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11/04/2023

PALM BAY FROST
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Palm Bay Frost: Format: CD + Download/Stream, 10 Tracks, Release: 01.03.2023, Label: Herztöne (LC 85239). Folk World Irish Scottish.

"How did you come up with such a band name?" the band is regularly asked, but it is quite simple. It is the surnames of the three members: Sabrina Palm (fiddle, backing vocals), Simon Bay (accordion, backing vocals) and Hartmut Frost (guitar, vocals). In the middle of the Corona pandemic, the three came together as a trio in Cologne, Germany. Now they present their debut album, for which they were able to win such guest musicians as Michael McGoldrick (flute and whistle) and Eamon Murray (bodhrán).

Mainly original songs and instrumental pieces, musically located between Ireland/Scotland, BalFolk and America, form the repertoire of the debut. The music is characterised by the trio's experiences, and everyday observations or reflections on their own lives. Hartmut Frost wrote the three songs on the album and except for two traditional Irish tunes, Sabrina Palm and Simon Bay wrote all the instrumental pieces.

The music was recorded and mixed by producer Jan Niemeyer at the renowned Soulvision Studio in Cologne. The mastering was done by Kai Blankenberg from Skyline Tonfabrik in Düsseldorf, who has also worked for stars like Lady Gaga. The album is available as CD or download and can be listened to on all known streaming platforms.

An accompanying sheet music edition is available from Verlag der Spielleute and in bookshops: ISBN 978-3-943060-23-2.
Find out more at www.facebook.com/palmbayfrost & www.linktr.ee/palmbayfrost

10/04/2023

Shaskeen in 2023
www.shaskeen.net

Traditional Irish Music and Song has been at the forefront with Shaskeen for the last fifty three years, Shaskeen is now a recognised cornerstone in the Irish Traditional and Folk scene.
With a musical line up of 8 people of vast experience, sporting four front line singers; Katie Theasby, Vocals, Flute & Whistles; Mary Liddy, Concertina & Vocals; Johnny Donnellan, Bodhran & Vocals; Dave Sanders, Fiddle, Viola, Mandolin & Vocals; Patsy McDonagh on Accordion; Geraldine Cotter on Piano; Eamonn Cotter on Concert Flutes and Tom Cussen on Banjo & Mandolin.
There are hardly any bands playing traditional music and songs in Ireland today that has the heritage, cultural context, longevity and experience of SHASKEEN, a band of genuinely skilled musicians, no gimmickry, just instrument wizards, great variety in the tunes, straight-forward arrangements, beautiful songs, a fierce and collective drive, mighty energy.
The versatility from this band is unlimited.
The year 2022 has been very exciting for Shaskeen with lots of concert gigs around Ireland with highlights at The All Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Mullingar, The Electric Picnic in Stradbally & rounding off an amazing year in December '22, as support to The Stunning in Leisureland, Galway
Our Concerts are jam packed and entertaining from start to finish, with a host of reels, jigs, barndances and our Songs are of a wide & varied genre with delicate arrangements.

Please check out a few more recent video links etc.
https://www.shaskeen.net/video/Shaskeen-in-Cois-na-hAbna_39
https://www.shaskeen.net/video/Katie-Theasby_29
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9g-hnt3Nqg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0foBmD7c2_M
Check out www.shaskeen.net and https://www.facebook.com/shaskeen/

09/04/2023

SOUL SOURCED ELOPEMENTS
www.SoulSourcedElopements.com

Soul Sourced Elopements was founded by Galway-based photographer Kate Nolan.
As the lead photographer at Soul Sourced, Kate has been specialising in couples elopement photography for many years, viewing her role not as a job, but as a privilege. Having travelled all over the globe, she finds inspiration in the vastness of opportunities the world has to offer for eloping couples. Every last drop of energy and creativity is poured into capturing relationships, connections and individual personalities in a way that feels true to them, so they can relive their most precious moments safe in the knowledge that they’re authentic and reflective of the people they truly are.

Kate helps her couples with planning, choosing locations, vendor recommendations, timeline planning and much more. Her goal is to help her clients plan a relaxed session so that on the day her clients can sit back, soak in every moment and enjoy the time spent together and let their emotions fly.

She knows there’s no one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to capturing the most precious moments of your life on camera, which is why we take the time to build a genuine connection with you as a couple – so she fully understands your love story and captures the magnitude of this most wonderful occasion in a way that feels true to you and your bold vision. She offers a complimentary discovery call to all of her clients.

www.SoulSourcedElopements.com
[email protected]
Ig:
+353 851030024

Kate also offers brand photography services for other artists. She regularly shoots for RSVP & RSVP COUNTRY magazine and has a rich portfolio of well-known names in the Irish music industry including Sina Theil, Cliona Hagan, Mike Denver, John McNichol and many more.

08/04/2023

IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards 2023 Winners Announced
On Tuesday 14th of March, IMRO hosted the highly anticipated Live Music Venue of the Year Awards, at the Sugar Club, Dublin.
The short list of nominees were selected by over 19,000 IMRO members with a public vote then awarding the National Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 accolade to Allingham Arms Hotel, Bundoran, Co. Donegal.
Eleanor McEvoy, IMRO Chairperson said of the awards, “Enormous praise is due to each of our award winners tonight. These venues have been recognised for their excellence and for their contribution to live music across Ireland after a very difficult few years. Huge congratulations to you all.”
IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 Winners:
IMRO National Live Venue of the Year 2023 – Allingham Arms Hotel, Bundoran, Co. Donegal
IMRO Dublin Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 – The Workman’s Club
IMRO Rest of Leinster Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 – The Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth
IMRO Connacht Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 – Monroe’s, Galway
IMRO Munster Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 –Dolan’s, Limerick
IMRO Ulster Live Music Venue of the Year 2023 – McCafferty’s, Donegal
IMRO Music Festival of the Year 2023 – Electric Picnic
IMRO Small Music Festival of the Year 2023 – Wexford Spiegeltent Festival
IMRO Tech Crew of the Year Award 2023 – Wexford Spiegeltent Festival
IMRO Outstanding Contribution to Live Music – Dermot Lambert, Musician, Broadcaster and Founder/CEO of Garageland

Hot Press Editor Niall Stokes also gave special commendations, presenting awards to Mike the Pies, The Sound House and the Hot Press Live Music Venue of the Year for 2023 to the 3Olympia.
Safe Gigs Ireland were also in attendance on the night. Safe Gigs Ireland is an initiative to make gigs and nightlife safer, for everyone. Their aim is to eliminate discrimination and sexual violence in nightlife by creating a zero-tolerance environment for all forms of violence and unacceptable behaviour.
Safe Gigs Ireland ask that all venues, event and festival organisers, promoters, crew, artists, staff, security and attendees who sign up to Safe Gigs share the same goal. If you sign up to Safe Gigs you agree to…
• promote Safe Gigs for everyone.
• tackle sexual violence and discrimination in your environment through zero tolerance.
• support those around you to ensure everyone has a good night out, free from harm.

The response will be different depending on your position in the industry and your environment.
To find out what your response should be check out the Safe Gigs Charter. To sign-up or get involved, you can email [email protected]

07/04/2023

US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Proposes Fee Increases for Visas

The Irish Diaspora in America is one of the largest of all countries, with estimates of up to 36.3 million Americans descended from Irish immigrants. Irish music, dance, customs and traditions, have become infused in the US. Families travel from all across the US to attend well over 200 annual weekend festivals of Irish music, culture and dance. Each of these festivals attract tens of thousands of guests, adding to the local economies while growing and maintaining a vibrant cultural exchange bridging the Celtic world and the US.

But the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is actually threatening these events to the point of extinction. The DHS is proposing a 260 percent increase in filing fees for regularly-priced O visa performers from $460 to $1,655 per petition. Similarly and just as inhibiting, filing fees for regularly-processed P visa petitions would increase by 251 percent from $460 to $1,615 per petition. These increases are intended to “provide services to applicants and petitioners (and to) be able to keep pace with (the) incoming benefit request workload and (improve the) USCIS processing backlogs.”

The USCIS wasn’t created to make money for the Federal government but rather to uphold America’s promise as a nation of welcome and possibility with fairness, integrity, and respect for all they serve. USCIS mission statement.

While some fee increases are understandable and almost predictable, more than doubling already significant fees to perform in the US flies in the face of reason.

For information on US Visas contact DP Management, LLC at www.dpworkvisa.com

06/04/2023

South Sligo Summer School
July 9th – 15th, 2023
www.southsligosummerschool.com

Summer is upon us and so too is the 37th Year of the South Sligo Summer School of traditional music, song & dance in Tubbercurry, Co Sligo. We are delighted that Tubbercurry native and renowned Dance Teacher Desmond Bailey will officially open this year’s summer school on Sunday evening, 9th July. Online registration is now open on our website www.southsligosummerschool.com with classes and workshops available for all ages and levels of experience, including beginners, in Uilleann Pipes, Set & Sean Nós Dancing, Traditional Singing & Lilting, Harp, Bodhrán, Tinwhistle and Sean Nós Singing. Workshops for more experienced players available in Fiddle, including Sligo Style, Flute, Concertina, Button Accordion, Traditional Guitar & Banjo.
Highlights of our 2023 programme include an unmissable Tribute Concert in St Brigid’s Hall on Monday 10th July, honouring Whistle & Flute player and long-time tutor at the summer school, Marian Egan. This concert will also feature the launch of their warmly anticipated new album by members of the Dartry Céilí Band.
Daily talks this year include presentations on different aspects of Sligo style music by Jason McGuinness, Martin Dowling and Joanna Sweeney on Monday – Wednesday respectively, with Jason’s talk putting the spotlight on the music and musicians of West Sligo. We will round off the week then with Philip Duffy’s presentation ‘On the Night’ – Musicians behind Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Senior Ceilí Band Competition Winners (1951 – 2021) & on Friday 14th with PJ Hernon – Ar Mo Dhúchas, music and chat with Connemara man PJ, centred round his new Melodeon album.
New tutors this year include Deirdre Hurley, Jason McGuinness and Eoin O’Donnell. Full details on www.southsligosummerschool.com Email [email protected] with any queries.

05/04/2023

The June 2023 Cruinniú
Gulf Coast Cruinniú
June 2nd – 4th, 2023
www.gulfcoastirish.org

The Fourth Annual Gulf Coast Cruinniú will be held in Houston, TX, June 2-4, 2023. The Cruinniú is an exciting weekend of instruction, concerts, sessions, and presentations.

We are proud to announce our world class Instructors: Katie Geringer (intro to fiddle), Caitlin Warbelow (fiddle), Cara Wildman (bodhran), Seán Gavin (flute), John Doyle (guitar), Theresa O’Grady (tenor banjo/mandolin), Sue Richards (harp), Michael Stribling (uilleann pipes), Máirtín De Cógáín (storytelling), and Angelika Eleni Ruiz (sean-nós dance).

This year we are offering storytelling to tap into a rich but sometimes overlooked part of Irish culture. This allows us to offer a class for students who do not dance or play an instrument.

The Cruinniú weekend includes 6.25 hours of instruction over Saturday and Sunday, as well as “Irish Journeys” (aka special presentations) related to Irish culture. On Saturday evening, there will be an exciting concert featuring our stellar line-up of instructors. Finally, sessions at various skill levels will be held throughout the weekend and will provide a knee-to-knee experience, passing on the traditions of Irish music.

Please join us and be part of the Gulf Coast Cruinniú, a premier “gathering” on the traditional Irish Music calendar.

The Houston-based Cruinniú is a project of the non-profit School of Irish Music.

For detailed information, including registering for the Cruinniú and for concert tickets, please visit www.gulfcoastirish.org

04/04/2023

Bernadette Morris : To The Well For Water
www.bernadettemorris.com

Acclaimed Irish singer-songwriter Bernadette Morris is set to release her highly anticipated new album To the Well for Water on May 5th 2023, ten years on from her first album release.

To the Well for Water explores the themes of life, self-belief, love and faith, drawing on Bernadette’s personal experiences to produce an uplifting and positive album, containing a stunning mix of self-penned songs and co-writes with Johnny Brady, Declan Sinnott, Cormac Neeson and Matt McGinn, amongst others.

Bernadette Morris said: “As it has been ten years since my first album release, I wanted to make something that really reflects my feelings right now, and all the things I’ve learnt over the past few years. I had a lot of material that I wanted to record – some great songs from co-writes and some entirely of my own composition that I wanted to share with the world.”

Accompanying Bernadette’s beautiful, distinctive vocals are Seán Óg Graham on guitar, accordion and bouzouki, Gerard Thompson and Anthony Toner on guitar, Marie Morris and Ross Holmes (Mumford and Sons) on fiddle, Joanne Reihill and Matt McGinn on backing vocals, Rohan Young on bodhrán, Stephen Loughran and Kieran Brady on tin whistle, Ryan Beagan on bass, Enda Scahill (We Banjo 3) on banjo, Ben McAuley on drums, Johnny McCullough on piano, and Paul O’Reilly on saxophone.

For further information on Bernadette Morris please go to: Website: bernadettemorris.com / Facebook:

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