MUSICAL TRADITIONS CLUB SUMMER 2007

Dear Member,

Hope to see you at our next date on 6th July.

We re-open on 8th September with Jeff Wesley and there's another September date on the 28th

with Simon Ritchie and friends plus Martin and Shan Graebe

Meanwhile check out some of the non -MTC dates during the Summer.

All the best,

Peta Webb & Ken Hall

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FRIDAY 6th July IRISH IN LONDON NIGHT

FINBARR WALL
Born in Dublin, from a Cavan/Dublin family, Finbarr was brought up in Lancashire and moved to London in the 1960s. Finbarr is a great song enthusiast with a fine voice and an ear for a good song. He has an eclectic selection of traditional and contemporary Irish songs and has introduced little-known songs from writers such as Mickey MacConnell, Liam Weldon, Con O’Drisceoil and Bryan O’Rourke as well as several of his own composition. His "Song of the Holloway Road" (where Finbarr has lived for the past 30 years) is a long-overdue tribute to the thriving Irish scene in the pubs of London N19 in the 60s and 70s and a wry observation of recent changes. plus

SHEENA VALLELY with Rob Truswell and John Say
Sheena is from Armagh in Northern Ireland. A fine flute and tin whistle player and familiar face on the Irish Music scene in London, she has performed at the annual Return to Camden Town Festival as well as at The Musical Traditions Club as you may remember on one occasion when she and John Say accompanied the very fine flute playing and singing of her brother Fintan. Sheena has played many gigs and sessions in Ireland with a number of well known musicians among them Jackie Daly,Jimmy Crowley, Tim Lyons, Johnny Moynihan, Andrew McNamara and Brendan Hearty. Sheena is currently recording with Berlin based Midnight Court and for World Trad. label series "Flute Obsessions". Sheena and John's playing (on bodhran) together has matured over a good many years and recently their music has been given an extra sweetness with the playing of Yorkshire guitarist Rob Truswell.

with The Rakes
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Musical Traditions Club at The King & Queen, 1 Foley Street, London W1W 6DL (at the junction of Foley Street and Cleveland Street). 8- 11pm. Nearest tube: Goodge Street /Warren Street/ Great Portland Street. Parking OK after 6.30. Admission on club nights for Members £6, Concessions £3.50.Non-Members £7, Concessions £4.
For further information, contact : petawebken_at_aol_dot_com or 0208 340 0530

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NON-MTC EVENTS

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The TITANIC SYNCOPATORS

Songs and Music from the 1920s and 30s with vocals by PETA WEBB

The STAG (0207 722 2646)

67 Fleet Road (corner of Lawn Road),London NW3 2QU,Nearest tube Belsize Park

Wed 4th July

8.30-11pm ADMISSION FREE

Plus Barnes Fair Saturday 14th July

10am start accompanying the procession, then 12noon at the Rising Sun

website www.myspace.com/thetitanicsyncopators

contact Peta Webb 0208 340 0530 petawebken_at_aol_dot_com

or Alan Ward 0208 761 3380 gipsy_at_clara_dot_net

The TITANIC SYNCOPATORS are :

Alan Ward (cornet),Tony Engle (saxophones),Charlie Hewlett, Andy Simons (guitars)

Ned Clack (tuba),Peta Webb (vocals)

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Information from Karen Ryan (k_dot_ryan_at_virgin_dot_net) about Irish events :

Preview concert for the 2007 Return to Camden Town Festival

Friday 13th July

London Irish Centre, 50-52 Camden Square, LONDON NW1 9XB.

Tel: 07871 088121, email: info_at_returntocamden_dot_org

Doors open at 8 pm. Tickets £5.

Featured artists are:
The London Lasses and Pete Quinn

Sinéad and Nuala Hayes with Laurie Harper
and three 2007 Young London Fleadh winners: Orla McAuliffe, Tim Dowd and Darren Breslin

The London Lasses have already brought their unique sound to some of the
world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls.
'They play with much finesse without missing the trick of generating the
informality and excitement of pub sessions'. Colin Randall, The Daily
Telegraph
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Sinéad (fiddle) and Nuala (flute) Hayes are sisters and fine musicians from Corofin, Co Galway, who both reside in London. They are also involved in teaching and adjudicating the music. Tonight they will be accompanied on guitar by Laurie Harper.

Impressive young London Fleadh winners playing this evening are: Tim Dowd (uilleann pipes), Orla McAuliffe (flute) and Darren Breslin (accordion).

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A GALA NIGHT OF TRADITIONAL

IRISH MUSIC

IN APPRECIATION & SUPPORT OF

BRIAN ROONEY

WHO HAS BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL.

FEATURING LONDON & IRELANDS

FINEST MUSICIANS

INCLUDING; JOHN CARTY, JOHN BLAKE, LE CHEILE,

SEANEAN MCDONAGH, JAMES CARTY, REG HALL

AND MANY MORE SPECIAL GUESTS ON THE NIGHT

SAT 21^ST JULY, THE CORRIB REST

SALUSBURY RD NW6

TICKETS £10

Ticket info 07879055988

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