CAPTAIN MACKEY'S GOATSKIN AND STRINGBAND

 

PHOENIX TUE NOV 17TH 7:30 PM Soldiers Songs: The Irish Abroad and Sldiering Home of Jim and Add Daugherty’s Home (bring you own libation). $15 or $12 for PIA members or Academy students. Contact mary@fourpeaksirisharts for the address www.captainmackey.com

TUCSON WED NOV 18TH 7:00 PM . The suggested donation is $15 (all of which goes to the artists). For more information, or to make a reservation, contact Melissa Tatum at melissaltatum@yahoo.com or 520-275-3811. Reservations are required.

Jimmy Crowley & Máirtín de Cógáin Two generations of Cork balladeers Corkmen Máirtín de Cógáin and Jimmy Crowley have given their whole lives to the promulgation and nurture of the ballad. Both men hail from the rebel county of Cork and now reside in America. Máirtín and Jimmy proudly speak the Irish language and have won degrees in the subject from the University of Ireland. Máirtín is a founding member of The Fuchsia Band who have taken many a festival by storm in America. A consummate story-teller, actor, singer and musician, he can be seen and heard in the hit movie, The Wind that Shakes the Barley about the Irish War of Independence and subsequent Civil War. Jimmy Crowley is reckoned to be something of a legend in Irish music from his earlier work with Stokers Lodge, described by Micheál Ó Súilleabháin as "an icon in Irish music". He has recorded ten albums of music, is a committed songwriter and a song collector; and has found in Máirtín an able partner and counterfoil for the respect and commitment they both have for all branches of the song tradition from the bardic, Gaelic songs to the present day revival. Captain Mackey's Goatskin and Stringband takes its name from a legendary Irish-American Fenian and a legendary Cork folk band from the sixties, Paddy's Goatskin and Stringband, which had a seminal effect on Jimmy's musical life. The Stringband's membership is fleshed out by the addition of Irish fiddler Valerie Plested and guitarist Don Penzien for a mighty sound, indeed! If you are unfamiliar with their work, Mairtin has sample tracks on his myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/mairtindecogain   Jimmy has sample tracks on his website at http://jimmycrowley.com/music.htm You can also find sample tracks on the Captain Mackey website: http://www.captainmackey.com/recordings.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Captain Mackey's Goatskin and Stringband will be one of the featured bands on the Irish Tours Cruise, Jan 20 to 27 sailing the Caribbean. http://www.irishtours.com/Cruise.html. Some of the other entertainers include: Mary Black, the Black Brothers, Johnny McEvoy, the Karan Casey Band, the Elders, Tommy Sands, and a bunch of others.

 

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