WHAT’S ON AROUND THE COUNTRY?
Derek Ryan is on the road to Sligo tonight. The Carlow country and Irish singer will be in the Diamond Coast Hotel in Enniscrone. The original line-up of Cry Before Dawn are on the Quays in Wexford this evening, as part of the town’s Spiegeltent festival. The Strypes, Hudson Taylor, Lisa Hannigan and a host of others are there this week too. Check wexfordspiegeltent.com for details. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club pull in to the capital on Monday. The American alt-rockers play the Dublin Academy with doors opening at 7.30pm. You can catch synth-pop legends OMD in Vicar Street while Barbara Dickson is all over our fair land this week. She is in the Draíocht Blanchardstown on Monday and finishes up in the Theatre Royal Waterford on Saturday See barbaradickson.net for her schedule. San Franciscan rockers Train are in Dublin’s Vicar Street on Tuesday and if you are in the north-west then Sligo Live will be on your mind. It kicks off on Wednesday. Check out sligolive.ie for all the show-times. Mike Scott leads his swaggering, oft-changing band
The Waterboys in the 3Arena Dublin on Thursday. Donal Clancy, son of folk legend Liam, is in St John’s Theatre, Listowel on Friday. Bassist Jah Wobble, plied his trade with John Lydon in Public Image Limited and Sinéad O’Connor among many others. He is in Dublin’s Grand Social on Friday. Emeli
Sandé, who released her Long Live The Angels last November, is in the 3Arena on Friday. The 40th Cork
Jazz Festival gets under way that same night. See guinnessjazzfestival.com for more details. Finally despite the death of Walter Becker last month, Donald Fagan will be reeling in the years with Steely
Dan in the 3Arena on Saturday.