I heard some amazing guitarists this weekend, all quite different in their styles but all very entertaining. A reminder of three great gigs.
Claude Bourbon: On Friday, I enjoyed hearing Claude Bourbon played at the Coastguard Station in Tramore, I believe Bourbon is Swiss and based in the North of England. Here is a number from his set. Given that the venue is quite small with a chamber sized audience in on the night, I wondered if we might have more music making here that dispensed with amplifiers.
Claude Bourbon: On Friday, I enjoyed hearing Claude Bourbon played at the Coastguard Station in Tramore, I believe Bourbon is Swiss and based in the North of England. Here is a number from his set. Given that the venue is quite small with a chamber sized audience in on the night, I wondered if we might have more music making here that dispensed with amplifiers.
#greatgig last night in Tramore. A guitar stew of diversity Shades of blues, Brel, folk and classical from Bourbon's flying fingers Catch him in Belfast and Ballydehob https://t.co/Eyo0DATojl— Fidleir (@fidleir) March 2, 2019
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| Tonos at St Patrick's Gateway |
Eamon Sweeney: On Saturday, Baroque guitarist Eamon Sweeney was at St. Patrick's Gateway with his duet partner, soprano Róisín O'Grady. Together, they form Tonos, a duo specializing in the music of 16th -18th centuries During the set, Sweeney played an assortment of period instruments ukulele, a 5 string guitar before switching to a lute for a gorgeous set of Irish traditional repertoire and lute songs by John Dowland. Interesting asides delivered while tuning added to the enjoyment of the evening. The event was a fundraiser and there was a big turnout in support of local Green party candidates, Marc O Cathasaigh and Grace O Sullivan.
Albert Niland: Something about Claude Bourbon's fusion of styles reminded me of a Galway guitarist, who I had heard on a couple of occasions in the West of Ireland. It so happened that when I looked up the gig listings, Albert Niland was playing in Coughlan's Bar in Cork on Sunday. The backroom venue was full with an audience of fans and it was a genial relaxed sort of gig with a set list of old favourites and infused with Latin influences and reminiscences. I picked up a copy of Niland's memoir, Busker on the Verge and I look forward to reading it.
Guitars are John Palmer's biggest seller he told me when I interviewed him for a piece in a series of articles on independent stores in the Irish Examiner. Like so many musicians in Waterford, I've being very glad of the excellent service the shop offers and how dreary would the retail landscape in Waterford without it. Read the piece here https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/lifestyle/culture/the-key-to-the-success-of-30-year-waterford-music-shop-908375.html
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