Clonmel World Music
& Arts
Clonmel Co Tipperary
IRE.
2017
Autumn/Winter Season
All Tickets on Sale Now:
For all enquiries, contact:
Gerry Lawless (086) 338 9619
UPDATE 30-10-2017
Clonmel World Music proudly presents:
The Clonmel Winter Music Festival 2017.
We present 3 top class acts from USA, Canada and
Ireland, over the month of November, for your pleasure.
An indoor Festival where you won't have to worry about
rain, mud, tents, stale beer, sunburn or sleeping bags !!!
All shows held in Raheen House Hotel Clonmel.
Tickets for all shows now on sale, in Marians Bookshop
Clonmel, South Tipp Arts Centre Clonmel, or from Gerry
Lawlesss on 086-3389619
The Clonmel Winter Music Festival 2017.
We present 3 top class acts from USA, Canada and
Ireland, over the month of November, for your pleasure.
An indoor Festival where you won't have to worry about
rain, mud, tents, stale beer, sunburn or sleeping bags !!!
All shows held in Raheen House Hotel Clonmel.
Tickets for all shows now on sale, in Marians Bookshop
Clonmel, South Tipp Arts Centre Clonmel, or from Gerry
Lawlesss on 086-3389619
Thu 09th
November
Eilen Jewell
Band (USA)
Venue: Raheen House Hotel,
Clonmel
Doors 8 pm.
Band
Onstage 9 pm
Eilen Jewell is
from Boise, Idaho. She is based in Boston and has distinguished herself as one
of the rising stars of a new generation of roots musicians. She is a prolific
songwriter and has released 6 albums since 2006. Eilen Jewell herself channels
the styles of not only country greats like Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, but
also Jazz and Pop icons like Peggy Lee and Billie Holiday. She’s got a
smouldering unaffected voice that has echoes of modern artists like Gillian
Welsh and Shelby Lynne. Eilen is touring with her longtime band of Jason Beek
(Drums,Harmony Vocals), Jerry Miller (Electric, Acoustic & Steel Guitars)
and Johnny Sciascia (Upright “Doghouse” Bass)
The Eilen Jewell band are on a European tour to promote her new album of Blues Classics. For this new album, Jewell has dug deep into the history of the blues to find 12 old gems that could be polished into new Americana-influenced versions to give the songs new life. Jewell has always wanted to record a blues album and now Down Hearted Blues realizes that long dream of hers.
The Eilen Jewell band are on a European tour to promote her new album of Blues Classics. For this new album, Jewell has dug deep into the history of the blues to find 12 old gems that could be polished into new Americana-influenced versions to give the songs new life. Jewell has always wanted to record a blues album and now Down Hearted Blues realizes that long dream of hers.
Clonmel is the
only Irish date on this tour, so don’t miss this show
www.eilenjewell.com
Wed 15th
November
The
Paperboys(CAN)
Venue: Raheen House Hotel,
Clonmel
Doors 8 pm.
Band
Onstage 9 pm
The Paperboys were
formed by Mexican born, Tom Landa in the mid 1990’s in Vancouver. Tom had a
vision of forming a band that fused Folk, Celtic and Bluegrass music with Pop
and Rock.
The Paperboys
music defies classification. It is Mexican Son Jarocho mixed in with Irish Jigs
and Reels and a good dose of Country and Bluegrass. It has healthy servings of
Ska and African Highlife. It also has strains of Soul, Pop and Funk. It is mostly
Acoustic although they also like Electric guitars. It is definitely FOLK music,
and it has a deep respect and appreciation for tradition (Bluegrass, Old Time,
Celtic) but it’s by no means Traditional. It is World Roots Music. It’s POP
music. It is GOOD music. It has a tendency to connect people and means a lot to
many folks the world over.
It is one of the
best multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, multi-generational, multi-lingual,
multi-instrumental, genre bending band you will hear today!!
‘One of the most exciting bands to come out of the folk-roots corner’-
fRoots Magazine’
www.paperboys.com
Saturday 25th November
Daoiri Farrell (IRE)
Venue: Raheen House Hotel, Clonmel
Winner of two BBC Folk Awards 2017:
The Horizon Award for best newcomer and Best
Traditional Track
‘Daoirí is one of
the most important traditional singers to emerge in the last decade’
Dónal Lunny
‘I’ve been listening to Daoirí’s emerging sounds since first hearing him at the Góilin
Singers Club in Dublin when he was a young lad….always a treat to hear him
sing.’
Christy Moore
Effortless, instinctive, natural…the real deal.'
Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio
2 Folk Show
A former electrician, who decided to change profession after seeing Christy
Moore perform on Irish TV, Dublin-born traditional singer and bouzouki player Daoirí
(pronounced ‘Derry’) Farrell
is being described by some of the biggest names in Irish folk music as
one of most important singers to come out of Ireland in recent years, and has
delivered the album to prove them right.
After a promising debut album, The First Turn, back in 2009; Daoirí
spent several years studying traditional music and performance at The
University of Limerick. It was here that Fintan
Vallely introduced him to the singing of the late Liam Weldon, an encounter
that was to prove formative to his sound and his approach to folk song.
Daoirí had cut his teeth as a singer in Dublin’s famous
Góilin Singers Club, where he was spotted early on by Christy Moore, and at other sessions across the city, many of which
he still visits. Following his studies
he quickly found work accompanying artists including Christy Moore himself, as
well as a list of names that sounds like a who’s who of folk music: Dónal
Lunny, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Alan Doherty, Danú, Dervish, Julie Fowlis,
Arty McGlynn, The John Carty Big Band, Kíla, Sean Keane, Gerry O’Connor
(Banjo), Gerry O’Connor (Fiddle), Lynched and more. In 2013 he won the All Ireland Champion Singer award at the Fleadh in Co. Derry, and in
2015 won the prestigious Danny Kyle
Award at Celtic Connections in Glasgow with the line-up FourWinds.
Daoirí finally stepped into the limelight
launched his own solo live career at the 2016 Celtic Connections.
His determination not to put out another album
until he was sure it was the best he could produce, means the long-awaited
release of True Born Irishman
in October 2016 was hugely anticipated.
And indeed when a stream of the album was accidentally leaked online for
around an hour in July, it was being shared and tweeted about within minutes. The
ten track album was recorded in Dublin across the first half of 2016 and was produced
by Daoirí with Tony Byrne and Robbie Walsh. It features contributions from, among others,
Michael McGoldrick, and is dedicated
to departed Irish traditional singer Liam Weldon.
As the final
touches were being made to the album, and as a relative unknown to the UK
audience, in May 2016 he was invited to fly to Manchester to do a live session
on the BBC Radio 2 Folk Show with Mark
Radcliffe. Two UK tours and UK festival dates followed in 2016 including Moseley Folk Festival, Broadstairs Folk
Week and FolkEast.
Calls were coming
in from across the world and dates were put in place in Australia, Canada,
Belgium, Denmark and more for 2017 alongside a co-headline tour with 2016 BBC
Radio 2 Folk Award nominee Damien O’Kane,
who contacted Daoirí online after
seeing a video of him on Youtube dates in Ireland and a return to the Uk in
autumn 2017.
The video which Damien O’Kane spotted was of Daoirí’s
live performance of Creggan White
Hare from The First Turn
which has quietly reached over 250,000
hits. Click here (if reading this online) to view the video or
search ‘Daoirí Farrell Creggan White Hare’ in Youtube.
What the press have said
about True Born Irishman:
‘On only his second solo album this former
electrician surely steps into Irish folk legend….Put his ferocious and dramatic
version of Van Diemen’s Land against the pitiful U2 Rattle And Hum
rendition and the depth and intensity of Farrell’s art is clear. Bold and Undeniable.’ **** Daily Mirror
‘The creamy forthrightness of Paul Brady, the
occasional guile and nuance of Andy Irvine and the attitude and approach to
material, perhaps, of Christy Moore. Not
a bad trio of names to throw into a barrel of comparisons but the signs are all
there that this is a guy with the conviction and wherewithal to justify them
and take the re-birth of authentic Irish song-making several leagues forward…an
exceptionally good singer and a great bunch of songs. Is any more than that needed? Not in this case.’ fRoots
‘It’s not hard to understand why the mighty
Donal Lunny has championed him…An album that could yet prove to be one of the
most significant Irish releases of recent years.’ **** Songlines
‘True Born
Irishman is definitely one of the year's outstanding Irish music albums; you
owe it to yourself to hear it.’ Fatea
‘Farrell has
created quite a buzz in Ireland…it’s easy to hear why. His powerfully unadorned vocals might be from
any era, variously recalling Paul Brady and Andy Irvine…it’s a powerful
statement.’ **** Mojo
‘This is a superb album from a first-rate singer, and it is unlikely to
be too far from my CD player for quite some time.’ Living Tradition
In February 2017 the BBC announced that Daoirí Farrell had received
three BBC Folk Award 2017 nominations – more than any other artist that year. He was subsequently asked to perform at the
awards ceremony on 5th April at The Royal Albert Hall – broadcast
live on BBC Radio 2 with highlights on BBC4 TV and went on to win the Horizon
Award for best newcomer and Best Traditional Track Award for Van Diemen’s Land
from the album True Born Irishman.
Clonmel World Music 2010-2017
2017
Special Consensus (USA) - 13th January
Whitehorse Guitar Club (IRE) - 09th March
The Henry Girls(IRE) - 13th April
Foghorn Stringband(USA) – 11th May
2016
Mulligan Brothers (USA) - 28th January
Old Hannah (IRE) - 28th January
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra (UK) - 07th April
Russell De Carle Trio (Can) - 07th May
California Feetwarmers (USA)/ Leila Jane & The Healers
- 23rd June
Spirit Family Reunion/Twain (USA) - 17th August
Alan Kelly Gang & Eddi Reader (IRE/Sco) - 8th Sept - 50th gig
special
Furnace Mountain (USA)19th October
Tennessee Mafia Jug Band (USA) - 10th November
2015
Special Consensus (USA) - 09th January
Woody Pines (USA) - 19th March
Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra (UK) - 16th April
Breaking Trad (IRE) - 07th May
JP Harris & The Tough Choices (USA) - 28th May
The Railsplitters (USA) - 18th June
The Paperboys (CAN) - 29th July
Betty & The Boy (USA) - 21st Sept
Four Winds (IRE) – 20th November
2014
Elephant Revival (USA) - 28th January
The Stray Birds (USA) - 13th February
The Revelers (USA) - 27th March
Birds Of Chicago (USA) - 8th May
The Paperboys (Canada) - 04th June
The Karan Casey Band (IRE) - 04th Sept
Red Molly (USA) - 10th Oct
De Temps Antan (Quebec, Canada) - 30th Oct
Chatham County Line (USA)- 20th Nov
2013
Petunia and The Vipers (Canada) - 05th February
Eilen Jewell Band (USA) - 01st April
Birds Of Chicago (USA) - 25th April
The Paperboys (Canada) - 03rd June
Pokey Lafarge Band (USA) - 04th Sept
The Wiyos (USA) 26th Sept
ABC Of Canadian Music (CAN) - 24th Oct
Petunia and The Vipers (Canada) - 05th February
Eilen Jewell Band (USA) - 01st April
Birds Of Chicago (USA) - 25th April
The Paperboys (Canada) - 03rd June
Pokey Lafarge Band (USA) - 04th Sept
The Wiyos (USA) 26th Sept
ABC Of Canadian Music (CAN) - 24th Oct
2012
Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers (USA) -03rd Feb
ASHELIN (Newfoundland) - 12th March
Woody Pines (New Orleans) - 26th April
I Draw Slow (IRE) 13th June
Pokey Lafarge Band (USA) Private gig
Mairtin O'Connor Band (IRE) 01st August
Spirit Family Reunion (USA) 06th Sept
2011
The Fox Hunt (USA) & The Henry Girls (IRE) -27th Jan
The Wiyos (New York) - 14th April
The Wilders (Kansas, Missouri) – 23rd May
Tennessee Mafia Jug Band (USA) - 20th July
Po Girl (USA/Canada) - 06th & 07th Sept
The Wiyos (New York) - 14th April
The Wilders (Kansas, Missouri) – 23rd May
Tennessee Mafia Jug Band (USA) - 20th July
Po Girl (USA/Canada) - 06th & 07th Sept
Eilen Jewell Band (USA) - 02nd Nov
2010
Prison Love (IRE) - May
Po Girl (USA/Canada) - July
Southern Tenant Folk Union (UK) - Aug
Pokey Lafarge & The South City Three (USA) - Sept