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The launch of musician and singer/songwriter John Faulkner’s new book about his career in music, Storm in my Heart, will take place on Friday, October 11 at Kennys Bookshop, Liosbán. The book will be launched by James Harrold and all are welcome - this is a free ticket event but booking is required.

Our first illustration today is of the cover of the sheet music for the song ‘Galway Bay’ as sung by Bing Crosby. It was written by Dr Arthur Colohan, apparently in memory of his brother who was drowned somewhere near Seapoint. I have also been told that it got its first airing in the hotel at the top of Prospect Hill. It seems Colohan, a medical student, was in there with a group of his fellow undergraduates when he told them he had written a song and sat down at the piano to play and sing it for them. The legend is that they fell all over the place laughing. He of course had the last laugh as his song became one of the world’s best sellers, topping the charts in Britain in1950.

Dolores Keane will be taking to the stage live on Tg4 tomorrow night as the Fleadh Cheoil returns to Mullingar for 2023 back to where it all began in 1951.

Writer of the bestselling album in Irish history, A Woman’s Heart, singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy talks about pandemic teachings, leaping into the unknown and the mind-altering drug that is music, ahead of her appearance in An Taibhdhearc on Saturday, April 14.

Writer of the bestselling album in Irish history, A Woman's Heart, singer-songwriter Eleanor McEvoy talks about pandemic teachings, leaping into the unknown and the mind-altering drug that is music, ahead of her appearance in An Taibhdhearc on Saturday, April 14.

There is a world of difference between loneliness and solitude, even though they are oft confused. Loneliness often expresses the pain of being alone, while solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

Folk Americana group The Raines comprises of Ruth Dillon (vocals, guitar, ukulele) who has toured and recorded with the legendary vocalist Dolores Keane, is a former member of The Molly Hicks, and has three solo albums of her own. Juliana Erkkonen (fiddle and vocals) has been at the forefront of the Americana musical scene in Ireland and has released 7 albums with a diverse range of acts, and Yvonne Tiernan (vocals/ukulele/percussion) who has toured as lead singer with The Chieftains.

FOR THOSE who lived through it, 2020 was a year that will never be forgotten. It was also a year that few, if any, will remember with any trace of positivity. There may, though, be an exception.

The world of Irish traditional music is this week coming to terms with the loss of one of Alec Finn, one of its most influential masters over the last four decades.

July 2.The band consists of Stephen Doherty on flutes, accordion, and percussion, David Doocey on fiddle, Anne Brennan on vocals, and Shane McGowan on guitars. Between them, they have toured, performed, and recorded with a who's who of artists including Sharon Shannon, Sean and Dolores Keane, Lúnasa, Gráda, Tim O’Brien, Paul Brady, and Dave Munnelly.