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Arizona Irish Music Society
www.azirishmusic.com
Information Line: 602-770-8077
Signup - azirishmusic @yahoo.com

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The Irish Cultural Center is at 1106 N. Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-258-0109 www.azirish.org

--- Irish Foundation Monthly Lunch On Sun Oct 18
--- Festival Schedule
--- Festival Looking For Volunteers

2. U2 At U Of Phoenix On Tue Oct 20th
3. Pogues At Marquis Theater Wed Oct 21
4. Robbie O'connell House Concert In Tucson Thur Oct 15
5. Memo From John Good
6. Buille To Play Phoenix On Thur Nov 12
7. This Week In Irish Music

October: Rula Bula, Sunday, 18 October 09, from 1:00 p.m. - ?
401 S. Mill Ave., Tempe, AZ 480-929-9500

Last week I processed photos from the Tea Party at the ICC on Sept 20 and the Sharlot Hall Folk Festival from Oct 3-4. Initially these photos will be linked to the home page of www.azirishmusic.com. When we get new photos they will still be accessed on the Photos directory (http://www.azirishmusic.com/photo_list.htm) into directories for the Irish Cultural Center and Other Irish Events.

By the way, anyone with photos they would like me to include should send them to me as attached files.

Arizon Irish Festival Schedule
Org Web Site
Sat. Oct 31, 2008
Hance Park, Phoenix, AZ
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Harp Stage
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10:00 AM Opening Ceremony
10:45 AM Knockabouts
11:30 AM Celtic Dance Academy
12:00 PM Tramor
12:45 PM Break
1:00 PM Arizona Colleen
1:45 PM Knockabouts
2:30 PM Break
2:45 PM Academy of Irish & Celtic Musicians
3:30 PM Bracken School of Irish Dance
4:45 PM Break
5:00 PM Pat McCrossan
6:00 PM Traveler

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Pubs of the Valley Stage
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10:45 AM McMorrows
11:30 AM Break
11:45 AM Brid Dower Band
12:30 PM Phoenix Irish Step Dancers
1:00 PM McMorrows
1:45 PM McTeggart Irish Dancers
2:15 PM Biffos
2:45 PM Tir Conaill Irish Dance Academy - Phoenix
3:15 PM Brid Dower Band
4:00 PM Best Irish Toast (Semifinals)
4:15 PM Traveler
5:00 PM Break
6:00 PM Best Irish Toast (Fiinals)
6:30 PM Brazen Heads

9th Annual Arizona Irish Festival
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Margaret Hance Park
1106 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004

We are looking for Community Service Volunteers for the Irish Festival. The Festival is a fun and entertaining cultural event. We are asking for a four hour commitment of your time on Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday and in exchange, you will receive a cool free T-shirt, free admission to the Festival and a sense of personal satisfaction in serving your community. If you volunteer for 8 hours, lunch will be provided. Certificates of Service will be issued when student checks out after their volunteer hours have been completed. There are several shifts to choose from:

10:00 am – 2:00 pm
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm

5:45 am – 9:45 am
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am – 2:00 pm
12:00 pm – 4:00 pm
2:00 pm – 6:00 pm
4:00 pm – 8:00 pm
6:00 pm – 10:00 pm

Please let us know if you would like to work with a group of friends or a family member. If you are interested, please email Anne at stpatsvolunteers@gmail.com
or phone 480 946-5008. Thank-you for your time.

The Irish Festival takes place on the west side of Margaret Hance Park, near downtown Phoenix. The Irish Festival offers something for every member of the family. It features Irish music and step dancing, food, refreshments, arts and crafts, a genealogy booth, History of Irish in Arizona and Irish merchandise vendors. A children’s area features face painters and bouncies.

University Of Phoenix Stadium
1 Cardinals Drive
Glendale, AZ 85305
(623) 433-7100
University of Phoenix Stadium
“One of only a few bands to achieve consistent commercial and critical success across three decades, U2 has charted success on its own terms on both the artistic and business sides of the music industry. From the band's earliest days in Dublin, Ireland, to the present, U2 has broken free from the traditional limitations of what a rock band -- and rock music -- could and couldn't do. By combining an original sound with honest lyrics and a challenging social message, U2 has earned the respect of their peers and critics, and an almost fanatical following of fans around the world. This is their story.
“U2 formed in Dublin in the fall of 1976 after 14-year-old Larry Mullen, Jr. posted a note on the bulletin board at his high school seeking musicians for a new band. From the group of hopefuls that showed up at Mullen's home that first day, a five-piece known originally as "Feedback" formed with Mullen (born October 31, 1961) on drums, Adam Clayton (born March 13, 1960) on bass, Paul Hewson (later nicknamed "Bono Vox" and eventually just "Bono", born May 10, 1960) on vocals, and Dave Evans (later nicknamed "The Edge", born August 8, 1961) on guitar. Dave's brother, Dick, also played guitar for a while, but left Feedback very early on to join another Dublin band, the Virgin Prunes.

“Feedback quickly changed their name to "The Hype," and began rehearsing on weekends and after school as often as possible, forming genuine friendships and developing an undeniable chemistry in the process. After nearly 18 months of rehearsing, the band's big break came at a talent show in Limerick, Ireland, in March, 1978. With CBS Records' Jackie Hayden judging, U2 (they had just changed their name again) won the contest, earning a £500 prize and studio time to record their first demo.

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U2 is coming to town so...Get ready to Par -Tay!!
We still have seats on the bus. $20 to ride in style to and from the stadium and plenty of beer to drink along the way.
**Tickets For Concert Not Included**

,Marquee Theatre
730 N Mill Ave
Tempe, AZ 85281-1204
(480) 829-0707
www.luckymanonline.com

“A man of many words and few teeth” Shane Article
The Pogues including Shane MacGowan are one of the true legends of Irish punk, but Shane’s influence is just as important as a song writer.in the broader Irish music scene. With songs like “Pair of Brown Eyes”, “Ashling” and “Fairy Tale of New York” just a few of his well known songs.

“The Pogues
From Wikipedia, The Pogues
The Pogues are a band of mixed Irish and English background, playing traditional Irish music with influences from punk rock and jazz, formed in 1982 and fronted by Shane MacGowan. They reached international prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s, until MacGowan left the band in 1991 due to drinking problems. They continued with first Joe Strummer and then Spider Stacy on vocals before breaking up in 1996.[1] The band began performing together again in 2001, though they have yet to record new music.

Their politically-tinged music was influenced by The Clash, yet used traditional Irish instruments such as the tin whistle, banjo, cittern, mandolin, accordion, and others. In the later incarnations of the band, after the departure of Shane MacGowan, rock instruments such as the electric guitar would become more prominent. The first of The Pogues' albums, Red Roses for Me, borrows much from the punk tradition of MacGowan's previous band The Nipple Erectors (later dubbed "The Nips").

The Pogues were founded in King's Cross,[3] a district of North London, in 1982 as Pogue Mahone—pogue mahone being the Anglicisation of the Irish póg mo thóin, meaning "kiss my arse".

The band specialised in Irish folk music, often playing with the energy of the punk rock scene in which several of the members had their roots.”

Since 1977 Robbie O'Connell has performed both solo and as a member of the Clancy Brothers & Robbie O'Connell, Moloney O'Connell & Keane, The Green Fields of America, Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy, and Aengus.
He has recorded fourteen albums for such labels as RCA, Vanguard and Green Linnet, and he has appeared on an additional seven compilation albums.

Winner of the Boston Music Award as Outstanding Celtic Act, he has appeared at almost every major venue in the USA from New York's famed Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles.

He has played almost every major festival, from Milwaukee Irish Fest to the New York Guinness Fleadh and from the Skagen Festival in Denmark to the Los Angeles Irish Fair.

He has played on international stages in such countries as Ireland, England, Scotland, Denmark, Germany, Uruguay, Bolivia, Ecuador, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.

About Robbie O'Connell:
Robbie O'Connell was born in Waterford, Ireland and grew up in County Tipperary, where his parents had a small hotel. He began to play guitar and sing at age thirteen and soon became a regular performer at the hotel's weekly folk concerts. He spent a year touring the folk clubs in England before enrolling at University College Dublin where he studied Literature and Philosophy. In 1977, he joined the Clancy Brothers and two years later he moved to Franklin, Massachusetts.

With the release, in 1982, of his first solo album, Close to the Bone, Robbie emerged as an artist of major stature. Soon after, he began touring extensively with Mick Moloney and Jimmy Keane, and also with Eileen Ivers and Seamus Egan in the Green Fields of America.

In 1985, the trio's first album, There Were Roses, was released. Robbie also participated in The Festival of Mountain Music and Dance on a five nation tour of Latin America. In 1987, the trio followed up their very successful first release with the album, Kilkelly, the title track of which was voted "Best Album Track of the Year" in Ireland. 1989 saw the release of a live concert recording of the Green Fields of America.

Robbie has taught songwriting at the Augusta Heritage Arts Workshop in Elkins, West Virginia, the Catskill's Irish Arts Week, the Gaelic Roots Week at Boston College, and at the Summer Acoustic Music Week in Boston. His album of original compositions, Love of the Land, was voted the #1 acoustic album of 1989 by WUMB in Boston. In 1991, he won a prestigious Boston Music Award as Outstanding Celtic Act and was also featured in the highly acclaimed TV series "Bringing It All Back Home." In 1992 he performed at Carnegie Hall with the Clancy Brothers and was also seen by an estimated 500 million people worldwide on the telecast of a live tribute to Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden, a performance which Rolling Stone magazine described as "breathtaking."

Never Learned to Dance, his 1993 album of original songs, was critically acclaimed on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1994 he headlined a celebration of Boston based Irish Music at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Older But No Wiser, his last CD with the Clancy Brothers was released on Vanguard in 1995, followed in 1997 by the Clancy, O'Connell & Clancy CD and in 1998 by The Wild & Wasteful Ocean, with Liam and D—nal Clancy. Robbie O'Connell Live, Humorous Songs and All On A Christmas Morning with the group Aengus, were released in 1998. A retrospective collection album, Recollections Vol. 1 was released in 2002.

Press Clippings:
The Boston Globe describes Robbie O'Connell as "a writer of timeless-sounding, emotionally powerful and often hilarious songs" and places him "among the most respected guitarists, singer and songwriters in Celtic music."

The Post Star says that "while alternating songs of heart breaking tragedy, with those of sidesplitting hilarity, he defined the Irish condition, both for natives and American-born, in intriguing and enthralling ways."

The Springfield Union-News declares "...he made it quite clear...that there is more to being Irish than filing stereotypes. And through his music, he's bringing an inspired vision and a new voice of Ireland to American audiences."

CD Reviews:
"O'Connell is a songwriter of vision, awareness and maturity. He has the ability to take an everyday experience or thought and turn it into an effective structured song. All his material is melodic and accessible and his keen sense of humour is never far from the surface... 'Never Learned To Dance' is a terrific album..." - Paul Dromey, The Evening Echo, April 26, 1993

"O'Connell is... a songwriter of increasing international stature. On his delightful new Green Linnet album 'Never Learned To Dance,' he displays an uncanny gift for telling the clearest anecdotes in song..." - Scott Alarik, New England Folk Almanac, March 15, 1993

"Robbie O'Connell is rather special, a man blessed with an enviable turn of phrase and a gift for melody bestowed only on the few. Let's hope that unlike the recently discovered Caravaggio masterpiece, it takes much less than 300 years to realise that for a few quid we too could be in touch with a national treasure. Yes, 'Never Learned to Dance' really is that good!" - Chris Donovan, Hot Press, May 5, 1993

"... there's not a bad song in the bunch, and O'Connell approaches every aspect of his work with care and intelligence." - Daniel Gewertz, The Boston Phoenix, May 14, 1993

"... O'Connell has a unique perspective on life from both sides of the Atlantic. His music spans a wide spectrum of emotion, balancing cynicism with light hearted discourse and moving sentimentality... Although he has obvious roots in traditional Irish music, O'Connell is never limited by its charm or range. Instead, he pushes his music further into the mainstream..." - Chris Fisher, The Minuteman Chronicle, July 3, 1993

" He may never have learned to dance, but Robbie O'Connell writes songs with soul, sensitivity, political and social awareness, and humour." - Steve Winick, Dirty Linen, August/September, 1993

" This recording sports great songs, fine singing, superb accompanists, and first-rate production by Johnny Cunningham...Allowing for the grace of O'Connell's songs, the disc would sound great even if he was singing mouth music. The music just flows and flowers. You'll take pleasure in repeatedly playing this disc." - R. Warren, Sing Out, Vol. 38 # 2.

"In O'Connell's third solo album, he captures the reality of the Irish diaspora with extraordinary wit and power... This is a mature, fully realised work. For those who haven't watched O'Connell arrive, it'll be a pleasurable discovery." - Aaron Howard, Public News, March 17, 1993

"Robbie O'Connell is a very busy singer. In addition to performing with Aengus and Green Fields of America, he was for many years an important part of groups led by his famous uncles, the Clancy Brothers. For my money, however, Robbie is at his best as a solo performer. He does sing about serious subjects like war and emigration, but many of his best and most requested numbers are comic songs. A baker's dozen of these, both traditional and self penned, have been gathered together on Robbie O'Connell: Humorous Songs - Live!

The disc does a great job of recreating the feel of a live performance, including the sound of the audience's enjoyment and Robbie's own dryly humorous spoken introductions to the songs. "You're Not Irish" was inspired by Robbie's early years as an entertainer in America, when he found that attempts to introduce audiences to traditional Irish music only annoyed folks who preferred "Danny Boy" and "McNamara's Band." "How Does Dennis Do It," is Robbie's answer to the question of how Mr Thatcher might have inspired himself to make love to Maggie. "Stick To The Crather" is a hilarious 19th-century paean to poit’n. "The Night That Paddy Murphy Died" popularized by New York's Flanagan Brothers in the 1930's, is a song about an Irish wake that could rival Finnegan's for riotous behavior." - Don Meade -On The Fiddle- Irish Echo, December 1998

Hello everyone, I've put up a couple of pages on my new site:
http://tramormusic.com/

There's info. on Tramor, MP'3 and Trans Celtic Gala stuff. Hope you like it!
By the way the first MP3 medley is from a rehearsal with Billy Parker. Tell me what you think.
We're off to Lincoln Nebraska this weekend, where they are expecting snow! Thanks for you patience,
n Good/Sioni Dda (M.Mus. Caerdydd)/Oceans Apart
LLywydd Cynghrair Cymreig Arizona/
President Welsh League of Arizona
13001 West Pershing Court, El Mirage, AZ 85335

Time: 7:30 PM
Where: The Irish Cultural Center (ICC)
Tickets: $15 to the public, $12.50 for FPIA members and ICLF Academy students
http://www.vallelymusic.com/buille.htm

Buille are Niall Vallely, Paul Meehan and Caoimhín Vallely. They have joined forces to create one of the most potent new sounds to emerge from Ireland in many years.

Concertina virtuoso Niall Vallely enlists his brother Caoimhín on piano (yet another creative member of the legendary clan, so prominent in the Irish arts scene) and guitar powerhouse Paul Meehan to forge a new sound and to take Irish music onward to new frontiers.

Niall Vallely: Acclaimed throughout the world as one of Ireland's greatest concertina players, Niall Vallely began learning the instrument at the age of seven, taught by his parents Brian and Eithne Vallely, founders of the Armagh Pipers' Club. A founding member of Nomos, he has in recent years performed both in a solo capacity and with musicians such as Karan Casey, Tim O’Brien, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, and Paddy Keenan. In 1999 he released his debut solo album Beyond Words, and in 2003 released Callan Bridge, a collaboration with his brother Cillian (of Lúnasa) on pipes.

Paul Meehan: A product of thriving Irish music scenes in Manchester, County Armagh, and Cork, Paul recorded three albums with the highly acclaimed North Cregg. He has also spent a number of years touring and recording with Dorsa, the Karan Casey Band, and Lúnasa. In recent years Paul has appeared on stage with the likes of Altan, At the Racket, Paddy Keenan, Tommy Peoples and Liz Carroll.

Caoimhín Vallely: Like his older brother Niall, pianist Caoimhín grew up in Armagh and began tin whistle lessons at the Armagh Pipers Club before moving to the fiddle. While still only seventeen, he joined the band Upstairs in a Tent, where he played alongside Brian Finnegan (formerly of the band Flook) and Kathryn Tickell. In Cork he co-founded North Cregg. Theater credits include a stint as musical director with the Belfast-based Dubblejoint and playing with Alan Kelly’s dance show “Celtic Legends.” His debut solo piano album Strayaway will be released shortly.

Together Buílle are, in the words of The Irish Times, “As fresh a breath that’s blown through traditional and roots circles in a long, long time.”

[EDITOR’S NOTE: Buílle last played in Arizona in May of 2008 in Flagstaff http://www.azirishmusic.com/news/05142008.htm]

Michael McClanathan will play the pipes each day at sunset at the Westin Kirland.

WED
Paul Knight will be at Cup O Karma on Wed evening.
Scott Jeffers will be at the Dubliner on Wed evening
Smoot Mahooty will be at Rosie's on Wed evening

Pat McCrossan will play for the West Valley Scotts at the Palm Brook Country Club on Thur evening.

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1. PHOENIX

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10/14/2009 Wed 9:00 PM Scott Jeffers
10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Biffos
10/17/2009 Sat 9:00 PM Biffos

10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Brazen Heads
10/17/2009 Sat 9:00 PM Brazen Heads
10/18/2009 Sun 4:00 PM Fibber's Sun Seisiun

10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Irish Ceili

Irish Wolfhound
16811 N. Litchfield Surprise 623-214-1006

10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Pat McCrossan
10/17/2009 Sat 9:00 PM Pat McCrossan

Lis Doon Varna
16100 N. Arrowhead Fountain Center Peoria 623-979-0730

10/14/2009 Wed 7:00 PM Irish Seisiun
10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Shirley's Temple
10/17/2009 Sat 12:30 PM Paddy's Peg Leg
10/18/2009 Sun 12:30 PM Inis

Murphy's Law
58 S San Marcos Place Chandler 480-812-1588

10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Along for the Ride
10/17/2009 Sat 9:00 PM Howiewood

O'Donoghue's Irish Pub
20469 N. Hayden Rd. Scottsdale 480-585-6329

10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Pheed
10/17/2009 Sat 9:00 PM Ally & the Boys

Palm Brook Country Club
9350 W Greenway Rd Sun City 623-977-8333

10/15/2009 Thu 6:00 PM Scots of the West Valley Meeting
10/15/2009 Thu 7:00 PM Pat McCrossan

Rosie McCaffrey's
906 E. Camelback Phoenix 602-241-1916

10/15/2009 Thu 8:00 PM Smoot Mahooty With Brid Dower
10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Keltic Cowboys
10/17/2009 Sat 9:00 PM Keltic Cowboys

Rula Bula
401 S. Mill Ave Tempe 480-929-9500

10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Walt Richardson
10/17/2009 Sat 9:00 PM Walt Richardson
10/18/2009 Sun 1:00 PM Irish Foundation Brunch

Seamus Mc Caffrey's
18 W. Monroe Phoenix 602-253-6081

10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Two Euros

Skeptical Chymist
15688 N. Pima Ftw Scottsdale 480-609-8677

10/15/2009 Thu 9:00 PM Shay Veno and Jane Hilton
10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Shay Veno
10/17/2009 Sat 9:00 PM Two Euros
10/18/2009 Sun 1:00 PM Finnegan's Sun Seisiun

Turf
705 N. First St. Phoenix 602-296-5043

10/16/2009 Fri 9:00 PM Waters

U. of Phoenix Stadium
1 Cardinals Drive Glendale 623-433-7100

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