Kevin Burke gig at The Coleman Music Centre in Gurteen

A new exhibition of painted landscapes has opened at the Hamilton Gallery.

‘Tober Ard’ is the first solo exhibition of Martina Hamilton, the jewellery designer who founded Castle Street’s Cat & the Moon shop.

The exhibition opened earlier this month and will run until Saturday week, April 30 with opening hours of 10am until 5pm, from Monday to Saturday. The exhibition can also be viewed online at www. hamiltongallery.ie.

KEVIN Burke will perform in concert at The Coleman Music Centre, Gurteen, on Saturday week, April 30, at 8.30pm.

Kevin Burke’s fiddle playing has been at the forefront of traditional music since the 1970s. His far-reaching solo album, ‘If the Cap Fits’, and his work with such distinguished performers as Arlo Guthrie, Kate Bush, Christy Moore and the Bothy Band established him as a first-class musician.

Never one to be restricted by geography or genre, his career has seen several innovative collaborations with notable musicians of differing styles – classical, old time, bluegrass, pop and rock, as well as the Irish traditional music for which he is so well known. Although Kevin has spent much of his life playing in a group context, he has never lost his love for solo fiddle music – the “naked fiddle” as he himself sometimes puts it.

This is very evident in his new live solo release, ‘An Evening with Kevin Burke’, a collection of performances and stories before audiences in Ireland and US, including his home town of Portland, Oregon.

As Alex Monaghan said in Folk World, “solo fiddle really doesn’t come much better than this”. Tickets for this Kevin Burke concertt are now available. Call 071 9182599 or book online at www.colemanirishmusic.com.