23rd June 2009

We are progressing towards completion on the upcoming DVD "Come All You Dreamers" which was filmed in Glasgow last year.

Declan has been gigging with his band Small Town Talk to great acclaim. (See 4711ers.org)

We have our end of season gig in the Marquee, Cork, next Saturday night. This will be our fifth year to play the Big Tent and we look forward to it.

We will continue in September and the following gigs are in place:
September 24th    Sligo, Park Hotel
September 25th    Ardee, Co. Louth, Parish Hall
October 2nd        Limerick, UCH
October 8th        Roscommon, Hyde Centre
November 20th        Wexford, Opera House
There will be further gigs to follow in Dublin, Tralee and Portlaoise this autumn, and Derry and Belfast are being planned for early next year. (More details later) We will travel to Scotland in October. Details of all these gigs can be found on the gig page of the website.

Thank you for your feedback on "Listen". The album has been well received. The Ballad of Ruby Walsh came out after Cheltenham, where Ruby obliged by riding rings all around him. Then the single "Listen" garnered lots of airplay creating an awareness of the album before it was released. It hit the No. 1 spot in Ireland and stayed there for 4 weeks, which was a grand old buzz. On week 2 we had Pink, Lily Allen, Lady GaGa and Bob Dylan floundering in our wake. We let on that such pop trivia does not matter, but when it does happen it calls for celebration …. "O the crack was 90 in The Isle Of Man"…

I sang today on a documentary about James Connolly. A song which I learned many years ago from Dominic Behan. I also heard from John Spillane who has invited me to duet with him on his next album.

Enjoy the summer months, come back refreshed and, hopefully, we'll meet up along the way ….. Come on the Flour Bags …..



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