EntertainingSligo
RISING TIDE
Rising Tide, a new promotions collective formed by like-minded musos, record label owners and promoters, has tasked itself to bring new music to Sligo.
Following its first run of successful gigs in early 2018, Rising Tide now presents its second quarter of live music gigs featuring RnB group Super Silly on April 27 th, Dublin group The Bonk on May 18th, and Paddy Shine on June 15 th.
Tipped for great things in the year ahead by the likes of Nialler9, Goldenplec and The Thin Air, the Super Silly quartet of Whodis, Glory, Solbas and Grooves began a run of releases for 2017 in March with ‘Not Ready To Leave’, a track that mixed classic soul and RnB, modern hip-hop and the joyous energy of their gospel roots.
It was accompanied by the band’s first ever music video and was followed a number of festival and club shows across Ireland. Last summer also saw them collaborate on a remix of ‘No Pressure’ with Australian producer Odd Mob for their first international release, hitting some of the key Spotify dance playlists and receiving radio support from the likes of Triple J.
Super Silly’s first release for 2018, ‘Here’, once more marries the band’s classic influences with a sound that is very much of the moment - marking them as artists ready for the international stage - and will see them play shows around Ireland before a headliner at Dublin’s Button Factory in May.
“A suave mix of modern R&B, soul and pop...” (Nialler9)
“What has us particularly brimming with excitement is their ability to move between singing and rhyming at will and their penchant for a killer chorus....” (GoldenPlec)
“A prospect that slices through the doom and gloom and offers acute relief....” (The Thin Air)
Super Silly will perform live at Tricky’s McGarrigles, O’Connell Street, on Friday, April 27 th. Tickets, just €8, are now on sale from www.risingtide.ie, Liber Bookshop and Tricky’s McGarrigles.
MY OLD HOMETOWN GURTEEN
A new country music festival will take place in Gurteen on May Bank Holiday weekend. Great nights and days of dancing with Jimmy Buckley, Patrick Feeney Gerry Guthrie, Olivia Douglas , Jason Moyles and a number of local artists as well.
KIERAN QUINN THEME NIGHT
Kieran Quinn’s landmark 20 th Theme Night will feature the iconic songs of The Eagles on April 27 th and 28th at the Hawk’s Well Theatre. These hugely popular shows are the hottest tickets in Sligo each year and this one promises to be no different. Kieran as always will collaborate with our huge community of wonderful musicians to bring the amazing songs of Glenn Frey, Don Henley and the rest to life for you all. Not to be missed.
Tickets are €20, and Under 18s tickets are €10.
KGB AT THE DOCK
Three of Ireland’s finest instrumentalists have announced that they are to come together to form a new group. Paddy Keenan, Frankie Gavin and Dermot Byrne are to merge their considerable musical talents for a series of performances at home and abroad beginning in January 2018. The new group is called KGB.
The trio are synonymous with Irish music both in their own individual right and as members of some of this country’s most famous traditional bands, dating from the early 1970s to the present day. All are multiple award winners who have made outstanding contributions to traditional Irish music.
Paddy Keenan is one of Ireland`s finest pipers, best known as a founding member of the Bothy Band, one of Irish music’s most influential bands of the 1970s, with whom he played in venues all over the world.
Frankie Gavin is one of Ireland`s greatest ever fiddle players. His name is immediately associated with the group De Dannan who were also formed in the 1970s, and are credited with breaking new ground in Irish traditional music through innovative choices of material and arrangements and a unique style of playing.
Dermot Byrne is one of Ireland’s most outstanding traditional accordion players. For many years a member of Altan, Dermot performed, recorded and toured extensively with the group along with artists like Donal Lunny, Steve Cooney and Stephane Grapelli, bringing the beauty and joy of traditional Irish music to audiences all over the world.
Following on from sold out performances at the prestigious Celtic Connections music festival in Glasgow on January KGB wil play for one night only at The Dock crick on Shannon on Saturday 21st April. Tickets are already selling fast so make sure to get yours on 0719650828 or at www.thedock.ie