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Irish fiddle classes at Band on
the Wall, Manchester with Emma Sweeney
Niamh
Parsons
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Damien Dempsey at Manchester Academy
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How to Play the Accordion
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Irish Traditional
Music in NW England
| Info on where to find traditional
Irish music sessions, events and tuition in Manchester and
beyond. Everything trad, right here at Ceol Up North. |
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 Michael
McGoldrick is appearing at summer festivals, promoting his
latest solo album 'Aurora' and also as part of the Future Trad
Collective. Check out his tour dates on Capercaillie's
site. Dezi Donnelly is also touring with the Sharon Shannon
band, check out Dezi's
new web site for more info. |
 Emma
Sweeney is teaching on a new 10 week course in Irish
traditional fiddle styles at Band on the Wall in Manchester
starting Wed 14 April 2010. For beginners and experienced players
young and old. Some experience of violin or fiddle playing is
required for the beginners group. First taster session free
- just turn up and try it out and if you like just enrol. Otherwise
no charge at all! A higher level of proficiency and experience
for advanced. If the course is not for you and you would prefer
private fiddle lessons with Emma, contact her on 07907 686429.
Emma has been a regular guest at Northwest
Uilleann Pipers' concerts and was a finalist in the BBC
Young Folk Award. |
 The
Met, features Karen
Matheson on Fri 21 May, Tim
O'Brien & Kris
Drever on Sat 22 May, Old
Blind Dogs on Thurs 1 July, Heidi
Talbot on Sat 25 Sept and Michael
McGoldrick on Thurs 14 Oct 2010. They also have Balkan influenced
band The
Baghdaddies on Fri 4 June, French-Canadian band Genticorum
on Fri 8 Oct, Chris
Wood & Andy
Cutting on Sat 16 Oct 2010. |
The
Hungry Pigeon Festival takes place in venues around the
Northern Quarter in Manchester city centre during April and
May. Chorlton
Arts Festival takes place from 20-29 May 2010. There are
a number of events taking place in Platt
Fields Park; these are just a few of the smaller community
festivals taking place in the area.
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 The
Liverpool Phil has a number of great concerts coming up,
starting with guitarist Tony
McManus on Fri 28 May at 8.30pm, £10. The explosive
Dick
Gaughan is on Fri 25 June at 8.30pm, £12. Bluegrass
Night featuring the Claire
Lynch Band and Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band is on Thurs
2 Sept at 7.30pm Tickets £16, £21. Christy
Moore appears on Fri 29th and Sat 30th October as part
of his now annual appearance at Liverpool Irish Festival.
The
Saw Doctors are on Fri 3 Dec at 7.30pm, £21.50 &
£26.50.
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 Legendary
guitarist Pierre
Bensusan appears at Band
on the Wall, Swan St, Manchester on Thurs 16 Sept £12.50.
Pierre is highly regarded as an innovator on acoustic guitar
and made DADGAD tuning popular. Also at BOTW
are BBC Folk Award winners LAU
on Fri 22 Oct, £14.
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| The
Bridewater Hall have a series of free lunchtime concerts
in the foyer coming up. Bella Hardy accompanied by Chris Sherburn
is on Fri 3 Sep at 12.30pm |
| Jumbo Acoustic Jam - All welcome to listen, sing/play
along, or do a solo. All levels, all ages, all styles. Country,
Skiffle, Blues, Jazz, Ragtime, Pop, Soul, Reggae, Irish, Cajun,
Folk, Roots, Klezmer, Latin, Rock/Punk unplugged, Opera, Classical,
Your own tunes, Americana, Poetry, you name it! - anything acoustic.
We even have a piano. Jumbo Acoustic Jam is usually (always)
the last Sunday of every month at The
Carlton Club, Whalley Range, Manchester. Free entry and
family friendly. For more info visit www.myspace.com/davetaylorbluespiano |
 The
Full Set is a great traditional Irish music TV programme
from RTE, now in it's 2nd series. The guests in the 2nd
programme were Mike
McGoldrick and Dezi Donnelly. You can also listen to other
ITM radio programmes from RTE such as The
Late Session and Ceili
House. |
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| Back by popular demand! - the Session
Etiquette page. After receiving one email a couple of years
ago, the Dos and Don'ts are back.
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| For Folk Festival listings check out Folk
and Roots or
Froots. |
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