BILL BLACK'S "CAPEIRISH"
NEWS/INFO PAGE
... 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)
updated: 12/11/19
RIP Pete Frates
My favorite Christmas passage, courtesy of Wm. Shakespeare:
Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,
The bird of dawning singeth all night long:
And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad;
The nights are wholesome; then no planets strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to charm,
So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
- Hamlet, Act I, Scene I
From the sublime to the ridiculous:
Uncle Sal's "Night Before Christmas in Brooklyn"
NEWS, NOTES, & COMMENTS
LOCAL SESSIONS
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BB'S "NEWS, NOTES, AND COMMENT" DEPT.
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STANLEY & GRIMM Christmas Shows
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Our good friends Nikki Engstrom and Sean Brennan ("Stanley and Grimm") are as usual busy this holiday season, with shows in Woods Hole on Dec. 14th and the Cape Cod Cultural Center on Dec. 21st. Click on the links for flyers with full details!
MATTAPOISETT LIBRARY SESSIONS
7 Barstow Street, 2 to 4 pm
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Colin Everett and friends invite you to the Fall session season!
Dates for 2020:
January 12th
"GOLDEN LANE"
(Mark, Colin, John Mac, the Blacks)
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Dec. 31st: First Night Sandwich - St. John's Church, Main St. - 7:00 pm
Saturday Feb. 8th, 7:00 pm: show at New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
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When I first started this CapeIrishNews website a few years back, I decided to limit it to "local" activities (i.e. Cape Cod and the South Coast), realizing that trying to create anything comprehensive for the Greater Boston area was beyond my capabilities.
I'm happy to announce that someone has undertaken to do what I didn't: create a website for "Celtic" activities in the Boston area.
The home page address is: greaterbostoncelticmusic.com.
. . . and best of luck to Paul Graveline, the person in charge!
CAT'S MELODEON CURRENT SCHEDULE
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Working two jobs during the Summer leaves not much opportunity for the Saturday sessions I had planned to start. I'm hoping all that will change when my work schedule lightens up in the Fall.
In the meantime you can be part of our music at the Thursday evening Olde Inne session (5:00 pm start). It's an upper-level session for musicians who are willing to learn new material - flexibility is the key. Mark and I have enjoyed hosting it so far and we look forward to continuing for the foreseeable future!
s&gredxmas2018
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JERRY O'SULLIVAN
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(I had the great privilege of helping put together Jerry's fine house concert on Saturday 1/26 at Chatham Fiddle. Thanks to Rose Clancy for the nice welcome. It was an excellent show and my thanks to old friend Jerry for asking me to back him on a few numbers - always a pleasure!)
"I just wanted to let you know that I am releasing a CD of Flute music entitled The Killasser Flute in which I play all the flute parts (yes, that is correct; no Uilleann Pipes on this recording). It is a celebration of the music of my maternal grandfather's parish of Killasser, County Mayo. Ten of the twenty three tracks re-create the sound of the Killasser Flute and Drum Band which was a parish institution from 1879-1957. The CD has sixty nine minutes of music and a twenty four page DVD size booklet. . .This project will also be available for physical purchase or download at <www.cdbaby.com> from August 6th onwards. Please check <www.jerryosullivan.com> for further updates."
Sounds like a great project and we wish Jerry the best of luck!
BB'S "NEWS, NOTES, AND COMMENT" DEPT.
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STANLEY & GRIMM Christmas Shows
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Our good friends Nikki Engstrom and Sean Brennan ("Stanley and Grimm") are as usual busy this holiday season, with shows in Woods Hole on Dec. 14th and the Cape Cod Cultural Center on Dec. 21st. Click on the links for flyers with full details!
MATTAPOISETT LIBRARY SESSIONS
7 Barstow Street, 2 to 4 pm
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Colin Everett and friends invite you to the Fall session season!
Dates for 2020:
January 12th
February 9th
March 15th
April 19th"GOLDEN LANE"
(Mark, Colin, John Mac, the Blacks)
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Dec. 31st: First Night Sandwich - St. John's Church, Main St. - 7:00 pm
Saturday Feb. 8th, 7:00 pm: show at New Bedford Fishing Heritage Center
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When I first started this CapeIrishNews website a few years back, I decided to limit it to "local" activities (i.e. Cape Cod and the South Coast), realizing that trying to create anything comprehensive for the Greater Boston area was beyond my capabilities.
I'm happy to announce that someone has undertaken to do what I didn't: create a website for "Celtic" activities in the Boston area.
The home page address is: greaterbostoncelticmusic.com.
. . . and best of luck to Paul Graveline, the person in charge!
CAT'S MELODEON CURRENT SCHEDULE
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Working two jobs during the Summer leaves not much opportunity for the Saturday sessions I had planned to start. I'm hoping all that will change when my work schedule lightens up in the Fall.
In the meantime you can be part of our music at the Thursday evening Olde Inne session (5:00 pm start). It's an upper-level session for musicians who are willing to learn new material - flexibility is the key. Mark and I have enjoyed hosting it so far and we look forward to continuing for the foreseeable future!
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM JERRY O'SULLIVAN
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(I had the great privilege of helping put together Jerry's fine house concert on Saturday 1/26 at Chatham Fiddle. Thanks to Rose Clancy for the nice welcome. It was an excellent show and my thanks to old friend Jerry for asking me to back him on a few numbers - always a pleasure!)
"I just wanted to let you know that I am releasing a CD of Flute music entitled The Killasser Flute in which I play all the flute parts (yes, that is correct; no Uilleann Pipes on this recording). It is a celebration of the music of my maternal grandfather's parish of Killasser, County Mayo. Ten of the twenty three tracks re-create the sound of the Killasser Flute and Drum Band which was a parish institution from 1879-1957. The CD has sixty nine minutes of music and a twenty four page DVD size booklet. . .This project will also be available for physical purchase or download at <www.cdbaby.com> from August 6th onwards. Please check <www.jerryosullivan.com> for further updates."
Sounds like a great project and we wish Jerry the best of luck!