The one and only Christy Moore
I’m delighted & honoured that the legend that is Christy Moore has invited mysel & Liam Ó Flynn as special guests for his Button Factory solo gig @ 8pm, 2nd July. The concert is presented by Conor Byrne’s Liffey Banks Sessions. Tickets go on sale Fri 18th May 9.30am. from http://entertainment.ie/tickets/liffey-banks-sessions.asp
LOVE LIVE:MUSIC 21st June Lá Ceoil
Love:Live Music is Ireland’s celebration of International Music Day on Thursday 21st June through free live music events in cities, towns and villages all over the country. Initiated by Music Network it is an open invitation to everyone to make music everywhere. Laoise has been chosen to be traditional music ambassador for LOVE:LIVE MUSIC on the...
Arena RTÉ Radio 1 Arts Programme Tuesday 8th May 7.30pm
Laoise & Michelle have recorded for the RTÉ Radio 1 Arts & Culture Programme ‘Arena’, presented by Sean Rocks, which will air on Tuesday 8th May at 7.30pm. Tune in here
Wishing well Duo play Ireland’s 2 top Fiddle fests & top Harp fest . . .
Not bad for a fiddle/Harp duo ; ) Michelle & Laoise are returning to the big 20th Birthday Bash Fiddle Fair in Baltimore Sat 1pm Dún na Sead Castle 12th May & appear at the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention (www.nafco2012.com -held in Derry/Donegal for the first time outside the US) 1pm 29th June, Derry, venue...
Michelle & Laoise @ The Crane, Galway, Easter Sat Eve 7pm
Fiddler Michelle O’Brien & Laoise are very much looking forward to performing at ‘The Crane’ in Galway on Easter Saturday evening the 7th April. Doors are 6.30pm and the gig is at 7pm. This should be a lovely gig in the famous Crane. Definitely one of the best venues in the country!
Joined Twitter World @laoiseharpo
Signed up with the Twitter world. Not sure why exactly. Deleted the FaceBook as was allergic to it! Don’t know how to get the # thing but address is @laoiseharpo if there’s an interest ; )
Piper Tiarnan Ó Duinnchinn & Laoise – upcoming concerts 16th & 19th March
Monaghan Uilleann Piper Tiarnan Ó Duinnchinn and Laoise will perform together on 16th March in the Railway Hotel in Enniskillen, Co.Fermanagh, 8.30pm, and again on the 19th March in Downpatrick Cathedral, 8pm. Also, in the summer, as part of the Festival de Musique Celtique des Albiez in the French Alps, Tiarnan and Laoise will teach and perform...
Community Unity Concert in Westport 15th March
In Conjunction with the Westport Fuel Appeal for the Elderly, a fundraising night of music and poetry will be held featuring John Hoban, Laoise Kelly, Clew Bay Pipe Band, The Snakes (drumming group), ‘What the Folk’ and special guests with MC by Len Jones in the Wyatt Hotel, Westport, Thursday 15th March, 8pm. It’s gonna be great – See...
Ó Riada Re-imagined in Dundalk 10th March
Louth Contemporary Music Society presents a new arrangement of Seán Ó Riada’s Mass by Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky performed by the EQ Singers with Zoe Conway, fiddle, Laoise Kelly, harp & Mel Mercier, bodhrán conducted by Eamonn Dougan with a special guest performance by Iarla Ó Lionáird in St.Nicholas’ Church of Ireland (The Green Church) Dundalk Saturday...
Cuisle Cheoil Gorey Co.Wexford
My thanks to Pat Bass and Catriona and everyone in Gorey for the fantastic night at Cuisle Cheoil in February. The line up for the gig was really well thought out and I thoroughly enjoyed the welcoming crowd and the craic and tunes after. Twas a great opportunity to hear legend Jimmy McGreevy also meet...
Music Network Tour & Other gigs
The Music Network Tour in September 2011 was really great. It was a privilege sharing the stage with Tommy Peoples and Brendan Begley, learning the tunes and the songs and hearing the stories. I learned loads playing separately with the lads. At times Tommy can play so delicately and quiet i’d have to play as...
Tommy Peoples & Breanndán Begley
Well, we’ve had the first meeting up for the upcoming music network tour and i can say for sure it’ll be some craic! The scéals! We played a couple of tunes together on the John Murray Show this morning on RTÉ radio 1 (very early in the morn!) but it was Breanndán’s song ‘An Drúcht...
