THE ALTERED HOURS TO PLAY LIKE AT ST LUKE’S
CRITICALLY acclaimed Cork band The Altered Hours will headline Friday night’s Live at St Luke’s gig with support from The Bonk.
The Altered Hours sound is a mix of melodic and abrasive tunes that explore vast psychedelic spaces, immediate post-punk tones, repetitive rhythms and propelling structures, bringing to mind a combination of Sonic Youth and Velvet Underground rolled into a single, neat package.
Often unpredictable but always exciting, the band has become known for its intense and exhilarating live performances.
The Bonk is a project based around compositions by Philip Christie that brings together influences from ‘60s garage, jazz and experimental pop, and improvised melodies in loose minimalist song forms.
Tickets are €20 from www.uticket.ie.
TRAD GIANTS PIGGOTT AND HARRINGTON IN COBH
TRAD musicians Charlie Piggott (accordion) and Gerry Harrington (fiddle) will return to the Sirius Arts Centre in Cobh next Friday night, October 4, performing tunes from their popular album ‘ The New Road.
Originally from Cobh, Piggott was one of the founder members of De Dannann, touring extensively with the band and performing on several of their recordings.
Based in Galway, he is a regular on TV, radio and at music festival and the co-author ‘Blooming Meadows – The World of Irish Traditional Musicians’.
Kenmare native Harrington grew up under the influence of fiddle players Joe Thomas, Connie O’Connell and Denis McMahon.
After moving back to Ireland in 1990 from Chicago, he formed a box/fiddle duo with Eoin O’Sullivan, recording two noted albums ‘Scéal Eile’ and ‘ The Smokey Chimney’. He has also recorded two albums with the late great Sligo flute player Peter Horan.
Tickets at €15 are available from the venue on (021) 481 3790.
IRISH GUITAR QUARTET AT THE FRIAR’S GATE
THE critically acclaimed Irish Guitar Quartet will play a concert at the Friars Gate Theatre and Arts Centre in Kilmallock on Friday night.
Having received international acclaim as soloists, quartet members Jerry Creedon, David Keating, Fiona Falvey and Aengus Kirakowski make up one of Ireland’s premier instrumental ensembles, combining their talents to create exciting, dynamic and engaging musical performances.
Effortlessly crossing genres, the Quartet play music in a variety of styles including Latin, Far East, folk and classic from the American songbook.
The concert programme will include Bizet’s ‘Carmen Suite’, Luigi Boccherini’s ‘Introduction and Fandango’, Phillip Houghton’s ‘Opals, for 4 classical guitars’, JS Bach’s ‘Little Fugue’, Patrick Roux’s ‘Comme un Tango’. Leo Brouwer’s ‘Cuban Landscape with Rain’ and Almer Imamovics’ ‘Sarajevo Nights’.
Tickets at €12 are available from the venue on 063 98727.
SKA AND REGGAE IN THE COMPANY OF THE SERVICE
CORK Ska six-piece band The Service will play a free gig tonight (Thursday) at Coughlan’s Live on Douglas Street under the umbrella of the venue’s annual music festival.
The band has been playing Ska, Reggae, 2-Tone and Rocksteady to appreciative audiences since 1994, packing out venues across the country with their easy sound and enigmatic stage presence.
Their two-hour set pays homage to some of the great Ska and Reggae legends covering songs by Bob Marley, Toots and the Maytals, The Specials, The Selecter, The Beat and Madness.
A live performance by The Service is guaranteed to get people’s feet stomping, head’s bopping and pulses racing.
O’NEILL’S ‘ASKING FOR IT’ AT THE EVERYMAN
THE stage adaptation of Louise O’Neill’s explosive novel ‘Asking For It’, which made it world première at the Everyman Palace Theatre last summer, will continue its latest run at the venue this week.
O’Neill’s novel shines an unflinching light on the experience of a young woman whose life is changed forever by a horrific act of violence.
One night in a small County Cork town, where everyone knows everyone, events spiral terrifyingly out of control leaving audiences asking what will happen to Emma, her family and the others.
The book received wide critical acclaim on its release, with The Guardian describing it as a ‘sickening and truthful examination of society’s penchant for victim blaming, treatment of women and the concept of rape culture’.
Tickets for the play can be obtained from the Everyman Palace box office on 021 450 1673.
MARY BLACK AND BAND AT THE OPERA HOUSE
ONE of Ireland’s best-loved singers, the incomparable Mary Black, will play a concert and the Cork Opera House on Friday evening with her band.
Regarded as one of the most important Irish singers of her generation, Mary Black has released a string of multi-platinum awards, won numerous awards and earned the admiration of her peers and fans across the world over a career spanning more than three decades.
During her Cork show she will perform tracks from her extensive back catalogue including ‘No Frontiers’, ‘Katie’, ‘Past The Point of No Return’ and ‘A Woman’s Heart’.
She will be joined by some of Ireland’s top musicians including Bill Shanley (guitars), Pat Crowley (piano and accordion), Nick Scott (Double bass), Richie Buckley (saxophones) and Liam Bradley (drums and percussion).
Tickets from the Opera house box office on 021 427 0022 are priced at €35.
‘TWO FAT CHANCERS’ AT THE CHARLEVILLE PARK
TWO of Ireland’s top comedic talents, Bernard O’Shea and Karl Spain will bring their ‘Fat Chancers’ stand-up live show to the Charleville Park Hotel on Friday night.
No stranger to our TV screens and airwaves, O’Shea is the star of RTE’s Bridget and Eamonn, has co-hosted the 2FM ‘Breakfast Republic’ show and was the former host of ‘Republic of Telly’ as well as appearing on numerous other TV shows.
Spain is also a familiar face on our TV screens through shows including ‘Karl Spain Wants A woman’, ‘Karl Spain Wants To Rock’ and ‘Operation Transformation’ as well as numerous other credits.
Both have also enjoyed hugely successful stand-up careers, and the Cork audience can expect plenty of banter as the duo share the stage and perform their own routines.
Tickets from www.charlevilleparkhotel.ie are priced at €25.
ENJOY A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE AT THE INEC
ACCLAIMED wildlife film maker Colin Stafford Johnson will take to the stage of the INEC Acoustic Club in Killarney with his show ‘My Wild Atlantic Journey’ tonight (Thursday) at 8pm.
Colin has been walking, exploring and filming wildlife along Ireland’s wild Atlantic coast for more than 15 years, recently presenting the BBC series ‘Wild Ireland - Edge of the World’ that also featured many of his contributions.
Tonight’s show will feature tales of adventure and misadventure from years spent tracking down some of Ireland’s most elusive creatures – all accompanied by stunning visuals that will make you wish you had been there alongside him.
Tickets for the performance from www.ticketmaster.ie are priced at €20.
JOHN SPILLANE AT DE BARRA’S IN CLONAKILTY
CORK’S favourite musical son, the inimitable John Spillane, will be back on home turf next Thursday evening, October 3, continuing his 2019 residency at De Barra’s Folk Club in Clonakilty.
During a career spanning more than three decades, Spillane has sold more than 100,000 albums, won two Meteor Awards and seen his songs covered by a host of Irish folk luminaries including Christy Moore, Solas, Mary Black and Sharon Shannon.
His gigs are always very special occasions as Spillane treats guests to well-known ditties and debut performances of new songs delivered with his roguish humour, tinged with more than a dollop of typical Cork irreverence.
Tickets from the venue at www.debarra.ie priced at €15.
THE LIGHT RUNNERS TO PLAY THE CRANE LANE
POPULAR Cork-based reggae/funk collective The Light Runners will bring their infectious brand of music to Cork’s Crane Lane Theatre when they play a free gig at the venue on Sunday evening.
Formed in 2014 and comprised of musicians from across the African continent, Denmark and Ireland, The Light Runners seamlessly combine fluid African melodies with the irresistible groove of classic Jamaican and English reggae beats.
By putting their own unique stamp on tracks by roots reggae greats from Bob Marley to Lucky Dube, the band has become firm festival favourites across Europe with their hypnotic hooks and fluid vocal harmonies delivered with an unmistakeable African flair.
They have also been busy in the studio writing and recording tracks for their eagerly awaited debut album due out soon.