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HERE ARE OUR TOP TEN THINGS TO DO IN CORK THIS WEEK
TOMMY FLEMING AT THE VILLAGE ARTS CENTRE
ACCLAIMED Irish singer Tommy Fleming will play concerts at Village Arts Centre in Kilworth on Friday and Saturday night.
A Tommy Fleming concert is a musical experience not to be missed with one song more haunting than the other. His easy going style and stunning voice has universal appeal to all ages and backgrounds, earning him an ever expanding fan-base.
His repertoire of songs, delivered with electric emotion and passion, have brought him worldwide recognition, album sales in excess of two million copies and more then three million YouTube hits.
The concert will include his versions of his biggest hits including ‘Danny Boy’ (acclaimed by Eric Clapton as “the best I have heard, bar none”), ‘Bright Blue Rose’ and ‘Hard Times’.
Tickets for the show priced at €28 from 087 678 0183.
JAKE CLEMONS TO PLAY DE BARRA’S IN CLON
SINGER, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jake Clemons will make a welcome return to Cork next Thursday night (October 17) for an intimate gig De Barra’s Folk Club in Clonakilty.
Clemons divides his time between touring the world, performing his own music and spending the last seven-years as the tenor and baritone saxophonist with Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, replacing his late uncle Clarence Clemons.
Earlier this year he released the single ‘Democracy’, his interpretation of the Leonard Cohen classic, ahead of the release of his highly anticipated album, Eyes On the Horizon’, which also spawned the single ‘Consumption Town’.
The De Barra’s gig will see Clemons perform tracks from the new album as well as numbers from his back catalogue.
Tickets €20 from www.tickets.ie.
HUDSON TAYLOR LINED UP FOR CYPRUS AVENUE GIG
FOLLOWING a string of tour dates in the US, Irish duo Hudson Taylor will return Cork on Sunday evening for a gig amid the intimate surroundings of Cork’s Cyprus Avenue.
Brothers Alfie and Harry Hudson-Taylor cut their teeth busking on the streets of the capital prior to releasing their top ten selling debut album ‘Singing for Strangers’ in 2015.
Their acoustic, folky sound and close vocal harmonies, often compared to Simon & Garfunkel and Bob Dylan, has seen them become regular festival favourites.
The siblings also bring a love of contemporary pop to their music, giving it a more modern feel, with their clever, mature and sometimes dark lyrics.
Tickets for the gig, priced at €25 (plus booking fee) from www.eventbrite.ie.
TOM CREAN’S INCREDIBLE STORY AT THE EVERYMAN
THE smash hit show ‘ Tom Crean – Antarctic Explorer’ will run for three nightly performances at the Everyman Palace Theatre from next Monday evening.
The uplifting one-man show as been playing to full houses for more than a decade, transporting audiences to Crean’s Antarctic, reliving his exploits as one of the few men to serve with both Scott and Shackleton and survive three famous expeditions
Written and performed by Aidan Dooley the dramatic and humorous solo show brings to life one of the great characters and unsung heroes of the golden age of polar exploration.
Awarded ‘Best Solo Show’ following its première at the 2003 New York International Festival it is a vivid, surprisingly funny account of sheer heroism in the face of impossible odds.
Tickets €27 from the venue on 021 450 1673.
THE WATERMELONS AT THE CRANE LANE
CORK-based blues four piece The Watermelons will play a free late night gig at the Crane Lane Theatre on Cork City on Sunday night.
With a line up, consisting of drums, bass, guitar and sax, the band boasts some of Corks finest musicians.
Their live sets alternate between pure Chicago blues and blues rock, with blistering covers of tracks made famous by legendary musical figures including Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, The Allman Brothers, Junior Wells, Fleetwood Mac and Jimi Hendrix.
The audience can expect wailing guitars and sax solos driven by a stirring vocals and a formidable rhythm section delivered with brash enthusiasm.
TRAD LEGENDS SCULLION AT THE WHITE HORSE
VETERAN Irish band Scullion will play a concert ‘Upstairs’ at the White Horse in Ballincollig on Friday evening.
Sonny Condell, Greg Boland and Philip King formed Scullion in the mid-70’s, releasing seven critically acclaimed studio albums of Irish folk/ rock and becoming one of the most sought after acts on the live music scene.
Following a break Scullion reformed in 2008 releasing their ‘Long Wave’ album featuring brand new material and rekindling the flame that had made them one of the country’s favourite folk outfits.
Drawing from their incredible repertoire of songs spanning four decades, Scullion remain as relevant today as they did when they first came together.
Tickets for the gig, priced at €27 from www. eventbrite.ie.
MICHAEL ENGLISH AND HIS ‘SUPERBAND’ IN CORK
One of the darlings of the Irish country music scene, Michael English will bring his latest Irish tour to the stage of the Cork Opera House tonight (Thursday) with his ‘Superband’ in tow.
Currently packing out venues across the country Michael and his talented band are renowned for their energetic performances and Michel’s superb piano playing.
Dedicated to giving his followers an unforgettable show each time they see him, Michael has enjoyed recent chart success with the singles ‘Jessie James’ and ‘Music In My Heart’.
He has also won numerous accolades including ‘Entertainer’ and ‘Songwriter’ of the Year at The Sunday World Country Music Awards & ‘Irish Male Country Artist of the Year’ at The Hot Country Awards.
Tickets €26 from the venue on 021 427 0022.
ALL TVVINS TO BRING IRISH TOUR TO THE INEC
HAVING played Indiependence and supported The Coronas at Irish Independent Park this summer, All Tvvins will play the INEC Acoustic Club in Killarney on Friday night.
The duo of Conor Adams and Lar Kaye enjoyed a phenomenal start to their career, with their 2016 debut album ‘IIVV’ reaching number two in the Irish charts, earning a Choice Music Prize nomination for Album of the Year and smashed the 15 million streams mark.
Eager to build on that success they dropped three new tracks. ‘Alone Together’,’ Anything’ and ‘Crash’, in quick succession as well as cementing their reputation as live performers with gigs across Ireland and the UK.
This all led to the release of their second album ‘Just To Exist’ earlier this year to widespread critical acclaim.
Tickets €20 from www.inec.ie.
INVITATION TO JOIN DAVID GERAGHTY ‘IN THE PINES’
IRISH multi-instrumentalist and songwriter David Geraghty will being his ‘Join Me in the Pine’s’ project to Coughlan’s Live in Cork City on Friday week (October 18).
Best known as the driving force behind the band Bell X1, Gereghty has also enjoyed a hugely successful solo career releasing his debut album ‘Kill Your Darlings’ in 2007, following this up in 2009 with the equally evocative ‘ The Victory Dance’ and the 2014 LP ‘Inherit’ under his ‘Join Me in the Pine’s’ project
Last year saw Geraghty moving away from the dark brooding style of his previous work, instead introducing new and more uplifting music inspired by Prince, Bowie and Nile Rogers into his live sets.
He will be joined on stage by Marc Aubele (keys and vocals), Mick Major (bass and vocals) and Tim O Donovan (drums and vocals).
Tickets €15 from www.coughlans.ie.
LIR QUARTET TO PLAY TRISKEL AUTUMN SERIES
THE acclaimed Lir Quartet will deliver a lunchtime recital at the Triskel Christchurch Arts Centre on Saturday as part of the venues Autumn series of concerts.
The Lir Quartet is comprised of four of Ireland’s finest young musicians, Siun Milne ( Violin), Siobhan Doyle (violin) , Ed Creedon (viola) and Chris Ellis (cello) who are based between France, Germany and Ireland, and individually enjoy busy careers as soloists, chamber musicians and orchestral players.
All four members have previously been prize winners at the Clandeboye Festival ‘Young Musicians’ Platform and this year were invited back to the festival to perform quartets by Ravel, Debussy and Faure.
Saturday’s repertoire will feature Schubert’s String Quartet in E flat major (D.87) and Shostakovichs String Quartet No. 3 in F major OP.73.
Admission will be €16/13.