Coffee, cakes after Clonakilty Brass Band play at 11.30am Mass on Sunday, March 24th-
A Fundraiser for our band .

Hope to meet family , friends and band supporters in the Parish Hall after Mass.

Featuring:

Dennis Noonan on Bodhrán & bones sings in a uniquely laid back style, drawing material from his native Dublin as well as Ulster & Scotland. The late Frank Harte would have thrilled at his deliveries of some of the more humourous and bawdy ballads.

Tommy Madden can lay claim to a lifetimes experience playing across the USA, England & Scotland and at venues all over Ireland, Playing with many legendary musicians. His bewildering knowledge of balladry draws on a wide range of material from Europe, America & Australia covering military, humourous, industrial, rural, urban and romantic songs.

Jerry Lombard served his time with some of the greatest musicians ever to play in Ireland, England and America. He has a seemingly endless repertoire of tunes and an equally extensive collection of tales and yarns to entertain one and all. Jerry’s lively playing style matches his attitude to life, music and the Craic.

Ciaran O Connel the driving force on the banjo

Musicians and music lovers travel from far and wide to these sessions and as such this core crew often encourage guest musicians to take part in the proceedings.

We will hear from Sinead the owner of Aris and from a local food producer on the journey of food, challenges and how they made it from farm to fork!! All Welcome Kate Ryan, Food Writer who will be our MC for the evening adding her expereince and creating a real great foodie night and experience!!

Time: 6-9pm
Venue: Arís Café & Wine Bar
Asna Square
Clonakilty, Co. Cork

Cost: Will be at your own expense the evening will be again tasting sharing platters of delights and a glass of wine and will cost 15pp

Contact for further information 087-7642465

Your support is needed to ensure that Clonakilty continues to perform to Gold standard in the Supervalu National Tidy Towns Competition, which is invaluable to tourism, businesses and the community in our town. 
We urgently need Volunteers so please show your community spirit and pride and join us.

Mary Coughlan is an Irish jazz, blues and folk singer. She has received great acclaim for her emotional and heartfelt renditions.
Mary returns with her band this march after last years spectacular sell out show!
Tickets €22 (+ online booking)

“The emotional purity in Mary Coughlan’s songs is so fragile that it is possible to become inconsolable when listening to her in a darkened room.”
Q Magazine
“A song is not complete unless it has been sung by Mary Coughlan.”
Melody Maker
“Her talent is awesome.”
The London Times
“Mary’s live performances have to be seen to be believed.”
NME
“The greatest sexiest redhead since Rita Hayworth. During one point in her set, Mary kept the audience transfixed as she sang ‘Strange Fruit’ without accompaniment. If you were to drop a pin, you would have been beaten up for it.”
The London Times

Mary Coughlan is an Irish jazz, blues and folk singer. She has received great acclaim for her emotional and heartfelt renditions.
Mary returns with her band this march after last years spectacular sell out show!
Tickets €20 (+ online booking)

BIO:
A lot has been written and a lot has been said, whispered, recounted, alleged, supposed and presumed. It’s all quite forgotten now and the songs remain the same, they remain a testament to Mary Coughlan’s seemingly timeless and endless talent. Her smoky, bluesy, boozy drawl has always been a seduction, no matter what the subject. The vocal marrying of sardonic wit, visceral rage, orgiastic between the sheets passion, the tenderest of sorrowful regrets; this is Mary’s talent. Regardless of the elements she chooses to manipulate with flawless ease, Mary’s voice has always been an unforeseen, sudden seduction. This is why she is so loved.

Throughout over 25 years of her quite extraordinary recording career Mary has drawn heavily from her legendary heroes; Billie Holiday’s grievous, teary outpourings, the husky flirtations of Peggy Lee, Van Morrison’s soulful wails, the defiant chanteusery of Edith Piaf. All are present and correct in her delivery. Even so, Mary, with her naked honesty makes every song her own; they belong to her and nobody else. Who else could possibly present “The Double Cross” or “Magdalen Laundry” or “The Ice Cream Man” with such dedication and effortless zeal?

The casual listener may know something of “Ancient Rain”, “Invisible to You” or maybe “Man Of The World”. These may well be among the greatest of Mary’s many great hits, however there is so much more to the story. How about an entire double album dedicated to her love of Billie Holiday. Billie died at 44, the age at which Mary performed songs from the album to sold-out venues and enraptured audiences at her “Lady Sings the Blues” shows staged in Dublin and London in 2001. How about “Live In Galway”, Mary’s triumphant, if anxious, return from the brink to the stage in 1995. At the time she pleaded the venue to host the gig, having to repent for previously letting them down a little too frequently. She had become the “no-show”. Mary sold out 8 gigs in a row. How about “Live At The Basement”. Recorded in Sydney among an intimate audience in 2003, this is the ultimate in down and dirty jazz club renditions. It’s hard to imagine a more succinct demonstration of both the raw and refined nature of Mary’s talents.