St Mary's Levenshulme
Sunday 29th June
14.00-17.00
Mike McGoldrick & musicians
Proceeds to St Mary's Levenshulme World Youth Day Representatives & St Bernard's Youth to Lourdes
Advance tickets - Adults £3, children £1
Tickets on the day - All £3

The Mike McGoldrick Trio appear at Bury Met on Friday 3rd October.

Cara Dillon will also appear at the Met on Friday 7th November. A former member of the folk group Equation, who also sang with De Danaan, Cara Dillon is from Dungiven, County Derry. She sings with clarity, beauty and style.

http://themet.biz/

Bury Met welcomes jazz singer Orla Murphy on Thursday 5 June at 8pm.

Orla Murphy is a regular on the London jazz scene and has worked with musicians such as Jonathan Gee, Simon Wallace, and Winston Clifford, to name a few. She is also a regular at festivals.

Orla released her debut album Wishful Thinking this month which she co-produced with pianist Simon Wallace. Her UK tour co-incides with the launch. She accompanied by pianist Giovanni Mazzarino who is regarded as one of the finest jazz pianists in Europe today. Giovanni is over from Palermo (where he is based) especially for the tour.

http://themet.biz/diary/?id=orlam1212692400

Photographer Bernie O'Brien has launched a great new website for Irish Manchester featuring photos of all the big social occasions in the city.

http://www.bernieobrien.co.uk/

Dana opened the Manchester Irish Festival last night - here is a short extract from her rendition of All Kinds of Everything with two talented Manchester Irish youngsters.



Festival goers were delighted to be joined by the hugely talented dancer James Keegan - here's a brief video of James in action

Becky Taylor, one of the few female exponents of the uilleann pipes in this country, has just released a new CD. It's called "Ireland Bridge" and includes 10 must-have new tracks, a dynamic mix of traditional and new compositions.

Becky is a stalwart of the Manchester and Leeds thriving Irish music session scene which has led to her latest collaborations with Dave Kosky (guitar) and Danny Cameron (box), and also with Manchester based musicians Frances O'Rourke (fiddle) and Pat O'Reilly (bouzouki). She has appeared on stage alongside notable contemporary artistes such as Michael McGoldrick, Shooglenifty, Dervish, and Paddy Keenan amongst others.

You can buy the CD via Becky's website at http://www.beckytaylor.info/albums/albums.php.

Note that you can keep up to date with the latest on traditional Irish music in the North West at the excellent Ceol Up North website.