As part of the ongoing ‘Rekindling the Light Within’ project across West Cork, composer Justin Grounds curates a weekly outdoor listening party to encourage people to take a break in one of Clonakilty’s beautiful outside spaces and listen to some of the most beautiful music known to man. To find out locations and times follow @stoplooklistenclon on Instagram.
Justin is presenting a special guitar-themed session for the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival.
Learn to sing and harmonise the song Ketchum ID by Boygenius.
Familiarise yourself with the song then join The Kates on Saturday September 10th. They’ll guide you through the song, split it into harmonies and perform it together at the end.
Don’t miss it!
The Kates are Liz Clark (elec gtr), Mide Houlihan (drums), Eve Clague (elec gtr), Mary Beth O Mahony ( keys) & Paula K (bass).
KETCHUM ID.
By Boygenius.
Back in the States now
In a college town
I would walk around
But it’s really coming down
Mesmerized by double lines
Two yellow tightropes
I’m making good time
I am never anywhere
Anywhere I go
When I’m home, I’m never there
Long enough to know
Being in love is the same thing as being alone
Giving the sorrows and company
Nothing to say, stay on the phone
No, I’m sorry I do not know
What else you want from me
I am never anywhere
Anywhere I go
When I’m home, I’m never there
Long enough to know
You say, “How are you”
I say, “I don’t know
Let’s dissolve the band, move to Idaho”
Everyone’s around and I hear you smiling
You say, “I love you”
I say, “You too”
I am never anywhere
Anywhere I go
When I’m home, I’m never there
Long enough to know
Ooh
Ooh
I am never anywhere
Anywhere I go
When I’m home, I’m never there
Long enough…
Join the Sister Ghost gang for an afternoon of herstory, creativity and zine-making activism! Suitable for beginners to advanced zine-makers, this workshop will be fun & hands-on, touching on topics within intersectional feminism, women in music and activism. You’ll learn about zine culture and have the opportunity to create your own zine with the band.’
This workshop is for female & non binary participants.
‘We want the impact of our festival to continue to reverberate throughout Clonakilty celebrating the diversity that makes this town so vibrant. We ALL are guitar town’
‘Reverb’ incorporates the educational and community outreach programme that runs parallel with the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival. It ensures that the effects of the festival are experienced by as diverse a selection of our community as possible. You may not hear Reverb, but you’ll definitely feel its effects! The main festival caters to a general audience and takes place in a range of venues across the town. However, there are members of the community who are unable to access these events, for a variety of reasons. The ‘Reverb’ programme brings artists and facilitators directly in contact with these groups so they don’t have to miss out.
We aim to facilitate meaningful artistic participation for a diverse group of people with the ultimate aim of empowering members of the community who are sometimes marginalised. Each year we team up with the Irish Wheelchair Association, CoAction, Cope Foundation, The Family Resource Centre, the ETB, and many other local groups,
As is now traditional, we are kicking things off with a performance by Eugene Brosnan & Friends in the The Michael Collins Mural Park Weds at 2pm
Forged in furious fires of The Lockdown, Dankenstoned’s Bongster engulf their audience in a tsunami of squidgy stoner sludge. Blending the gnarliest riffs in the vein of Primus and Black Sabbath with the scariest moments of the no wave punk movement to create their own crude Krunkrock.
You don’t want to miss these bowl tokin, spliff smokin son o’ guns lest you live to regret it.
HARP are a 4 piece band of 18 year olds from Skibbereen, Rosscarbery and Clonakilty. Influenced by post punk and indie rock, their gigs are always sure to be captivating.
Matthew Noone is an Australian-Irish ex-indie rocker, improviser, composer and performer of the 25 stringed lute called sarode. After beginning his musical career as a guitarist and drummer in Brisbane and Sydney in the mid 90s, Matthew fell in love with the sarode during a trip to India in 2003. He has studied North Indian Classical music for over a decade with Sougata Roy Chowdhury in Kolkata and more recently with UK based sarodiya, K. Sridhar. He has performed Indian classical music across the globe and composes in a diverse range of disciplines ranging from Irish traditional music, free improvisation and contemporary electroacoustic music.
Michael McGovern is a 25 year old singer / songwriter from Glasgow, Scotland. From picking up the guitar as a child and writing songs from an early age, Michael has defined his folk sound in the thriving music scene in his hometown.
His forthcoming debut album, ‘Highfield Suite’, is a summation of his work since he began writing songs as a teenager. The music mirrors this period of life, focusing primarily on friendship, love, regret and reconciling with your mistakes.
The album prominently features a nylon string fingerpicking guitar, and expansive vocal harmonies. Tipping its hat to some of Michaels great inspirations from Leonard Cohen, to Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Springsteen and Fleet Foxes.
In 2019 Michael released a live single “The Harbour”, with his folk duo Between Brothers.He went on to play four sold out shows in Glasgow, including at the prestigious Celtic Connections festival as a debutant, as well as a Sofar Sounds performance. Michael then went on to perform at Maui Waui Festival in Suffolk, and along with regular weekly performances is building up a loyal following.
Since the pandemic brought an end to live performance, Michael spent much of 2020 in isolation recording this album. The majority being recorded into a single microphone in a small wooden cabin in Ireland.