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| 12 year old Andreas Varedy with jazz quintet |
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| Mick Dolan makes a point |
Is Music Worth Paying For? This was the question adressed at this evenings cabaret/ debate at
Dolan's Warehouse,
Limerick. This format of a mix of music and discussion is new to me and has something of the spirit of a Renaissance Camerata about it . We made our way in to the Warehouse which was a little slow to fill up. A Roma family occupied one of the top tables with a number of young children playing games. Eventually, a jazz quintet made up of sax, bass guitar , electric guitar, f hole guitar and drums . struck up. They were very good but most remarkable was the presence of 12 year old
Andreas Varedy who was just extraordinary, very accomplished and mature in his stage performance and wordlessly taking his cue from the saxophonist. Later looking at him walking around with his skateboard , he looked like any other 12 year old and you couldn't believe he had just performed like a seasoned and mature performer. I note he is from a Slovakian family. Coincidentally, we had heard another remarkable young Slovakian (Vladimir Jablokov) musician at this venue less than a fortnight ago.
Paddy Cullivan of
Tubridy's Camembert Quartet fame comes on with the 'Leviathan Archestra', keyboard drums and bass guitar to do a set of very funny political songs. 'We Are Where We Are ' and 'Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel' very much up to the minute satirical songs exploiting some of the more innane utterances of the present political clique.
