A night of music and song celebrating one of Ireland's most acclaimed regions in Traditional Irish Music - Hosted by Martin Hayes
The Button Factory County Sessions
Brainchild of Dublin musician Conor Byrne, the County Sessions began last year to rave reviews.
“ - at last, a fortnightly city centre gathering of great music and musicians”.
– The Irish Times
Dublin’s Premier Traditional Music Folk Club takes place each fortnight in the Button Factory, Temple Bar, and was recently chosen by the Irish Times as one of the ten musical highlights for 2009. This club strives to offer its audiences a line-up of a Significant Artistic Standard, which represents the unique music and singing traditions associated with individual counties.
In honouring the rich regional music style of East Clare, the County Sessions have asked Martin Hayes to gather some of his friends and family, for what promises to be a unique evening of quality music. Musicians include: Dennis Cahill on guitar; acclaimed concertina player Mary MacNamara; fellow Tulla Céilí Band members John Canny (Button Accordion) & Mark Donnellan (fiddle); Martins sister Helen Hayes (Vocals); & longtime friend Lena Ullman (5 string Banjo) who lives in east Clare; and Martin Hayes (fiddle).
(Find brief bios’s of some of the musicians below)
Martin Hayes
"Sparsely accompanied fiddle music has rarely
sounded so complete and so essential". — Q magazine
Regarded by many as one of the most extraordinary talents to emerge from the world of Irish traditional music, Martin Hayes is the recipient of major national and international awards, including most recently, The TG4 Gradam Ceoil, Musician of the Year for 2008. He has recorded two acclaimed solo albums, “Martin Hayes” (1993) and “Under the Moon” (1995), and more and has collaborated with his friend and guitarist Dennis Cahill on several recordings, including the latest “Welcome Here Again”, which was released a couple of years ago.
A native of County Clare, Martin Hayes has been based in the United States for the past twenty-three years. But he still, to this day remains grounded within his own locality of Maghera, Feakle, in East County Clare. A lot of his music comes from his father, the late P Joe Hayes R.I.P.- a distinct figure in the history of Irish music, P Joe was a founder member of the acclaimed Tulla Ceili Band, which is still going strong.
Dennis Cahill is a master guitarist, a native of Chicago born to parents from the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. He studied at the city’s prestigious Music College before becoming an active member of the local music scene. Cahill’s spare, essential accompaniment to Martin Hayes’ fiddle is acknowledged as a major breakthrough for guitar in the Irish tradition. In addition to his work with Martin, Dennis has performed with such renowned fiddlers as Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers and Kevin Burke, as well as many Irish musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. .
Mary MacNamara, a native of Tulla, and like Martin was also brought up in a family steeped in traditional music. She played duets with Martin for many years. She has a beautiful, graceful, relaxed style of playing that can only be attained by years of listening, practicing and honing to perfection. She has won a number of all Ireland competitions both as a soloist (concertina) and in duet with Martin Hayes and has toured extensively in Europe and the U.S.A. No collection of Irish music should be without her 2 albums "Mary MacNamara" and "The Blackberry Blossom” as well as her recent album she made with her brother Andrew “Open Hearth”. This CD is based on the music they first heard as children from Joe Bane and Bill Malley who were friends of their father. The music epitomizes the East Clare style of playing and is a must have for anyone’s collection.
Helen Hayes, like her brother Martin, was immersed in the music of east Clare all her life, thanks to their late father, PJ Hayes - a well-known fiddler from the locality, . and was one of the founders of The Tulla Ceili Band back in 1948.
She began singing in her teenage years and soon afterwards, the Tulla Band needed a singer. This was the opportunity that forced her to learn more songs and take her singing more seriously. In 2008 she released her debut solo album ‘Today, Tomorrow & on Sunday’, in which she dedicates it to her father, family and the music of East Clare.
Lena Ullman was introduced to the five-string banjo and American old-time music as a teenager in Sweden. Living in Ireland since the late-70's, she played claw hammer style with The Higglers, an old-time string band which performed throughout Ireland and Europe. Later she applied the claw hammer banjo style to traditional Irish music and began to compose original music on the instrument. She now sings and plays in Moonshine, with Frank Hall and Johnny Moynihan and is currently producing a CD of her original music.
DATE: TUESDAY 29th JUNE.
DOORS: 8PM
VENUE: BUTTON FACTORY, CURVE STREET, TEMPLE BAR.
Tickets: €15/€12
BOOKINGS: www.tickets.ie
OR FROM CITY DISCS, TEMPLE BAR.
TEL: +353(0)1 633 0044
FURTHER INFORMATION: WWW.BUTTONFACTORY.IE
TEL: +353(0)87 272 2648
Conor Byrne
Proudly Presents
Button Factory County Sessions
EAST CLARE NIGHT
TUES 29TH JUNE AT 8PM
Hosted by
MARTIN HAYES
Featuring
DENNIS CAHILL - Guitars / Madolin
MARY MACNAMRA - Concertina
JOHN CANNY - Button Accordion
MARK DONNELLAN - Fiddle
HELEN HAYES - Vocals
LENA ULLMAN - 5 String Banjo & Vocals
A night of music and song celebrating one of Ireland's most acclaimed regions in Traditional Irish Music - Hosted by Martin Hayes
The Button Factory County Sessions
Brainchild of Dublin musician Conor Byrne, the County Sessions began last year to rave reviews.
“ - at last, a fortnightly city centre gathering of great music and musicians”.
– The Irish Times
Dublin’s Premier Traditional Music Folk Club takes place each fortnight in the Button Factory, Temple Bar, and was recently chosen by the Irish Times as one of the ten musical highlights for 2009. This club strives to offer its audiences a line-up of a Significant Artistic Standard, which represents the unique music and singing traditions associated with individual counties.
In honouring the rich regional music style of East Clare, the County Sessions have asked Martin Hayes to gather some of his friends and family, for what promises to be a unique evening of quality music. Musicians include: Dennis Cahill on guitar; acclaimed concertina player Mary MacNamara; fellow Tulla Céilí Band members John Canny (Button Accordion) & Mark Donnellan (fiddle); Martins sister Helen Hayes (Vocals); & longtime friend Lena Ullman (5 string Banjo) who lives in east Clare; and Martin Hayes (fiddle).
(Find brief bios’s of some of the musicians below)
Martin Hayes
"Sparsely accompanied fiddle music has rarely
sounded so complete and so essential". — Q magazine
Regarded by many as one of the most extraordinary talents to emerge from the world of Irish traditional music, Martin Hayes is the recipient of major national and international awards, including most recently, The TG4 Gradam Ceoil, Musician of the Year for 2008. He has recorded two acclaimed solo albums, “Martin Hayes” (1993) and “Under the Moon” (1995), and more and has collaborated with his friend and guitarist Dennis Cahill on several recordings, including the latest “Welcome Here Again”, which was released a couple of years ago.
A native of County Clare, Martin Hayes has been based in the United States for the past twenty-three years. But he still, to this day remains grounded within his own locality of Maghera, Feakle, in East County Clare. A lot of his music comes from his father, the late P Joe Hayes R.I.P.- a distinct figure in the history of Irish music, P Joe was a founder member of the acclaimed Tulla Ceili Band, which is still going strong.
Dennis Cahill is a master guitarist, a native of Chicago born to parents from the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. He studied at the city’s prestigious Music College before becoming an active member of the local music scene. Cahill’s spare, essential accompaniment to Martin Hayes’ fiddle is acknowledged as a major breakthrough for guitar in the Irish tradition. In addition to his work with Martin, Dennis has performed with such renowned fiddlers as Liz Carroll, Eileen Ivers and Kevin Burke, as well as many Irish musicians on both sides of the Atlantic. .
Mary MacNamara, a native of Tulla, and like Martin was also brought up in a family steeped in traditional music. She played duets with Martin for many years. She has a beautiful, graceful, relaxed style of playing that can only be attained by years of listening, practicing and honing to perfection. She has won a number of all Ireland competitions both as a soloist (concertina) and in duet with Martin Hayes and has toured extensively in Europe and the U.S.A. No collection of Irish music should be without her 2 albums "Mary MacNamara" and "The Blackberry Blossom” as well as her recent album she made with her brother Andrew “Open Hearth”. This CD is based on the music they first heard as children from Joe Bane and Bill Malley who were friends of their father. The music epitomizes the East Clare style of playing and is a must have for anyone’s collection.
Helen Hayes, like her brother Martin, was immersed in the music of east Clare all her life, thanks to their late father, PJ Hayes - a well-known fiddler from the locality, . and was one of the founders of The Tulla Ceili Band back in 1948.
She began singing in her teenage years and soon afterwards, the Tulla Band needed a singer. This was the opportunity that forced her to learn more songs and take her singing more seriously. In 2008 she released her debut solo album ‘Today, Tomorrow & on Sunday’, in which she dedicates it to her father, family and the music of East Clare.
Lena Ullman was introduced to the five-string banjo and American old-time music as a teenager in Sweden. Living in Ireland since the late-70's, she played claw hammer style with The Higglers, an old-time string band which performed throughout Ireland and Europe. Later she applied the claw hammer banjo style to traditional Irish music and began to compose original music on the instrument. She now sings and plays in Moonshine, with Frank Hall and Johnny Moynihan and is currently producing a CD of her original music.
DATE: TUESDAY 29th JUNE.
DOORS: 8PM
VENUE: BUTTON FACTORY, CURVE STREET, TEMPLE BAR.
Tickets: €15/€12
BOOKINGS: www.tickets.ie
OR FROM CITY DISCS, TEMPLE BAR.
TEL: +353(0)1 633 0044
FURTHER INFORMATION: WWW.BUTTONFACTORY.IE
TEL: +353(0)87 272 2648
# Posted on June 22nd 2010 by Fisherman