BILL BLACK'S "CAPEIRISH"
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... A LISTING OF EVENTS AND RESOURCES RELATING TO
IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC
IN THE CAPE COD AND NEARBY S.E. NEW ENGLAND AREA
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updated: 6/17/19
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NEWS, NOTES, & COMMENTS
LOCAL SESSIONS
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BB'S "NEWS, NOTES, AND COMMENT" DEPT.
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"GOLDEN LANE"
(Mark, Colin, John Mac, the Blacks)
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We have a busy summer upcoming, but it should be a fun one. Here's the current list of gigs:
CHATHAM FIDDLE CO. concerts
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The Tuesday night concerts featuring Rose and Gene Clancy will start on June 25th and continue till the end of September.
NEW WEBSITE FOR BOSTON AREA
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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. It's a very ambitious effort that will contain much more than event information - recordings, band links, education, and more. There's also a weekly bulletin that you can subscribe to.
The home page address is: greaterbostoncelticmusic.com.
Best of luck to Paul Graveline, the person in charge of all this! You can contact him at
(new address)
CAT'S MELODEON CURRENT SCHEDULE
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I'm hoping to get the occasional Saturday afternoon session going shortly. 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!
Great job by the Cats at the Woods Hole Trad Stroll on 4/27 - we made some fine music and raised a few dollars for Horace Thayer and his Walk for Hunger, a wonderful cause we're always happy to support.
Next gig will be Falmouth Arts Alive (Sat. 6/22, 3:00 pm on library lawn).
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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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"GOLDEN LANE"
(Mark, Colin, John Mac, the Blacks)
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We have a busy summer upcoming, but it should be a fun one. Here's the current list of gigs:
| Sat. 7/6 | 1:00 PM | New Bedford Folk Festival | South Coast Stage | NB |
| Fri. 7/12 | 6:00 PM | TD Bank Summer Concert | Peg Noonan Park | Falmouth |
| Sun. 7/14 | 1:30 PM | Canal Cruise | mv VIKING | Onset |
| Tues. 8/13 |
7:00 PM |
Summer Breeze concert |
St. John's Church, Main St. |
Sandwich |
| Sun. 8/25 | 1:30 PM | Canal Cruise | mv VIKING | Onset |
CHATHAM FIDDLE CO. concerts
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The Tuesday night concerts featuring Rose and Gene Clancy will start on June 25th and continue till the end of September.
NEW WEBSITE FOR BOSTON AREA
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
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. It's a very ambitious effort that will contain much more than event information - recordings, band links, education, and more. There's also a weekly bulletin that you can subscribe to.
The home page address is: greaterbostoncelticmusic.com.
Best of luck to Paul Graveline, the person in charge of all this! You can contact him at
greaterbostoncelticmusic@gmail.com
CAT'S MELODEON CURRENT SCHEDULE
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
I'm hoping to get the occasional Saturday afternoon session going shortly. 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!
Great job by the Cats at the Woods Hole Trad Stroll on 4/27 - we made some fine music and raised a few dollars for Horace Thayer and his Walk for Hunger, a wonderful cause we're always happy to support.
Next gig will be Falmouth Arts Alive (Sat. 6/22, 3:00 pm on library lawn).
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!