Open Mic Live Night - Tuesday 5 June @ 7.30

It's the final Space Inside Open Mic Live Night of the season which, weather permitting, will be held on the roof of the Wicklow Sailing Club. Note earlier kick off time of 7.30 to get the most out of the evening sun! Just turn up and perform - be it poetry, music, dance or drama.

Special Guests Mia Parsons and Evelyn Campbell in harmony

Mia Parsons is a singer whose voice has been described as being like 'chocolate'. A singer/songwriter, her deeply moving music spans jazz/funk and blues. A regular performer at festivals and other musical events, she has worked with many of the great Irish jazz musicians, including Richie, Hugh and Michael Buckley, Greg Felton, Myles, Paul and Anto Drennan, to mention a few. She released her album 'OCEAN' in 2007.

Evelyn Campbell's musical career started when, as a teenager, she sang and played around the pubs and clubs of Dublin with such well-known contemporaries as 'Tir Ná Nog' and Freddie White. While singing backing vocals for Sonny Condell of 'Tir Ná Nog', she once supported Kate and Anna McGarrigle on a rare Irish tour. She believes that when a song is written it takes a life of its own and 'demands' to be performed. This creative and fruitful phase has resulted in her album 'OVERDUE REVIEW'. A source of topics that influence Evelyn's songs concern social justice, political upheaval, and community awareness.

Live Night Tuesday 1 May 2012

Zoryanna Tribal Dancers are a spin off troupe from the Rashani International Dance Collective. A Tribal and Fusion Bellydance group based in Dublin, their dancers from all corners of the world. The flavour of their dance is dynamic and unique, conveying the power of flamenco with the fluidity of belly dance. The unique feature of tribal belly dance is its use of group improvisation.

The Shed Poets are a group of six women who meet each week in a terraced garden that overlooks Killiney Bay, Co. Dublin. The poets, in collaboration with Little Fish Films (UK), have produced an imaginative short film (20 mins) using their poems against a backdrop of images and original music. This DVD is their latest collaborative project which has evolved into a unique poetry film to inspire.

Miriam Keegan is a singer songwriter from Dublin based in Wicklow Town.  After studying music performance in Ballyfermot, she went on to study theatre performance. Coming back to her musical roots, she has never lost her love for song and musical expression. She is greatly influenced by many performers from Tori Amos to Roy Orbison and will be reinterpreting her favourite songs, as well as performing some of her own

Brady is an Irish songwriter/producer. He has been involved in music for over 20 years and has a history of creating soulful, thought-provoking music. He also plays in a band The Iliad Void. In recent years, he has left the stage to take on the role as producer but now he is ready to relaunch his music to the world.

Live Night Tuesday 2 April 2012

Marin Swords is a poet and a Wicklow Writer. His short film ‘Kathleen’s Child’ is a series of poems and stories about growing up in Ireland, in a time when some things were never talked about. ‘I called it Kathleen’s Child – a collection of Poems, and Things That Should Have Been Said,’ says Martin. Using family photos and other pictures, and with the help of poems and hindsight, the story comes alive on the small screen. Martin will present this short film on the night, which he hopes will inspire other poets and writers to record their memories for others to share. A compelling and touching story well worth seeing.

Jj Manning Roots Duo. Jj ‘thumbpicks’ Manning formed the Coffee House String Band in 2011, in an attempt to bring early acoustic blues, ragtime and roots music to the masses. Early performances have been greeted with great reviews. Jj plays acoustic guitar, slide guitar and 5 string banjo, and will be joined on the night by "Fretless" Antun on the upright bass. Vid and music by the band can be viewed via facebook on Dublinsundergroundbeat.

Ray and Postle are a two piece acoustic set from Wicklow town, featuring Rachel McDermott on guitar and vocals and Anthony Dickenson on guitar. Their music varies from high energy tunes to chilled out numbers, and they play a mixture of original pieces and some catchy popular cover songs. This is their first gig playing together and hopefully the first of many to come.

Famous Last Words bring their unique harmonic covers of classic pop tunes to the Space Inside Live Night session. An accomplished covers quartet with an impressive set list, their aim is to make music to make people happy!

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Live night Tuesday 6 March 2012

In the month of St. Patrick's Day, our session will be an Irish theme with an Irish poet, singer and harpist, Irish dancers and 8 strong Wicklow Trad group:

WicklowTrad session will feature local musicians, many of whom are All-Ireland champions, all of whom combine to provide an evening of lively music, song and dance. They're young, energetic, and play trad music in a way that has an appeal way beyond the trad music scene. Check out details of their regular sessions in Wicklow Town at www.WicklowTrad.com and Facebook.com/WicklowTrad.

Siobhan Doyle has won numerous awards for her singing in Feis Ceoil and Feis Maithiu including the Gold Medal for Soprano Solo. She has appeared in over 40 musicals and operettas and has performed in The Percy French Story throughout the country. Siobhan will be accompanied by wonderful harpist, Ann O’Dea.

Fintan O’Sullivan is a fluent Irish speaker, poet and historian. He is also a teacher at the Gaelscoil in Gorey. We look forward to hearing his stories and his poetry in a celebration of the Irish culture.

Irish Dancing is a must on this Irish Nigh,t with Sean Nos and step dancing getting your feet tapping.

More details to follow shortly

Live Night Tuesday 7 February 2012 - A Spanish Flavour

Nathalie Moyano Gonzalez is a flamenco aficionado by heritage. She is co-founder and director of  Peña Flamenca El Indalo, which promotes flamenco in Ireland. The group runs the Dublin Flamenco School, and also organises the Dublin Flamenco Festival. The second edition of the festival will take place in October 2012.  
Nathalie will be joined by a Flamenco guitarist José de la María. José is originally from Málaga, moved to Dublin in 2011 and joined Peña Flamenca El Indalo.

http://www.flamencoindalo.com/

 

Leslie Dowdall is one of Ireland’s leading female vocalists and singer songwriters. She first came to prominence with In Tua Nua, who fused celtic tradition with rock. With Leslie as lead vocalist, In Tua Nua recorded four albums and, over a seven-year period, played and toured with bands including U2, Simple Minds, Bob Dylan, and The Pretenders.   

Leslie teaches performance and singing skills in her Education workshop project Songcraft. She will be joined on the night by a group of singer, Elle.

www.lesliedowdall.com

Eamon Sweeney was awarded the first musicology PhD to be accredited by DIT  Conservatory of Music and Drama. He has performed on stage, radio and TV both as a solo artist and with various ensembles including the National Symphony Orchestra and National Concert Orchestra. Eamon is also one half of the group Tonos  that specializes in a blend of Irish and European music from the 16^th to 18th centuries – mixing musical

flavours from the wider Traditional Irish, Celtic and Spanish Traditions. The Spanish word ‘tonos’ translates as ‘tone.’
http://www.tonos.ie/eamon-sweeney.html

Jane Clarke is a widely published poet who lives near Glenmalure in Co. Wicklow. She has won a number of prizes including Listowel Writers Week (2007) and the iYeats (2010). She writes contemplative, lyrical poems with evocative rural imagery and a strong sense of musicality and rhythm.

In keeping with our Spanish theme, Enrique Alda, a graduate in Translation and Interpreting from the University of Salamanca (Spain), will translate Jane’s poems into the wonderful Spanish language.   

www.janeclarkepoetry.ie

Space Inside Friends Draw

Congrats to Phil Lynch, winner of our €100 Friends Draw for December 2011