Tuesday, November 20, 2007
7:00 PM Prompt
6:30 Refreshments
Attendance by Invitation
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Martin O'Brien is a young concertina player from Tuamgraney, a small village in East Clare, on the shores of Lough Dearg. His first CD came out just about a year ago, so he's not a household name, but his list of myspace friends indicates how highly regarded he is. They include Liz Carroll, Sharon Shannon, Brendan Begley (Boys of the Lough), and Kevin Crawford (Lunasa). You can see a video of his appearance on a talk show on the Irish language TV station TG4 and listen to cuts from his CD here.
Martin will be accompanied by his friend Jon Sousa, a fingerstyle guitarist from Colorado with a wide variety of musical interests.