BILL BLACK'S "CAPEIRISH"
NEWS/INFO PAGE
updated: 5/24/12
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to honor our fallen heroes.
Click here for my tribute song "A Nation Blessed With Heroes"
... A LISTING OF EVENTS AND RESOURCES RELATING TO
IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC
IN THE CAPE COD AND NEARBY S.E. NEW ENGLAND AREA
email: bill@capeirish.com
(contact me if you wish to be included in our totally
non-intrusive mailing list)
I'll be happy to include your SE New England traditional event if you
send me an email with the details - try to include as much information as possible, including ticket prices, website for
the venue (for directions etc), website if you have one, etc.
NEWS, NOTES, & COMMENTS
LOCAL SESSIONS
Please take advantage of our links to other websites
(e.g. Stanley and Grimm, the Lindsays, Falmouth Fiddlers) to
keep current on what these and other local musicians are doing these days!
Check out my new Goods and Services area - let me know
if you want me to list something for you.
##### BB'S "NEWS, NOTES, AND COMMENT" AREA #####
= Tuesdays, 7:00 pm: open mike at Tommy Doyle's, Hyannis, run by David Jackson. All types of performer welcomed. Phone number for the pub is 508.862.9430.
= Following received from Pam Olson at the West Falmouth Library:
"Please join us for an evening of wonderful music and light refreshments to benefit the Library on Thursday, May 24 at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $12 for adults and $8 for students and are available at the Library.
Seasons, a sibling group of musicians, brings a sound based mainly around the Celtic harp and the hammered dulcimer, but also features the violin, mandolin, bodhran, penny whistle, guitar and vocals. This musical family creates an exciting and surprising fusion of Celtic, folk, original and popular music.
For more information about Seasons, and to hear samples of their music, visit their website at www.seasonsmusic.com."
= Monday May 28, 7:30 pm: New York-based singer Elaine Romanelli - whose music is described as "folk with a Celtic lilt" - will be appearing at the Art Studio Building at the Cotuit Center for the Arts, 4404 Falmouth Rd, Cotuit, MA 02635. Suggested donation $5.00. Website is www.elaineromanelli.com. Also appearing will be Cape singer Annie Rich.
= Friday June 6, 7:30 pm: fiddler Dwayne Cote and guitarist Duane Andrews appearing for the Brick Hill Concert series in Orleans. Suggested donation $20. Reservations required due limited seating - call 508-255-3864 or email dinah164@capecod.net. Click here for a fridge flyer.
= Sunday June 10, 3:00 pm: Cape Cod Maritime Festival, Aselton Park, Hyannis: "Cape Tradition" will be performing. Nice venue overlooking Hyannis Harbor, free admission, family-friendly.
= Sunday June 24, 3:00 pm: Falmouth "Arts Alive!" festival; "Cape Tradition" will be performing in one of the tents on the library lawn (rain or shine). Free admission.
= Thursday August 2, 7:30 pm: Yours truly will be doing a program of traditional and original Irish and maritime songs at the Cape Cod Chat House, Route 6A in Dennis. All welcome; admission free but donations gratefully accepted! (I'll be posting one of my beloved "fridge flyers" here shortly.)
= Friday August 3, 6:00 pm: As part of the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod / Citizens Bank summer concert series, "Cape Tradition" will be performing at Peg Noonan Park on Main Street in downtown Falmouth. Free admission.
| Following is a
list of
regularly-scheduled sessions. I try to keep it updated but there are always changes that I don't find out about, so I recommend that you contact the venue or the session person in charge before you try to attend a session that might be unfamiliar to you. The personal link is for email; the venue link will take you to a website or some other source of phone numbers, directions, etc. All sessions listed are "open" but may not necessarily be "beginner friendly". Check if you have questions. Please email any corrections, additions etc to me at bill@capeirish.com. |
| Sunday
- West Dennis ------------------------------- 6:30 pm O'Shea's Olde Inn, Route 28 hosts: Sean Murphy and friends phone: 508.398.8887 |
| Sunday - Newport RI ----------------------------- 5 - 9 pm (summer 6 to 10 pm) Fastnet Pub, 1 Broadway hosts: Tim May, Jack Wright, and Tony Gutierrez phone 401.845.9311 |
| Monday - Hingham ----------------------------- 5:30 pm (note early start hour) The Snug, 116 North St., Hingham hosts: Skip, Dan, & Andrea |
| Tuesday - Providence ----------------------------- 8:30 pm Patrick's Pub Smith St. (Federal Hill) hosts: Bob Drouin & friends phone: 401.751.1553 |
| Wednesday
- Fall River ---------------------------------- 8:30 pm Saint James Irish Pub Purchase St. Dan Lanier, Rich Danforth & co. phone: 508.672.6951 |
| Wednesday
- Oak Bluffs (Martha's Vineyard) ------------------------------------ Offshore Ale House Kennebec Ave. 508.693.2626 presently inactive - may resume in summer (2012) |
| Wednesday -
Norwell ------------------------------- 7:00 - 10:00 pm Tinker's Son 707 Main St. hosts: Stu Peak, Peter Smith 781.561.7361 |
| Wednesday
- West Dennis -------------------------------------- 7 to 9 pm Olde Inn slow session host: Dave MacAdam |
| Thursday
- Westborough ------------------------------------ 7:00 pm Mulligan's Taverne, Rt. 30 hosts: Katie O'Neill and friends phone: 508.344.4932 www.mulliganstaverne.com |
| Friday - Canton -------------------- 6:00 pm Irish Cultural Center 200 New Boston Rd. (off Rte.138) hosts: John Kearney & Eamonn McGrath www.irishculture.org |
| Saturday
- Plymouth ----------------------------- 5:30 - 9:00 pm Lucioso's Grist Mill, Spring Lane, Plymouth hosts: Bill Bell and friends phone 508.746.0056/7 |
| Saturday
- Hyannis --------------------------- 4 to 6 pm Tommy Doyle's Pub, E. Main Street hosts: Bill Black and The Cape Tradition phone 508.862.9430 full menu available in season |
| Saturday
- Providence -------------------------------- 4 to 7 pm AS220, 115 Empire Street Providence, RI 02903 401.861.9190 hosts: Jimmy and Hannah Devine with Mark Roberts, Andrea Cooper, Teddi Scobi and friends! - no cover - full menu available |
