WIRELESS BROADBAND IS NOW CONNECTED
Signal strength: Excellent
So now I can type from the leaba which, I'm ashamed to admit, I have resorted to following a fairly hectic six nights of fabulous Cork music.
Matthew Shipp at the Triskel - stellar.
John Williams at the school - sublime.
Ladyfest opening night - rockin. (esp. Lazik)
Saturday Ladyfest - brilliant (esp. Bela Emerson and Ixi)
Mikel Rouse at dOpera House - go next time, I loved it.
Trad in Charlie's, the Pav and Sin E - mighty
Ladyfest all-girl trad session - smashing
Gary, Breandain, Tomas and bass at Crane Lane - irrestibly danceable
A night in - priceless!
So what's in store this week? Of course the big news is the Choral Festival with one of their best-ever programmes - far too many events to list fully so look at the EVENT GUIDE or click HERE to sign up for their newsletter.
Wednesday 30th
7.30pm City Hall The opening concert of the Choral Festival will introduce Touché, a highly entertaining a cappella jazz ensemble from Denmark.
9.30 The Quad, Tuckey Street. Holy crap if the Quad are going to be offering free gigs every week with my favourite progishrockish Kerrymen (and I'm certain if I knew em all, past present and future, these'd still be my favourite) Ten Past Seven and and Colm's excellent Charlie Don't Surf I'll soon get over my prejudice against the place.
9pm Cyprus Avenue a weirdly cheap €3 ticket for one of Cork's hippest current exports Hooray for Humans.
Thursday 1st
1.10pm Crawford Gallery I got given a flyer today by someone who knows their stuff for a pianist who is playing in the Crawford Gallery and he said I'd enjoy it (and he knows what I like. Though we discovered today that we disagreeon Avishai Cohen's pianists). The flyer has miraculously wriggled free of my back pocket (God it must have been uncomfortable in there) - I remember there'll be some Beethoven but the rest will have to be a surprise.
8pm City Hall I think my hottest tip for the Choral Festival has to be Musica Intima from Canada who often their make their own arrangements of some fantastic music - Arvo Part (Eoin will be pleased), Tallis, there's even an Inuit hunting song in there...
9pm The Roundy Having checked out their first gig together a fortnight ago I can wholeheartedly recommend Colin Mclean's new latino band with himself and Mick Cummins on guitars and my double bass teacher Dave Whitla providing the low frequencies.
Friday 2nd
7.30 St Fin Barre's The National Chamber Choir have a gorgeous programme on offer at the invitation of the Choral Fest under Danish conductor Bo Holden, who composed one of the pieces they'll sing. Particularly exciting to see they're singing the glorious (I use that word because it is the only one to come close the the work) Totus Tuum by Gorecki which we rather unforgiveably screwed up royally in college in the Honan chapel many moons ago.
9pm The Whisky, Union Quay I've a notion I saw ska band the Naildrivers sometime and they were rockin but I'm not definite.
10.30 North Cathedral Pretty magic to have a choir of the calibre of Amacord from Germany perform in Shandon's North Catherdral, their programme will transport us back centuries in a highly atmospheric concert.
Saturday 3rd
3pm and 8pm City Hall There's nothing amateur about the fifteen choirs from 9 countries that compete for the Fleishmann Trophy which is genuinely coveted internationally, and the competition buzz makes the whole thing doubly exciting.
Sunday 4th
Your local church may well be hosting one of the brilliant visiting choirs to the city - check HERE to find out.
10pm Charlie's The Lynch Mob haven't played Charlie's in a while have they? Should be great craic.
Monday 4th
9.30 Charlie's Hank 'n' Ray will be there to play ya few stories and chase bank holiday Monday evening blues out the door.
Wednesday 6th
9pm Cyprus Ave Guitar trainspotters will likely be checking out youtube star (13million views earns that title, no?) Andy McKee and his extraordinary technical approach, he's touring with Don Ross - you can find their myspace at http://www.myspace.com/andymckee2 (the description of them on it as 'progressive' is perhaps a touch misleading).
9pm Triskel The Carroll and Rigby Quartet features Justin Carroll (who I've been nursing a blushworthy crush on for some time) on Hammond and New York saxophonist Jason Rigby (http://www.myspace.com/jasonrigbyquartet) don't bother trying to get any sense out of me coming out of the gig I'd say!
That's it from me for this week...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Loadsa new blood this week...
No guff this week just one tip and that is that cellist Erik Friedlander is about a third sold out already for Wednesday 14th of May in Triskel... this will be one of the gigs of the year in Cork so get your ticket soon if you want to go... I have a terrible confession to make... I should have told you ages ago that John Williams is playing this week as part of Cork Orchestral Society's programme (yes, THE world-famous guitarist John Williams) because he sold out about a month ago. I'm sorry. I was still in Peru in my head and my eye was off the ball. Please don't let it happen with Friedlander (a way more exciting gig....)
Pick of the week:
Wednesday 23rd
9pm Triskel I think the Matthew Shipp Trio is going to be another one of those intra-dimensional trips ... a free jazz pianist who is pretty big in New York. There's a pretty cheesily put-together interview with him here but it's a nice introduction ("the essence of the expression of a jazz musician ... retains some importance as far as the quest of the human spirit to say things that maybe certain people don't want you to say.... but I often wonder myself what importance jazz has today and sometimes I don't think it has any". You get a better idea of his philosophy on his homepage, somewhere in the direction I'm heading I think...
9pm Crúiscín Lán Whippersnapping prog-breakbeaters Heliopause are launching their (first?) ep, free copy with the €8 cover charge and they're definitely worth checking out, working hard and challenging themselves, ya maybe kind of like Redneck Manifesto and other stuff they have their own thing coming through .... more of it! http://www.heliopause.net/
9pm Fred Zeppelin's Sonus have recently come on my radar they are also working hard, kinda alt-rock stuff... presented by UCC's Capriccio Soc.
Thursday 24th
8pm Cork School of Music er, John Williams (reddens)
Ya well, everyone that's a member of the Cork Orchestral Society knew months ago.
Friday 25th
Oh mother, I just realised I'll be out every night for the next 5 days. God help me. And how do I spend my Tuesday evening? Writing this. Time for a beer, just a sec...
ok
8pm Cyprus Avenue Yippee Ladyfest is here at last (and it's a once-off event so make the effort if you have the chance)! A month's worth of music all in one weekend plus lots of other stuff there's way too much for me to list here so check out http://www.ladyfestcork.org for the full schedule. Highlights on Friday night will include the UK's Bela Emerson whose electric cello performances are passionate and exciting, Cork-based Lazik who bring together some of our top international folk musicians and Dutch-Croatian band DIT whose music, with English lyrics, is full of humour as well as good playing.
Saturday 26th
12-6pm Unitarian Church Ladyfest: Cork experimental improvisation group Eachtra will hold a fun music workshop for parents and kids.
8pm Cyprus Avenue Ladyfest: Michelle Brennan makes a welcome return to Cork from London; Michelle's original smoky blues and performances are hypnotising (she had a rowdy crowd spellbound at the Southern Fried CD launch a few years back in the Crane Lane) – she plays the Saturday night gig alongside hip-hop MC Ophelia, comedy act Adventures in Menstruating and loads more.
10pm Liquid Lounge Club Ping Pong are hosting Zombie Zombie whose album "A Land for Renegades" was recently named album of the month by Rough Trade - mad cool electro stuff.
Sunday 27th
3pm Cyprus Avenue Ladyfest Breakthrough band Zing from Portlaoise (yup!) could go a long way I reckon with great original alt-rock and the fresh and brazen Janey Mac are playing plus loads more. Bring your teenage cousins, it's an all-ages gig.
8pm Cyprus Avenue Ladyfest The Sunday night gig will open with super-cool Cork & Berlin-based Korridor, whose left-of-centre jazz beats sound great on their myspace, while grunge outfit the Happy Homemakers from France are probably not ladies you'd be calling round on Saturday morning to get busy with with rubber gloves and dusters. Unless....
8pm Cork Opera House It's relatively rare that we see the Opera House offering anything wildly unusual - so it's a shame that one of the most ground-breaking artists Mikel Rouse's multi-media show Music for Minorities (one of the biggest things in the Galway Arts Festival last year) doesn't seem to be selling too well - I got a two-for-one offer in my inbox today - if you want me to pass it on to you just say the word!
....In Rouse's own words Music For Minorities represents a quiet departure from the direction and performance of larger multimedia works. Another chance to be solo on the road again; a guitar, a harmonica, a video deck. The piece is a reflection of my time spent in the Delta as a composer in residence through the Meet The Composer New Residencies program. It's also a kind of video memoir of my film and theatrical works, life in New York, and friends old and new. A recorded soundscape of percussion and multiple guitars are the accompaniment to a live performance that incorporates stories, interviews and songs with synchronized video. Interviews from numerous personalities in both Louisiana and New York are combined as I underscore (musically, that is) their reflections. This assemblage is a modest integration of film, music and performance, offering another approach to story telling in the media age.
That's enough for now isn't it?
x N
Pick of the week:
Wednesday 23rd
9pm Triskel I think the Matthew Shipp Trio is going to be another one of those intra-dimensional trips ... a free jazz pianist who is pretty big in New York. There's a pretty cheesily put-together interview with him here but it's a nice introduction ("the essence of the expression of a jazz musician ... retains some importance as far as the quest of the human spirit to say things that maybe certain people don't want you to say.... but I often wonder myself what importance jazz has today and sometimes I don't think it has any". You get a better idea of his philosophy on his homepage, somewhere in the direction I'm heading I think...
9pm Crúiscín Lán Whippersnapping prog-breakbeaters Heliopause are launching their (first?) ep, free copy with the €8 cover charge and they're definitely worth checking out, working hard and challenging themselves, ya maybe kind of like Redneck Manifesto and other stuff they have their own thing coming through .... more of it! http://www.heliopause.net/
9pm Fred Zeppelin's Sonus have recently come on my radar they are also working hard, kinda alt-rock stuff... presented by UCC's Capriccio Soc.
Thursday 24th
8pm Cork School of Music er, John Williams (reddens)
Ya well, everyone that's a member of the Cork Orchestral Society knew months ago.
Friday 25th
Oh mother, I just realised I'll be out every night for the next 5 days. God help me. And how do I spend my Tuesday evening? Writing this. Time for a beer, just a sec...
ok
8pm Cyprus Avenue Yippee Ladyfest is here at last (and it's a once-off event so make the effort if you have the chance)! A month's worth of music all in one weekend plus lots of other stuff there's way too much for me to list here so check out http://www.ladyfestcork.org for the full schedule. Highlights on Friday night will include the UK's Bela Emerson whose electric cello performances are passionate and exciting, Cork-based Lazik who bring together some of our top international folk musicians and Dutch-Croatian band DIT whose music, with English lyrics, is full of humour as well as good playing.
Saturday 26th
12-6pm Unitarian Church Ladyfest: Cork experimental improvisation group Eachtra will hold a fun music workshop for parents and kids.
8pm Cyprus Avenue Ladyfest: Michelle Brennan makes a welcome return to Cork from London; Michelle's original smoky blues and performances are hypnotising (she had a rowdy crowd spellbound at the Southern Fried CD launch a few years back in the Crane Lane) – she plays the Saturday night gig alongside hip-hop MC Ophelia, comedy act Adventures in Menstruating and loads more.
10pm Liquid Lounge Club Ping Pong are hosting Zombie Zombie whose album "A Land for Renegades" was recently named album of the month by Rough Trade - mad cool electro stuff.
Sunday 27th
3pm Cyprus Avenue Ladyfest Breakthrough band Zing from Portlaoise (yup!) could go a long way I reckon with great original alt-rock and the fresh and brazen Janey Mac are playing plus loads more. Bring your teenage cousins, it's an all-ages gig.
8pm Cyprus Avenue Ladyfest The Sunday night gig will open with super-cool Cork & Berlin-based Korridor, whose left-of-centre jazz beats sound great on their myspace, while grunge outfit the Happy Homemakers from France are probably not ladies you'd be calling round on Saturday morning to get busy with with rubber gloves and dusters. Unless....
8pm Cork Opera House It's relatively rare that we see the Opera House offering anything wildly unusual - so it's a shame that one of the most ground-breaking artists Mikel Rouse's multi-media show Music for Minorities (one of the biggest things in the Galway Arts Festival last year) doesn't seem to be selling too well - I got a two-for-one offer in my inbox today - if you want me to pass it on to you just say the word!
....In Rouse's own words Music For Minorities represents a quiet departure from the direction and performance of larger multimedia works. Another chance to be solo on the road again; a guitar, a harmonica, a video deck. The piece is a reflection of my time spent in the Delta as a composer in residence through the Meet The Composer New Residencies program. It's also a kind of video memoir of my film and theatrical works, life in New York, and friends old and new. A recorded soundscape of percussion and multiple guitars are the accompaniment to a live performance that incorporates stories, interviews and songs with synchronized video. Interviews from numerous personalities in both Louisiana and New York are combined as I underscore (musically, that is) their reflections. This assemblage is a modest integration of film, music and performance, offering another approach to story telling in the media age.
That's enough for now isn't it?
x N
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
More of the same totally different stuff
To facilitate the skim-reader I have headlined the paragraphs this week as it may be a touch blathery
My week
Well I had a great week of it... Thursday started inauspiciously with helping out at the Smith Quartet (only stayed for the first half, never really took off though the sax-player's arrangements of Chick Corea were nice), followed by doing the door at Stetlab in a windswept Bodega followed up with a nice set from Alan O'Rouke who gave some tasty with polished performances solid enough for Colm and a drum-player to jam along and have fun with.
Triskel came up trumps twice, with a brilliant and daring gig by the two Polish sirens - fantastic music, colourful contemporary stuff - Niwel got well into it and I think Neal too but have to catch up with him still. Then last night I was back at Triskel to join Canadians the Brad Shepik trio in the stratosphere.
In between on Monday night I got a lovely dose of my college tastes in a concert of what is usually loosely referred to as minimalist music, the really well put together Dots and Loops gig - turned out to be Seaver's Masters recital, not a CD launch. And some nice reggae music out of a new combo in the Crane last night....
Fast approaching
A collaboration of Feile Africa and Mai World Music are bringing you a festival of African Music around Africa Day 19th-25th of May - programme starting off well keep an eye on http://www.feileafrica.com/listings.htm as more is added.
This doesn't count as early warning because booking closes at the end of the month for the Quiet Music Festival's annual Deep Listening Retreat as July opens. Get inspired by your own ideas and discoveries and those of a nice random bunch with the guidance of Pauline Oliveros, Ione and Heloise Gold. See www.quietmusicensemble.com for details. Lots of concerts happening over the week in Triskel to keep the juices flowing.
So what's in store for us this week?
Thursday 17th
9pm at The Roundy Sign me up for Ian Whitty's first gig here in a while after the hard work of putting his new album together. There's so few people that can continue to be original and their own voice while getting really on top of their peformance and putting a band together. The Lobby will live again tonight.... http://www.myspace.com/ianwhitty
10pm Ziggy's Italinano Alex O'Reilly's Inner City Blues Band with Eoin Regan and Tomas Gall plays this cosy boozer opposite the Oval.
Friday 18th
9pm Half Moon North Cregg plays their first gig in a while I think in their home city - all musicians who are brilliant whatever they turn their hands to... Great pretty trad tunes from the celtic diaspora... (but they use a piano... can never really appreciate one in trad meself...) http://www.myspace.com/northcregg
9pm Cyprus Avenue The often unforgivingly loud but occasionally hairraising Giveamanakick will be something very very different... http://www.myspace.com/giveamanakick
9.30pm Nancy Spains The debut of the new Krazy Katz is hotly tipped - Jerome Rimson on bass, Alex O'Re(i?)lly on guitar and Andrea Bonino on slide and/or harmonica probably... defo one to check out.... I haven't been up to Nancy's in donkey's years but keep hearing what a great little venue it is now in the bar, this will be the night to find out.
6pm-Late Triskel Bar Not strictly live music but looks like a nice place to hang out for the night, post-work drinks..... probably some of their great grub ...you'll be rolling out in a haze I'd say with everything from Joni Mitchell to Pharoah Sanders in breeze (giving the night the title "Mitchell to Sanders") to help us along.
Saturday 21st
9.30pm Nancy Spains Krazy Katz' second outing, see Friday above...
Sunday 20th
see ye round?....
My week
Well I had a great week of it... Thursday started inauspiciously with helping out at the Smith Quartet (only stayed for the first half, never really took off though the sax-player's arrangements of Chick Corea were nice), followed by doing the door at Stetlab in a windswept Bodega followed up with a nice set from Alan O'Rouke who gave some tasty with polished performances solid enough for Colm and a drum-player to jam along and have fun with.
Triskel came up trumps twice, with a brilliant and daring gig by the two Polish sirens - fantastic music, colourful contemporary stuff - Niwel got well into it and I think Neal too but have to catch up with him still. Then last night I was back at Triskel to join Canadians the Brad Shepik trio in the stratosphere.
In between on Monday night I got a lovely dose of my college tastes in a concert of what is usually loosely referred to as minimalist music, the really well put together Dots and Loops gig - turned out to be Seaver's Masters recital, not a CD launch. And some nice reggae music out of a new combo in the Crane last night....
Fast approaching
A collaboration of Feile Africa and Mai World Music are bringing you a festival of African Music around Africa Day 19th-25th of May - programme starting off well keep an eye on http://www.feileafrica.com
This doesn't count as early warning because booking closes at the end of the month for the Quiet Music Festival's annual Deep Listening Retreat as July opens. Get inspired by your own ideas and discoveries and those of a nice random bunch with the guidance of Pauline Oliveros, Ione and Heloise Gold. See www.quietmusicensemble.com for details. Lots of concerts happening over the week in Triskel to keep the juices flowing.
So what's in store for us this week?
Thursday 17th
9pm at The Roundy Sign me up for Ian Whitty's first gig here in a while after the hard work of putting his new album together. There's so few people that can continue to be original and their own voice while getting really on top of their peformance and putting a band together. The Lobby will live again tonight.... http://www.myspace.com/ianwhitty
10pm Ziggy's Italinano Alex O'Reilly's Inner City Blues Band with Eoin Regan and Tomas Gall plays this cosy boozer opposite the Oval.
Friday 18th
9pm Half Moon North Cregg plays their first gig in a while I think in their home city - all musicians who are brilliant whatever they turn their hands to... Great pretty trad tunes from the celtic diaspora... (but they use a piano... can never really appreciate one in trad meself...) http://www.myspace.com/northcregg
9pm Cyprus Avenue The often unforgivingly loud but occasionally hairraising Giveamanakick will be something very very different... http://www.myspace.com/giveamanakick
9.30pm Nancy Spains The debut of the new Krazy Katz is hotly tipped - Jerome Rimson on bass, Alex O'Re(i?)lly on guitar and Andrea Bonino on slide and/or harmonica probably... defo one to check out.... I haven't been up to Nancy's in donkey's years but keep hearing what a great little venue it is now in the bar, this will be the night to find out.
6pm-Late Triskel Bar Not strictly live music but looks like a nice place to hang out for the night, post-work drinks..... probably some of their great grub ...you'll be rolling out in a haze I'd say with everything from Joni Mitchell to Pharoah Sanders in breeze (giving the night the title "Mitchell to Sanders") to help us along.
Saturday 21st
9.30pm Nancy Spains Krazy Katz' second outing, see Friday above...
Sunday 20th
9pm The Whisky, Union Quay Currently touring Europe, guitar guru Peter Walker is something of a musical multilinguist, as well as a talker and a thinker - a real veteran, worth the trip I reckon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpN_HnVJ3hk&feature=related
Divil a bit of classical music (that's come on my radar anyway) for some reason though my appetite should at least be partly satisfied by the Matthew Shipp Trio at Triskel on Wednesday 23rd who are jazzers at heart but apparently the Shipp guy has a bit of contemporary classical in him or something... that's maybe twaddle on my part there's an audio sample on the Triskel website ( www.triskelart.com where you can see all their upcoming stuff - careful you get your Eric Friedlander tickets soon he's selling out....) whoah damn nice bass solo just came on....
see ye round?....
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Don't be bringin' music...
Hello friends,
Some great music for my ears during the week - I think my highlight was a fantastic trad session at Charlie's on Sunday - 15 musicians there at least givin it socks.
*(Sorry to those of you who clicked through from my mailing list, I waited 4 hours for the video to load but no joy :-( ...)
Joya and co - will you please try and put Boutique Burlesque later in the week next time?!... it was the ruination of me last week (though it sure was a lot of fun). Not helped by the launch of Ladyfest (http://www.ladyfestcork.org) the following night which I'm really looking forward to.
A word of warning - anyone looking for music in Castlemartyr and thinking of popping into Clifford's be warned - Liam Lyons took out the tin whistle there while out for a pint with Breeda recently and was told sternly Don't be bringing music into this pub . Huh, that's the spirit eh?
So anyway...
Here's my pick of the gigs this week
Wednesday 9th
6pm, Spailpin Fanac Stella Rodriquez is organising a Bulgarian music workshop with composer/musician/teacher Stoimen Dobrev ... open to anyone to listen or if you're into it bring along an instrument...
8pm Fred Zeppelin's A mixed bag brought to you by UCC's Capriccio Society (who I was PRO of in my day but looks to be alot more exciting now) - a metal band called Deferens (http://www.myspace.com/deferens) acoustic duo Tadhg Healy & Merivale (http://www.myspace.com/tadhghealy ) and 'post-mass'...[on a Sunday morning, like?]...'rock group' Melodica Fantasy and Other Stories. Sure it's only 3 quid might as well check it out...
Thursday 10th
8pm Cork School of Music Pretty exciting to have the Smith Quartet (the UK version of the Kronos, if you will) in town with sax player Gerard McChrystal for a night of new music that is easy on the ears and probably pretty damn exciting - Michael Nyman, Chick Corea and much more.
(for Irene Buckley who was asking, here's the full programme: Kevin Volans Hunting Gathering, Micheál Ó Suilleabháin Óiche Nollaig [in April?!], Michael McGlynn Suite from Invocation, Debussy Syrinx, Michael Nyman Shaping The Curve
Donnacha Dennehy New Commission by Music Network Ravel Piece en forme de Habanera Ciaran Farrell [he's the fella I was telling you about in the quay co-op, his myspace is http://www.myspace.com/ciaranfarrell The Pilgrim's Return, Chick Corea Children's Songs
9pm The Bodega, White Room Cork Music Collective hosts a double bill with two very different halves - first up STeT Lab's experimental night (http://www.busterandfriends.com/stet ) with a lovely line-up - Eoin Callery (dulcimer), Susan Geaney (flute), Neil O'Loghlen (double bass), Marian Murray (violin), Veronica Tadman (voice) and Eoin Winning (guitar). Next Alan O'Rourke who has some new material (stand by for the Nipple Song...)http://www.myspace.com/alanorourke
9pm The Roundy The lovely Ger O'Rourke really needs no introduction www.myspace.com/gerwolfe
9pm Cruiscin Lan, Douglas Street - A benefit gig for the Palestinian cause with Kev Murphy and Friends?
Friday 11th
1pm - School of Music Colin McLean's new ensemble including by fantastically brilliant bass teacher David Whitla make their debut - I think it's South American stuff, bit of Piazolla and whatnot but I'm not sure. the good news is it'll cost nothing to find out!
8.30 Cyprus Avenue Kíla are back in town...
Saturday 12th
1pm Cork School of Music Should be v. good this, all good musicians .... nice alternative to yet another Saturday spent shopping... 'Jazz meets Classical - The Music of Claude Bolling' Classical guitarist Jerry Creedon is joined by flautist John O'Connor, Pianist Nicole Panizza, Deirdre Frost on Bass and Catriona Frost on Percusssion.
Sunday 13th
3pm Triskel A major coup - please plan to make it we don't usually get opportunities like this on a Sunday afternoon! Two exceptional classical musicians Patrycja Piekutowska (Violin) Beata Biliñska (Piano) who were lynchpins of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in 2006 are back playing in Bantry and are making a stop here. They are stunning ladies, very glamourous, and something beyond what is generally available here. Programme is Bacewicz and Penderecki - it cost about €40 to see them in West Cork in 2006 - by some miracle they're on offer in Triskel on Sunday for €10 !
Monday 14th
8pm Cork School of Music Another case of 'to what do we owe this pleasure?'... Reedplayer Michael Seaver (co-founder of the Crash Ensemble) is doing a seriously cool concert of music for clarinets, saxes and electronics performing music never before performed in Ireland by the men who invented the minimalism - Philip Glass, Steve Reich (I think he's doing New York Counterpoint here's a link to that particular beauty) and Gavin Bryars (of Jesus' Blood fame). Again a steal at €10, think he's launching a CD or something. www.michaelseaver.net
x Nicki
--
"Women of the world take over, cos if you don't the world will come to and end.... and it won't take long" - Jim O'Rourke
Some great music for my ears during the week - I think my highlight was a fantastic trad session at Charlie's on Sunday - 15 musicians there at least givin it socks.
*(Sorry to those of you who clicked through from my mailing list, I waited 4 hours for the video to load but no joy :-( ...)
Joya and co - will you please try and put Boutique Burlesque later in the week next time?!... it was the ruination of me last week (though it sure was a lot of fun). Not helped by the launch of Ladyfest (http://www.ladyfestcork.org) the following night which I'm really looking forward to.
A word of warning - anyone looking for music in Castlemartyr and thinking of popping into Clifford's be warned - Liam Lyons took out the tin whistle there while out for a pint with Breeda recently and was told sternly Don't be bringing music into this pub . Huh, that's the spirit eh?
So anyway...
Here's my pick of the gigs this week
Wednesday 9th
6pm, Spailpin Fanac Stella Rodriquez is organising a Bulgarian music workshop with composer/musician/teacher Stoimen Dobrev ... open to anyone to listen or if you're into it bring along an instrument...
8pm Fred Zeppelin's A mixed bag brought to you by UCC's Capriccio Society (who I was PRO of in my day but looks to be alot more exciting now) - a metal band called Deferens (http://www.myspace.com/deferens) acoustic duo Tadhg Healy & Merivale (http://www.myspace.com/tadhghea
Thursday 10th
8pm Cork School of Music Pretty exciting to have the Smith Quartet (the UK version of the Kronos, if you will) in town with sax player Gerard McChrystal for a night of new music that is easy on the ears and probably pretty damn exciting - Michael Nyman, Chick Corea and much more.
(for Irene Buckley who was asking, here's the full programme: Kevin Volans Hunting Gathering, Micheál Ó Suilleabháin Óiche Nollaig [in April?!], Michael McGlynn Suite from Invocation, Debussy Syrinx, Michael Nyman Shaping The Curve
Donnacha Dennehy New Commission by Music Network Ravel Piece en forme de Habanera Ciaran Farrell [he's the fella I was telling you about in the quay co-op, his myspace is http://www.myspace.com/ciaranfa
9pm The Bodega, White Room Cork Music Collective hosts a double bill with two very different halves - first up STeT Lab's experimental night (http://www.busterandfriends
9pm The Roundy The lovely Ger O'Rourke really needs no introduction www.myspace.com/gerwolfe
9pm Cruiscin Lan, Douglas Street - A benefit gig for the Palestinian cause with Kev Murphy and Friends?
Friday 11th
1pm - School of Music Colin McLean's new ensemble including by fantastically brilliant bass teacher David Whitla make their debut - I think it's South American stuff, bit of Piazolla and whatnot but I'm not sure. the good news is it'll cost nothing to find out!
8.30 Cyprus Avenue Kíla are back in town...
Saturday 12th
1pm Cork School of Music Should be v. good this, all good musicians .... nice alternative to yet another Saturday spent shopping... 'Jazz meets Classical - The Music of Claude Bolling' Classical guitarist Jerry Creedon is joined by flautist John O'Connor, Pianist Nicole Panizza, Deirdre Frost on Bass and Catriona Frost on Percusssion.
Sunday 13th
3pm Triskel A major coup - please plan to make it we don't usually get opportunities like this on a Sunday afternoon! Two exceptional classical musicians Patrycja Piekutowska (Violin) Beata Biliñska (Piano) who were lynchpins of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival in 2006 are back playing in Bantry and are making a stop here. They are stunning ladies, very glamourous, and something beyond what is generally available here. Programme is Bacewicz and Penderecki - it cost about €40 to see them in West Cork in 2006 - by some miracle they're on offer in Triskel on Sunday for €10 !
Monday 14th
8pm Cork School of Music Another case of 'to what do we owe this pleasure?'... Reedplayer Michael Seaver (co-founder of the Crash Ensemble) is doing a seriously cool concert of music for clarinets, saxes and electronics performing music never before performed in Ireland by the men who invented the minimalism - Philip Glass, Steve Reich (I think he's doing New York Counterpoint here's a link to that particular beauty) and Gavin Bryars (of Jesus' Blood fame). Again a steal at €10, think he's launching a CD or something. www.michaelseaver.net
x Nicki
--
"Women of the world take over, cos if you don't the world will come to and end.... and it won't take long" - Jim O'Rourke
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Blues, folk, techno, dub, opera, bach - where WOULD you be goin'?
Forgive me if I'm a brief this week I seem to be stretched a little thin. Reports of the Moore, Bennink and Holshouser trio at Triskel last night were glowing, seems I missed a big one. I'd a fantastic time at the Spailpin Fanach on Friday night when Sheelanagig played a typically rowdy set, there wasn't a whole lot of space for dancing but it didn't stop us and I have hazy memories of walking home barefoot (thanks to Bertand for ensuring I got back safely!).
There's a heap of stuff to keep us all happy this week I reckon...
Wednesday 2nd
8.30 Crane Lane There's raunchy fun to be had at Boutique Burlesque cabaret and it's likely to fill quickly if the last one's anything to go by - swing jazz, circus and a forest of false eyelashes; I'll be dusting off my high heels and getting the push-up out along with a few hundred gorgeous beors - definitely something for the single lads to enjoy! You can get tickets in advance from Plug'd (8 euro) or else get there eaarrly...
Thursday 3rd
8.30 Crane Lane There'll be ructions when Los Langeros come back on the scene with a new set - I still haven't seen them and gather this is Not Cool so will try and set things straight. Fuel-injected punk-folk, I'll be back in the flat shoes.... http://www.myspace.com/loslangeros
9pm The Roundy For those looking for something a touch more refined but still full of energy the fabulous Polskdots are on the menu and sporting a brand-new accordionist. This group have managed to put together a gorgeous repertoire of gypsy music from across the world keeping integrity though some very fine musicianship indeed. http://www.myspace.com/thepolskadots
9pm The Woodford Funky blues from some of the city's finest bluesmen playing the real thing... Eoin 'Reggie' O'Regan on guitar, Jerome Rimson leading on bass & vocals, Andrea Bonino on harmonica makin the ladies howl and one of the tightest drummers in town Tomas Gall lightin that dynamite.
9.30 Ziggy's (opposite the Oval) Steaming Italian blues from the new Alex O'Reilly band with Alex on bass and vocals, Clino Cocuzza playin that dirty woody sax of his, Arcangelo Spina on bass and an Irish drummer (sorry details still hazy at my end, but apart from Clinio these guys are new to me...).
Friday 4th
8pm Cork School of Music Great to have the Irish Chamber Orchestra back with a lovely programme of music spanning four centuries, Bach, Sibelius and Mendelssohn with a brand new work written for them by Gerald Barry - definitely one for the diary (and I'd say I'll be glad of a sit-down gig by then!).
10pm The Liquid Lounge Electric Underground are hosting electro-composer/producer Chymera if you're looking for some sexy techno to start the weekend with - he started out in Cork, but after a spell in Costa Rica has settled in Barcelona. With top DJs such as Laurent Garnier and Sasha playing his stuff he must be pretty good at what he does, give him a good welcome home! http://www.myspace.com/chymeramusic
Saturday 5th
8pm Cork School of Music Directed by the wonderful Mary Hegarty (who, I think will be making a guest performance too) the chorus and ensemble of the CSM Opera Studio are performing a nice crowd-pleasing platter of opera favourites under the slightly quese-inducing title 'Love and Champage'.
11pm Utopianation Heavy Dub heads can get off the sofa for the night without having to deal the stress of city centre Saturday-night mess by heading down Utopianation on Barrack Street where Toby out of Wiggle plays as Prof. Ruff Chuff with video-jockey VJ Present er, present, to take up any remaining head space. http://www.myspace.com/profruffchuff
Monday 7th
9pm The Whisky Roy and Jason O'Driscoll - I ain't heard these fellas yet but anyone making an effort to keep the 'real rural acoustic blues' of Blind Willie Johnson (who's all over my itunes), Son House and the like deserves to be checked out. I'll do my best and get back to ya.
Listen - have a good one.
There's a heap of stuff to keep us all happy this week I reckon...
Wednesday 2nd
8.30 Crane Lane There's raunchy fun to be had at Boutique Burlesque cabaret and it's likely to fill quickly if the last one's anything to go by - swing jazz, circus and a forest of false eyelashes; I'll be dusting off my high heels and getting the push-up out along with a few hundred gorgeous beors - definitely something for the single lads to enjoy! You can get tickets in advance from Plug'd (8 euro) or else get there eaarrly...
Thursday 3rd
8.30 Crane Lane There'll be ructions when Los Langeros come back on the scene with a new set - I still haven't seen them and gather this is Not Cool so will try and set things straight. Fuel-injected punk-folk, I'll be back in the flat shoes.... http://www.myspace.com/loslangeros
9pm The Roundy For those looking for something a touch more refined but still full of energy the fabulous Polskdots are on the menu and sporting a brand-new accordionist. This group have managed to put together a gorgeous repertoire of gypsy music from across the world keeping integrity though some very fine musicianship indeed. http://www.myspace.com/thepolsk
9pm The Woodford Funky blues from some of the city's finest bluesmen playing the real thing... Eoin 'Reggie' O'Regan on guitar, Jerome Rimson leading on bass & vocals, Andrea Bonino on harmonica makin the ladies howl and one of the tightest drummers in town Tomas Gall lightin that dynamite.
9.30 Ziggy's (opposite the Oval) Steaming Italian blues from the new Alex O'Reilly band with Alex on bass and vocals, Clino Cocuzza playin that dirty woody sax of his, Arcangelo Spina on bass and an Irish drummer (sorry details still hazy at my end, but apart from Clinio these guys are new to me...).
Friday 4th
8pm Cork School of Music Great to have the Irish Chamber Orchestra back with a lovely programme of music spanning four centuries, Bach, Sibelius and Mendelssohn with a brand new work written for them by Gerald Barry - definitely one for the diary (and I'd say I'll be glad of a sit-down gig by then!).
10pm The Liquid Lounge Electric Underground are hosting electro-composer/producer Chymera if you're looking for some sexy techno to start the weekend with - he started out in Cork, but after a spell in Costa Rica has settled in Barcelona. With top DJs such as Laurent Garnier and Sasha playing his stuff he must be pretty good at what he does, give him a good welcome home! http://www.myspace.com/chymeram
Saturday 5th
8pm Cork School of Music Directed by the wonderful Mary Hegarty (who, I think will be making a guest performance too) the chorus and ensemble of the CSM Opera Studio are performing a nice crowd-pleasing platter of opera favourites under the slightly quese-inducing title 'Love and Champage'.
11pm Utopianation Heavy Dub heads can get off the sofa for the night without having to deal the stress of city centre Saturday-night mess by heading down Utopianation on Barrack Street where Toby out of Wiggle plays as Prof. Ruff Chuff with video-jockey VJ Present er, present, to take up any remaining head space. http://www.myspace.com/profruff
Monday 7th
9pm The Whisky Roy and Jason O'Driscoll - I ain't heard these fellas yet but anyone making an effort to keep the 'real rural acoustic blues' of Blind Willie Johnson (who's all over my itunes), Son House and the like deserves to be checked out. I'll do my best and get back to ya.
Listen - have a good one.
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