Tickets in demand for Tulla Festival concert

THERE has been very strong demand for tickets for the Celebrity Concert at the Tulla Trad Festival on Saturday, September 8.

There is a fantastic line-up of artists on the night including Darren Breslin, the Mulcahy family, the Kane Sisters, Angelina Carberry, Sibéal Davitt and Brian O’Rourke.
Darren Breslin is one of the country’s top exponents of the traditional B/C button accordion. He was the winner of the All-Ireland senior box title at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in 2008 after which he featured on a variety of national and international concert tours. He is a renowned live performer and recording artist and will be teaching at workshops as part of the festival earlier in the day.
The Mulcahy Family hail from Abbeyfeale and play a dazzling array of instruments including harp, concertina, flute, melodeon, fiddle and the uilleann pipes. Their latest album, Reelin’ in Tradition has been acclaimed and is full of soulful traditional music rooted in the West Limerick, Sliabh Luachra and Clare traditions.
Mick Mulcahy is something of a living legend in Irish accordion, playing, with a rare repertoire of old tunes, which he plays in a highly distinctive style.
His two daughters, Michelle and Louise, will be giving workshops, Michelle for the concertina and Louise for the flute.
Hailing from Letterfrack in North Connemara, Liz and Yvonne Kane are much respected musicians and educators. They were taught music by their grandfather, the fiddle player, Jimmy Mullen and by Mary Finn, a Sligo musician.
They first came to prominence during a three-year period in which they toured with Sharon Shannon as members of her band, the Woodchoppers.
The sisters travelled all over the world with Sharon and her band and they are featured on her album, The Diamond Mountain Sessions.
They will be teaching fiddle at the workshops, with both an intermediate and advanced class.
Angelina Carberry is based in Longford and over the years, she has developed a highly personal style with unique rhythmical characteristics. Her unmistakable banjo sound is captured on her solo 2005 CD, An Traidisún Beo, which was one of The Irish Echo’s top 10 CDs of that year. She will be teaching banjo at the workshops and has taught at a number of major festivals.
Sibéal Davitt comes from a musical background and has been sean-nós dancing and playing traditional music all her life. She was the winner of the All-Ireland talent competition Glas Vegas on TG4 three years ago. She regularly appears as one of the judges on TG4’s Feis and Blood Talent show, and she will teach the sean-nós workshop in Tulla.
Brian O’Rourke is a native of Laois but spent most of his working life in Galway before arriving in Feakle in 2008. He has a keen interest in the Irish song tradition and has published on the subject. His cassette When I Grow Up appeared in 1992 and was reissued on CD under the title Chantal de Champignon. On the night, he will be accompanied by Michael Landers on guitar and Mary Corry on piano.
The concert will take place in Tulla Courthouse and tickets are available from Custy’s in Ennis, Tulla Pharmacy and the Music Room, Tulla. Starting time is 8pm and the MC is Mary MacNamara.