Open Mic 'Up On the Roof' Tuesday 7 June 2011

Update 7/6/11: Due to bad weather forecast the Open Mic will be held inside around a BIG fire! Same starting time of 7pm.


The last session, before we close for the summer, will be held 'Up On the Roof' of the Wicklow Sailing Club - weather permitting.

It's Open Mic night so come along and strut your stuff - be it poetry, music or dance, or whatever floats your boat.

Some special guests will be there on the night.

IMPORTANT: Doors open early at 7pm so as to avoid frost bite later on in the evening.
Bring warm clothes, even if the sun is shining. If it is raining, we will be downstairs in front of the fire!

Look forward to seeing you for the last night of the season - it's sure to be buzzing.

Live Night Tues 3 May 2011

Liz O Riordan & Pat Connery

We welcome for the first time to the Space Inside, a musical duo who brings us newly-composed, traditional Irish and classical music and song.

Pat Connery is a singer and plays uilleann pipes, concertina and guitar. Liz O’Riordan is a composer, singer and pianist who is inspired by language and poetry. She arranges beautiful harmony for well-known Irish songs, and has composed musical settings of her own and other people’s poetry. She also plays fiddle and bodhran. www.patconnerylizoriordan.com

Conor O’Donnell

Hailing from Wicklow Town, Conor comes from a musical family. He’s toured the states several times with various acts and plays a lot of shows now with his current band, The Big Muddy.
He also is the visionary founder of one of Ireland’s hottest music festivals, the Americana Roots Weekend in Greystones, on the June bank holiday.


Conor will give us his lively version of songs by Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Johnny Cash.

Tim Kavanagh sings Tim Buckley

Tim Kavanagh is a singer from Wicklow Town who spends most of his time busking on the main street, now that the good weather is back.

Tim will sing a selection of songs by the great Tim Buckley, who was a prolific singer songwriter throughout the 1960s, releasing nine studio albums and touring America and Europe. With an eight octave range to his magnificent Irish tenor voice, Buckley is loved around the world for his legacy, which crossed all musical genres from simple folk music of the sixties through to experimental free form jazz and white funk music.

‘My voice has nowhere near the power Buckley had, but I hope that in singing some of his songs it will give people an interest to buy his recordings and listen to a very rare and beautiful singer,’ says Tim.

The Space Inside Journal Summer '11

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LIVE NIGHT TUESDAY 5 APRIL 2011

Zoryanna

The Zoryanna

The Zoryanna are a Dublin-based Tribal and Modern bellydance troupe.

With members from all four corners of the world, The Zoryanna has developed their only style of Improvised Tribal Bellydance. They also mix-and-match many other styles into their dance. 

The group love to experiment and create, and every time they take to the stage you can expect to be surprised and mesmerized.

http://www.thezoryanna.net/



Frank Gallagher

 Frank Gallagher

 

Frank Gallagher is a singer and a regular acoustic and a slide guitarist.  He has been playing blues and jazz in Ireland and in Europe since the 1970s. Over the years, he has performed regularly with the likes of Don Baker, Red Peters and Johnny Norris, to mention just a few.  In the 1980s, he formed the Jitterbug Jug Band with Gerry Clarke.  Since that time he has mainly performed solo or in small groups with Gerry Clarke. 

Frank has also lectured and written about blues and jazz, both in Ireland and abroad. He is co-founder and the chairman for many years of The Courthouse Arts Centre in Tinahely. 

Colm Nolan runs workshops with diverse groups, from Yoga classes to special needs, schools and businesses. He explores the voice and connects with the deeper, authentic self.

His unusual sessions find audiences joining in with vocal exercises, releasing inhibitions, and tuning the voice by singing Indian and Sanskrit words. He also offers his unique performances at intimate gatherings and festivals around the country.

E: nolancolm@gmail.com Tel: 087 6836688

Live Night Tuesday 1 March 2011



Siobhan Doyle

Siobhán Doyle sings Percy French

Soprano, Siobhán Doyle, is a familiar face at the National Concert Hall. She has won numerous awards for her singing, including the Gold Medal for Soprano Solo, The Operatic Cup, Thomas Moore Cup, The Fitzgerald Trophy for Operatic Singing (three successive years) and the title Singer of the Year. She studied under Sr Mary Agnes Cecilia, St Mary’s College, Arklow, and later with Dr Veronica Dunne at the College of Music.

An accomplished singer and actress, she has appeared in over 40 musicals and operettas, among them Anna in The Merry Widow, Margot in The Desert Song, Saffi in The Gipsy Baron, Rosalinda in Der Fledermaus, Nancy in Oliver, and Julie in Showboat. She has played principal boy in pantomime at the Olympia Theatre and The Gaiety Theatre.

Siobhán has performed in The Percy French Story throughout the country and tonight will celebrate Percy French’s life and work through his songs.

William Percy French is one of Ireland’s best loved songwriters and his list of famous songs includes ‘The Mountains of Mourne’ and ‘Phil the Fluter’s Ball’.


 Rory O’Sullivan lives in Wicklow Town. He is a young, up-and-coming poet whose influences are two of the greats: Yeats and Kavanagh. ‘There is a stillness  in music and words that captures me. Music and words come hand in hand, let them help you, let them heal you, for that is their purpose, and that's why I write,’ says Rory.

Winner of the Xmas Factor ’09 Writing competition held in Wicklow Library, Rory is also a keen songwriter and musician and plays in the band, ‘Rebel Diamond’.





Colm Lynch

 

Colm Lynch is a South Dublin singer-songwriter who has been tirelessly gigging, both at home and abroad, over the last few years. He’s a powerhouse live performer, capable of summoning up the kind of fiery passion reminiscent of Springsteen, Van Morrison or The Waterboys.

He is also a great songwriter, as his album A Whisper In A Riot testifies.

A rare opportunity to see this musican perform Live in Wicklow. Check him out here

The Space Inside Live Night - A Taster

 

SPACE INSIDE - JUST A TASTE - Full video up soon!