences were the older musicians; mostly fiddle players living in the Mitchelstown area. Initially it was the flute which attracted him most, but during the eighties the accordion became his dominant instrument. In his later teens, he became intoxicated by the accordion styles of the great press and draw players, notably Joe Cooley, Jackie Daly and Tony McMahon. He changed his whole technique in order to achieve a punchier and more consistent rhythm. The flute playing traditions of Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon occupied another sizable compartment of his brain this time. He has recorded two albums with Gerry Harrington, Sceal Eile (1993) and The Smoky Chimney (1996). Eoghan lives and teaches music in Mitchelstown.

Conversations at the 'Crosses of Annagh'