TRADITIONAL IRISH SINGING EVENT AT RETURN TO CAMDEN 25th
OCTOBER
Dear Musical Traditions Club Member,
Here's news of a very special singing event on Wed 25th October at
the London Irish Centre, Camden Town
£10/£7 concs.
Further info. at
RETURN TO CAMDEN FESTIVAL
All the best,
Peta Webb
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Tim Dennehey with Tim Edey
One of Ireland’s most highly respected traditional singers, Tim Dennehy was
born in Ballingskellig, County Kerry and raised in Cahersiveen. Both parents
were singers and exposed him to a rich store of songs and stories in English and
Irish. While working in Dublin he was one of the founders of the renowned Goilin
Singing Club.
Now living in Co. Clare, where he currently teaches at the
Christian Brothers School in Ennis, Tim remains in the forefront of the singing
community having founded the Clare Festival of Singing as well as presenting his
Clare FM programme on Irish music, song, story and poetry. Entitled ‘Keep in
Touch’, the programme is a miscellany of music, song, and poetry. Tim’s
recordings include A Thimbleful of Song, A Winter's Tear and Farewell to Miltown
Malbay.
Tim Edey
In-demand guitarist Tim Edey currently performs with Scottish
group Session A9, The Frankie Gavin Band (with whom he appeared at last year’s
Return to Camden Town Festival), The Mike McGoldrick Band and also in a duo with
Seamus Begley.
Pat Connolly, Jackie, Maighread and Brighid Quirke
London is home to All-Ireland Irish traditional singing champion
Pat Connolly from Connemara. Pat’s hard work with Comhaltas,
organising fleadhs and various other musical events have brought him around the
UK and Ireland. Pat hosts a traditional singing session at The London Irish
Centre every second Wednesday of the month.
Jackie Quirke
was born in Cork, grew up in Dublin, and learnt Irish in Kerry Ring, Turmakeady,
Galway and Inis Oirr (Inisheer). Her repertoire of songs has been learnt along
the way. She has been living in London (and Dublin) for 16 years. Jackie’s
London-born daughters,
Maighread and Brighid, learnt songs
from their mother and father (Mossie) and are winners of the All Britain Fleadh
singing in Irish and English.
Helen Roche
Helen Roche
grew up in England and Mid Wales. She inherited her singing from her father and
grandfather, both of Liverpool, and spent some years performing as a
singer-songwriter and in a rock band. Helen also pursued an interest in the
Bosnian, Sephardic and Yiddish song traditions, before returning to her roots in
the Irish tradition.
Helen is a magnificent singer whose performances have
enthralled session audiences, including those at the Ennis Trad Festival, Willie
Clancy Week in Miltown Malbay, and the Liverpool Irish Festival, as well as
sessions around London, where she now lives. Helen succesfully launched her
debut CD Shake the Blossom Early (“a voice of such gorgeous range and timbre”,
fRoots) at the 2004 Return to Camden Town festival.
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