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HERE’S OUR TOP TEN THINGS TO DO IN CORK THIS WEEK
YORKSTON THORNE KHAN TO PLAY COUGHLAN’S LIVE
EXPERIMENTAL trio Yorkston Thorne Khan will bring their fusion of sound to the stage of Coughlan’s Live on Cork’s Douglas Street on Friday week (August 24).
The band is comprised of James Yorkston, one of the most influential singer/songwriters on the Scottish fold scene; John Thorne, best known as the jazz double-bass player with electro outfit Lamb and award-winning sarangi player and classical singer Yusuf Khan from New Delhi.
Since coming together in 2015 the group has toured the globe packing out venues and playing festivals including Green Man, Latitude and Glastonbury.
The band has released two albums, with Rolling Stone magazine describing their 2017 LP ‘Neuk Wight Delhi All-Stars’, a collection of traditional UK and Indian folk songs, as ‘a game changing masterpiece’.
Tickets from www.coughlans.ie priced at €18.50.
CULT CALLED MAN SET FOR CRANE LANE GIG
ELECTRIC five-piece art pop band Cult Called Man will play a free late-night gig at the Crane Lane Theatre tonight (Thursday).
Founded in 2013 the Dublin-based band has release two EP’s and their debut album ‘Cult Fiction’, with their songs, live show and fashion sense striking a chord with the alternative music scene across the country.
Hailed as vibrant underground pop alternative to the mainstream, CCM combine theatrics into their ever changing live shows, ensuring that no single performance is quite the same.
The band has played numerous Irish festivals including the Electric Picnic and supported All Tvvins at the Olympia Theatre building up a strong and loyal fan-base along the way.
A band to watch for the future, this is a chance to catch them free at the intimate Cork venue.
KALEIDOSCOPIC SOUNDS WITH SAM KIWI CLAQUE
CRITICALLY acclaimed Kiwi singer/songwriter Sam Claque has been lined up to play a gig at De Barra’s Folk Club in Clonakilty on Sunday night.
A truly unique artist, Claque mixes delicate guitar compositions with psychedelic orchestral sounds to create to create a form of what could best be described as kaleidoscopic Chamber music.
Combined with jazz and folk influences, this brings a quirky twist to his songs, which explore a variety of pertinent themes ranging from friendship, to love, to life and ultimately to the fragility of existence and death.
His debut EP ‘Balloons’ is a stunning release that delves into the psyche of an artist who wears his heart firmly on his sleeve, using his experiences to create music that entrances audiences.
Tickets from www.debarra.ie priced at a pocket friendly €6.
THE KILKENNY’S RETURN TO CONQUER CORK
CRITICALLY acclaimed young folk band The Kilkenny’s will bring their stirring live show to Cork for a free late-night gig at Reardens on Washington Street on Sunday evening.
Credited with bringing the folk genre to a whole new audience, the band have gone from jamming together as school friends to selling out venues across Ireland and Europe over the past decade.
Along the way they have caught the eyes and ears of accomplished Irish musicians, sharing the stage with such luminaries as Sharon Shannon and Finbar Furey.
They have also caught the eye of music insiders, recently signing to Dolphin Discs, a record long associated with top-class Irish music that has released albums by The Clancy Brothers, The Dubliners and Shane McGowan among others.
SONG COLLECTOR SERIES TO RETURN TO FERMOY
THE popular Song Collector Sessions will make a welcome return to the stage of Cheers Bar in Fermoy next Wednesday evening.
Dreamed up and founded by Cork singer/ songwriter Roy Buckley, it is a series of intimate shows that offer audiences a unique insight into the minds and music of some of the country’s top musicians and song collectors.
The sessions give the artists a platform not just to perform but also speak to audiences about their stories behind their songs, their music, influences and recall stories from the road giving fans a rare insight into their creative processes.
The line up for next Wednesday night will be: Christy Dignam and Joe Jewell of Aslan, Mike Hanrahan (Stockton’s Wing” and Roy Buckley himself.
Tickets available from Cheers Bar on 025 51699.
BRENDAN TO SHINE ONCE AGAIN AT THE GLENEAGLE
THE inimitable Brendan Shine will play a gig will delight his fans when he takes to the state at the Gleneagle Ballroom in Killarney next Tuesday night.
Shine has released more than 50 albums and has had 45 hit singles during a glittering career that has taken him from his Co Westmeath home to major concert halls around the world.
He shows no sign of slowing down , last year releasing a ‘Greatest Hits’ album including classic such as ‘Abbeyscrule’, ‘How Much Time’ and ‘Do You Want Your Oul Lobby Washed Down’.
He will play these and a whole selection of other popular songs during Tuesday’s eagerly anticipated concert.
Tickets for next Monday nights concert are available from www.ticketmaster.ie priced at €15.
MORE SUMMERTIME CLASSICS AT THE TRISKEL
THE next concerts in the Triskel Christchurch Centre’s series of summertime lunchtime classical music concerts will take place at the venue this coming Saturday and Sunday at 1.10pm.
The concerts will feature German-English soprano Lara Marie Müller and award-winning Cork pianist Gary Beecher performing a selection of works from composers including Schubert, Britten and Wolf.
A student of the guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Müller will commence the prestigious Opera Course and the school in September and has performed at venues across Europe
The 2014 Irish Freemason’s ‘Musician of the Year’, London-based Beecher has been hailed by the Belfast Telegraph as ‘subtle, sophisticated player’ with a ‘maturity of both technique and interpretive outlook’.
Admission to the concerts on both days will be €10.
FAMILY SECRETS AT THE CORK ARTS THEATRE
THE Cork Arts Theatre’s lunchtime/supper season is currently hosting the hugely entertaining ‘It’s A Secret’, a funny and tender play about life, love and death.
Carmel and Joe are in the funeral parlour awaiting the arrival of “the relations” for Joe’s mother’s funeral. Joe is spitting tacks because they’ve discovered that their daughter has posted pictures of herself online winning a wet t-shirt competition while on holiday in Australia..
But like a lot of men, Joe has different standards for men and for women. And the mayhem spits across the coffin where Mam’s corpse lies peacefully clutching her Rosary beads.
Rich with the absurdities, hypocrisies and vulnerabilities that course through our lives, it playfully observes the search for connection in a fractured world
Information on show times and tickets from www.corkartstheatre.com.
A KINDA MAGIC WITH QWEEN AT CYPRUS AVE
TRIBUTE band Qween will be banging out all the hits of arguably one of the greatest rock bands in history when they take to the stage of Cork’s Cyprus Avenue on Saturday.
The band will have bohemian fans of Queen and Freddie Mercury going Ga- Ga as they replicate note perfect renditions of the kinda magic that the original band made famous during their stellar career.
The band will play a two-hour show paced with all of Queen’s best known hits including ‘Crazy Little Things Called Love’, ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, ‘Killer Queen’ and ‘Another One Bites the Dust’.
In addition the band will also play a number of lesser known rarities and album tracks for die-hard Queen fans.
Tickets for the concert from www.everntbrite. ie priced at €12.50 (plus booking fee).
SUMMER SEASON DANCING AT LAHARN
THE popular series of weekly summer ‘Dancing at the Crossroads’ series of open-air concerts will continue at Laharn Cross in Lombardstown on Sunday evening with music by C & M Sound.
In recent years the custom of crossroads dancing has enjoyed something of resurgence, most notably at Laharn Cross, situated in the shadow of north Cork’s Baelic Mountains.
For the past two decades locals have gathered there each Sunday night from 8pm-10pm to step out on the raised platform to live music courtesy of popular local bands and musicians.
From waltzes to quicksteps to foxtrots, polkas, shoe the donkey and the Siege of Ennis, the dancing evokes memories of the golden days of the crossroads dancing custom.
For more about the summer season at Laharn Cross visit www.laharn.ie.