Sillk is Orla Travers, Julian Halpin and Chris Schmidt-Martin. They come from quite diverse creative backgrounds, including short fiction and theatre, folk, classical and electronic music.
The coming together of eclectic musical backgrounds coupled with Orla's songwriting makes Sillk's style hard to define. The songs they create have stories that are innocent and dark, sweet and caustic, playful and threatening.
From Pana to Louisiana/Cajum 6-piece
Two Time Polka formed in Cork in 1994 and have developed a distinctive sound that has its roots in Cajun, Zydeco, and Bluegrass music. They have built up an enviable reputation for turning out excellent live shows, including numerous performances at Irish festivals such as The Kilkenny Country Roots, The Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures, The Cork Jazz Festival, The Galway Arts Festival, The Waterford Spraoi, The Cork Folk Festival to name but a few. The band has also done several European tours and has played at the legendary Glastonbury Festival and more recently Italy’s Premier International Folk Festival ‘Folkest’.
'Bean' - Is a seven piece band featuring a wide variety of Musicians with multi instrumental talents alongside wonderful harmonies with a sound reminiscent of the 60's/70's Motown/Soul era. The band released their debut album of the same name in January of 2017 and to date has packed out venues across the country. Join Bean Dolan (vocals & guitar), Irene Dunne (vocals & percussion), Brian Casey (vocals and keys), Alan Brooks (vocals & bass), Darragh Coakley (vocals and drums), Isaac Tabor (pedal steel and electric guitar) & André van Hoff (Tenor sax) for a very special night of high energy music and songs at The High Tide Club.
'Refuge' is the newest album from Luka Bloom, marking his 40th year as one of Ireland's best known and most respected contemporary folk artists, having produced over 20 albums since the 1970s, Bloom continues to push the boundaries of what his music can do.
'Refuge' in his own words:
"Sometimes records are planned for months or even years.
Sometimes records sneak up on you.
During Autumn\Winter 2016 the world seemed to become a loud, brutal place. People hurting from war, homelessness, climate change. People respond in different ways.
Anelys will show images of previous work aswell as talking about her exhbition which will be on show in the gallery.
See all about her and her work in Upcoming Exhibitions.
Christmas treats and deals
As well as the current winter exhibition , there is lots more to see on the mezzanine upstairs in the gallery. Straight from the National Craft Fair is the work of Roger Bennett woodturner and Chloe Dowds ceramics. There's a new batch of the very populare Kenyan bead jewelry. There are deals to be had on purchases of the Sarah Walker Gallery Diary 2017.
Comedian
During his early 20s, Kevin McAleer spent some time walking the earth. He lived for a spell in Barcelona, not long after General Francisco Franco died.
Shortly after returning to Ireland, he got hit with the comedy bug. It was around 1980. His start on stage came at the old comedy club on Harcourt Street in Dublin (where the pay scales were on a par with Franco’s Spain). The comedy club was a basement room in the old Holyrood Hotel; it doesn’t exist anymore. He says he was petrified getting up on stage for the first time.
“It was terrifying, even with three or four pints to soften the trauma,” he says. “The first night I got up on stage, I didn’t even have material. I felt it was enough of a traumatic experience to stand up on stage without having to worry about what you were going to say when you got there. The challenge was to get up out of your chair and stand on stage and hold the microphone. I thought that was enough to be going on with...."
Joe Rooney is an actor and comedian with over twenty years experience in both fields. As an actor he has had major roles in Father Ted (Channel 4), 5 series of Killinascully (RTE), Roy (BBC), RiRa (TG4) and Spookey Stakeout (RTE). He has appeared in many short films including Flying Saucers, Rock n’ Roll (with Ardal O’ Hanlon) and Lean On Me currently showing on Aer Lingus transatlantic flights. He also appeared in the stage version of The Shawshank Redemption at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival which garnered a 5 star review from The Sunday Times and had a sold out run in the Gaiety theatre in Dublin.
Admission Free
Readings and awards from the Wild Atlantic Words Poetry Competition 2016 and launch of the anthology
CORMAC BEGLEY is a bass, baritone treble and piccolo concertina player from a musical family on the Dingle Peninsula. Musicians like his father Brendan, Tom 'an Lord' Ó Conchubhair, Marie McHugh and East Clare musicians have had strong influences on his music. Cormac is the founder of the award winning 'Tunes in the Church' live concert series in Galway. To date he has featured on three acclaimed recording, the first with a fellow concertina player, Jack Talty (Na Fir Bolg), the second with his sister, Clíonadh (viola) and Páraic Mac Donnchadha (banjo), Tunes in the Church.
Over the last twenty years Ger Wolfe has released seven CD's of original material. He is well known for songs such as The Curra Road, The Lark of Mayfield and She Scattered Crumbs, and his lastest album is entitled 'I Have Been Loved'.
Heedless of fad or fashion, Ger is reflective and independent in mind and nature and his musical talent sees him plough through the Irish musical landsacpe. A wonderful poet and composer, a multi-instrumentalist and lover of the human voice, he is true to the art of the songwriter and tells his own story in his own unique voice.
Greenshine are a duo of Mary Green and Noel Shine and they are returning to the High Tide Club with singer-songwriter Hank Wedel for one night only.
PAULA GOMEZ is a singer-songwriter who has spent some years living in West Cork but now resides in Madrid. Paula will make a welcome return to The High Tide Club along with the very talented guitarist/singer/songwriter Stephen Housden. Paula's sound is influenced by blues, folk and rock and her compositions have been noted as highly original, with a strong melodic sensibility. Her sound combined with her wide vocal range and powerful delivery is attracting attention from worldwide audiences.
Paula was also selested as a featured artist of the Guinness Amplify campaign.
Doctor Strangely Strange was formed in Dublin in 1967 by Tim Booth (vocals and guitarist) and Ivan Pawle (vocals, bass and keyboardist). They then teamed up with Tim Goulding (multi-instrumentalist and aspiring painter) and began rehearsing and living in a house owned by Gouldings then girlfriend and backing vocalist Orphan Annie (a.k.a. Annie Xmas). The tenants nicknamed the house 'The Orphanage'. The group's sound was experimental irish folk music and was closely affiliated with the Incredible String Band.
Dylan Tighe is a Dublin musician and actor and is returning to Castletownbere to play his second show at The High Tide Club this August. He has recently released his second album Wabi Sabi Soul, which is a collection of songs "embracing his own imperfections". This album follows his first album Record which was released in 2014 and was described as "searingly honest". His music is deeply unique and personal, often exploring his own struggles with mental illness.
Greetings of love and light,
Inviting all to an Ethiopian coffee evening in support of development works in Ethiopia. We will be serving Ethiopian Coffee, spiced tea, and munchies. A small shop will be open, selling handmade Ethiopian, Kenyan and Ugandan products, including jewelry, clothes, soft-furnishings, bags, baskets, scarves, Ethiopian coffee, nuts and spices.
All proceeds go to NGOs in Ethiopia, dealing with education (Bright Future School, Addis and Hawassa), HIV affected children (Yawenta Project, Shashemene), children and families living on the street (Let Us Change, Hawassa), and looking after our Rastafarian elders in Shashemene (Ancients of Days).
Ana Gog are a five-piece band based in Dublin, Ireland. Their sound is an eclectic mix of folk, post/prog rock and electronica with contemporary influences. To date the band have had two official releases, the album 'Making Trails' in 2013 and the EP 'Resemblance' which was released in 2014. After touring in India and Europe and after a period of writing and rehearsing the band returned to the studio in August 2015 to work on their upcoming album, due to be released this year!
Randall "Big Daddy" Webster (USA) & Patrick Horgan (Cork) bring their "Tangled Roots Tour" to Ireland this June and we are privileged to be hosting them at The High Tide Club. They’ve performed together and thrilled audiences numerous times over the years. They share an interest in Blues and Roots music seeing their music as a living, breathing animal that can’t be tamed as it grows and matures. With their “Tangled Roots Tour” they bring together the very best of their original tunes, plus some golden nuggets filtered through their own life experiences.
Paula Kingston O'Brien is an Irish singer songwriter who mixes a natural flair for simple, evocative writing with a voice which dips and dives between a soulful sound and a modern country lilt. Singer Songwriter & multi instrumentalist Colin Deady released his Debut Album on 19th March 2015. The album is a collection of 13 songs, an emotional & nostalgic album that defies an easy pigeonhole. Showcasing his ability as a songwriter with beautifully crafted ballads like “Chapel Street” to soulful & bluesy songs like “Things I love The Most” all blending skillfully into a seamless flow ‘The songs are all about the vocals & lyrics’ says Colin and this is where he hopes the record shines, featuring four part harmonies in many of the songs.
Nigel Mooney is no stranger to The High Tide Club and played for us in Sept 2014. The audience were so appreciative of Nigels extraordinary guitar playing & sumptous voice that he was given two standing ovations. He left the audience wanting more so we promised to bring him back and we are so proud to be hosting him once again. Nigel is widely regarded as Ireland's leading jazz singer and guitarist.
A charismatic figure on the Dublin jazz and blues scenes since the early 1980's, his Gripewater Blues Band spearheaded the blues movement in Ireland and drew many fans of both jazz and the blues.
Pat Coldrick's session work and classical appearances have earned him a reputation of being one of the finest and most versatile guitarists in Ireland. As well as his touring performances, he has appeared on National Radio and T.V. and has studied with world renowned guitarists David Russell and Gabriel Esterellas. Pat has achieved worldwide acclaim for his unique sensitive and expressive style in his playing.
VIPER JAZZ RAGTIME COUNTRY BLUES “WOODY SOUNDS LIKE WILLIE NELSON SINGING A JOHNNY CASH SONG IN A 1930’S ALABAMA JUKE JOINT.WILDLY ADDICTING. ONE MAGICAL ALBUM.” -NO DEPRESSION “WOODY PINES IS THE BEST BAND I EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE I SWEAR…. I’M THEIR BIGGEST FAN NOW!” – BILLY JOE SHAVER AMERICAN ROOTS UK “GO AND SEE THEM, YOU WON’T REGRET IT”!“ROCK SOLID SEXY OLD TIME VAUDEVILLE HILL-BILLY GROOVE.”– SXIP SHIREY OF THE LUMINESCENT ORCHESTRII, NYC
“A ROLLICKING, ENGAGING AMALGAM OF OLD-TIME BLUES AND JUG BAND SENSIBILITIES. “....WALKING DOWN THE ROAD HAS OVERTONES OF EARLY DYLAN IN ITS GUITAR FINGER-PICKING AND WISTFUL DRAWL.” – JIM GILCHRIST, THE SCOTSMAN
“Mick Flannery is a singing and songwriting force to be reckoned with.” Siobhán Long, Irish Times. Mick Flannery was brought up on a farm outside Blarney, Co. Cork, Ireland. His first real connection to music was watching an unplugged Nirvana covering Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World”. After a stint in a music college in Cork, he travelled to the U.S. where he “wandered around for a time.” While there, he entered the U.S. Songwriting Competition in Nashville, Tennessee and, to his surprise, won two top awards for his compositions.
Films
Talking to my Father
Sé Merry Doyle, 2015, 90 mins
The film documentary "Talking to my Father" by Sé Merry Doyle and Simon Walker about the work of Robin Walker architect will be screened on August 1st, the film will be on view in the gallery for the following two weeks on a smaller screen.
"Wonderful, poignant, philosophical- incredible writing, candour and humility, that film will stay with me for a while". Oda O'Carroll, travel writer
Date: Sat Sept 19th €15
Betty and the Boy originally started as a modest duo with a solid belief in performing original music compositions. Meeting in a small town in Montana and...
Date: Sat Aug 8th €15
With roots in the Great Lakes State of Michigan, Lindsay Lou & the Flatbellys have been non-stop traversing the country with instruments in tow since the release of their 2012 record, Release Your Shrouds. The album showcased the band's meshing of Appalachian tradition with a rootsy Michigan vigor. But wherever placed in the genre continuum of the times, it's their sincerity and passion for following the music that propels them.
For a preview of what is to come listen out for Lindsay Lou & The Flatbellys on the Ryan Tubridy show (formerly John Murray show) on Tuesday 4th August between 9 & 10am on RTÉ Radio One. Their performance at The High Tide Club is one of only six gigs throughout Ireland so we are very privileged to have the opportunity to host them in Castletownbere.
Free Entrance
Greetings of love and light,
Inviting all to an Ethiopian coffee evening in support of development works in Ethiopia. We will be serving Ethiopian Coffee, spiced tea, and munchies. A small shop will be open, selling handmade Ethiopian, Kenyan and Ugandan products, including jewelry, clothes, soft-furnishings, bags, baskets, scarves, Ethiopian coffee, nuts and spices.
Read more: August 6th 4-10 pm- Ethiopian Coffee and Craft Evening- Fund Raiser
Se Merry Doyle, 2015, 90 mins.
The Film documentary 'Talking to my Father' by Se Merry Doyle and Simon Walker about the work of Robin Walker architect will be screeening on August 1st, the film will be on view on the gallery during two weeks on a smaller screen.
"Wonderful, poignant, philosophical- incredible writing, candour and humility, that film will stay with me for a while". Oda O'Carroll, travel writer
Extract Talking to my Father
Kieran Goss was born and raised in Mayobridge, County Down, Northern Ireland. He was just nine years old when he got his first guitar. Growing up in a big family with diverse musical tastes meant that early on he was hearing his brothers' Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson and Willie Nelson records, his mother's Frank Sinatra records and his sisters' Rolling Stones records. These varied influences gave Goss his own unique sound.
Written by: Bernard McMullan Directed by: Carmel O'Reilly Performed by: Colin Hamell“Delightfully outrageous”
Boston Globe “A revelation” Broadway World. God is a Dublin gangster, Angel Gabriel is the effeminate and plucky keeper at the gates of heaven and Titanic’s legacy is 700 crewman scoring all over heaven on a weekly basis.
