This diverse group of musicians are from the Kinsale Road Accommodation Centre, Cork, bringing a unique fusion of sounds and songs from Burundi, The Ukraine, Russia, Bangladesh and Pakistan. They perform in a variety of styles including traditional, folk and jazz. They recently held a successful World Music Day in Cork featuring only asylum seeker as artists.
Dave Lordan is a multi-genre writer, performer, editor, and educator. He has been described as Ireland’s most vital and courageous poet, and a performer of electrifying intensity. Lordan provides a portal to the inspirational power of the spoken and written word, and is currently one of Ireland’s leading educators in creative writing.
Dave returns to this years Festival to live stream events & interviews with festival performers and attendees over the course of the weekend.
Dave’s poem ‘The Lost tribe of the Wicklow mountains’ was covered by Christy Moore on his album Lily
Bandjaxed; One of Clonakilty’s youngest Rock Bands have come through the ranks of Scoil na mBuachailli and step up to the big stage this september to make their debut appearance at The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival!
These four young boys have been gigging in Clonakilty for over a year. They’re certainly worth watching out for! They’ve captivated young and old Rock fans on the streets of Clonakilty at the Street Carnival, Clonakilty Show, and the Old Time Fair to name but a few. They play various different Rock music, anything from Ac Dc to Chuck Berry and even the Beatles! This is their first time writing their own music and so enthusiastically was it received at their school Scoil na mBuachailli, that the boys were encouraged to Launch their own CD. With the help of Mr Barth Harrington Principal and many people they’ve had it professionally produced by Laurie Hedger and launched it at De Barras in Clonakilty in August.
Sam Clague is a musician and songwriter from Clonakilty, Cork. He lives and works in Cork City, playing primarily as a jazz guitarist and also his own unique brand of original music. Jazz and folk influences blend together to make a form of kaleidoscopic chamber music, driven by intricate guitar arrangements and accompanied by psychedelic orchestral sounds. His debut EP “Balloons” was released in 2015 at the Clonakillty International Guitar Festival.
“Sam’s writing is unique. He writes from the heart and creates his own world – his own sound world and lyric world. As well as that his musicianship is beyond reproach – capable of capturing many genres with multi instrumental abilities” – Carl Corcoran (former Presenter of The Blue of the Night)
Longtime friends the bones below started work on this new project in 2018 after a number of new songs were written during the previous winter. mixing elements of folk, blues and rock, the bones below are excited to take their music from the rehearsal room to a wider audience.
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10:15pm // DeBarra’s Folk Club // September 17 + 18
Naive Ted VS Fixity // 9pm // DeBarra’s Folk Club // September 19
Naive Ted hates PR. Hates it. Predictably, as a mute, he’d rather let the music speak for itself. But sure he has new music to promote and it’s fairly likely that you haven’t heard his music cos he’s not that popular so allow us to fill in the gaps for you….
Belfast blues guitar legend Ronnie Greer has been at the centre of the blues music scene for over 40 years now, and has shared the stage with some of the greatest names in the genre, including Dr. John, Memphis Slim, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Lowell Fulson, Carey Bell, to name but a few. His distinctive guitar style, incorporating visceral Chicago style licks with be bop jazz inspired lines and chord voicings, has been critically acclaimed as world class. Two recent album realises, A Lifetime With The Blues and The Jazz Project, both illustrate Ronnie’s ability to seamlessly meld both aspects of these styles into his playing. Both albums have received four star reviews in the influential Jazz Journal Magazine. Ronnie continues to perform consistently to packed houses with his all star band at theatres, arts centres and festivals nationwide, but for this appearance at Clonakilty, we’re delighted to welcome him as guest with the Bill Shanley Band, a meeting which should be a little bit special, we would suggest!
“Greer, the doyen of Irish blues guitar”- allaboutjazz.com
“Proper blues from a proper bluesman” – Ralph McLean, BBC Radio Ulster