Dear Reader -
Our YouTube channel is back with a bang…this week featuring Mark O’Donnell from Glenties - as well as a guitarist with ‘some calves’ according to YouTube…
The Big Thing
Last shout for the 2024-25 Music Club!
New host Sarah Casserley will be sending out our initial groupings early next week, so if you would like to play and/or sing in an informal environment with like-minded people, now is the time to let us know.
More info here, or email musicclubsligo@gmail.com
Where else but Sligo?
Gerry Grennan and I would have had many conversations over the years about recording an album. Some general in nature, some more particular and some that may yet bear fruit.
We discussed the many reasons not to do so, the risks involved, how the music industry has changed and the relative values of playing music vs recording it.
But at the end of it all we agreed that it was a somewhat noble aspiration for a musician or band. A legacy as such. This is me and this is what I do (or what I did at this particular period in time at least)!
So it was fantastic to see Jargon (of which Gerry is a member) release their album Midnight Moonlight last week. It’s one of those albums that deserves a quiet room and a proper start-to-finish listen and I am looking forward to doing so.
Jargon are playing the Hawk’s Well Theatre as part of Sligo Live and are strongly rumoured to be making a special appearance on the Thursday and Friday of next month’s Theme Night run!
Tour info here.
What’s New?
SAM PURCELL ON RIVERDANCE! Recent Theme Night Academy graduate Sam Purcell was in the drum chair for Riverdance in The Gaiety Theatre last weekend. No surprise there - this man is top class.
THEME NIGHTS IN CLOONACOOL: First gig of the new season - Theme Nights Unplugged in a brand new venue on 19th Sept. More here.
INTRODUCTION EVENING: Producer Joy Feehily and I will answer any questions you may have regarding the brand new Theme Night Academy this Thursday from 6-7pm in the Hawk’s Well Theatre. All teenagers welcome.
Finally…
Here are the lads from 1981!!
Till next time - Kieran.
