Last week we had our second session at the Viscount out in Bishopstown. It has a nice friendly atmosphere and following on from the first session it looks like we found a new home for our sessions. We’re only there on the last Thursday of the month so if you’re looking for a venue for your own session in Cork this would be a good place to start.
Lots of photos below:
Another year down, another pipers’ concert at the Spailpin for the Cork Folk Festival. But what a concert we had this year! Some familiar faces graced the stage including Dan O’Callaghan, Diarmaid Moynihan with a welcome return from Tomás O Canainn who, for me, was the highlight of the show with his piping, singing, stories, jokes and poetry! This year also saw Kevin Moore make an accomplished stage debut, the first of many appearances in the coming years here I’m sure. The variety of musicians and instruments is what made this year’s concert all the more special for me. We had uilleann pipes, Galician pipes (gaita), pan pipes, war pipes, flutes, low whistles, and guitars. In particular Anxo Lorenzo who you can see above with the Moynihans blew us away with the sweet sound of his Galician pipes. Finally, it was great to meet the wonderful piper Jimmy Morrison who kicked off the show with some fine sets. Unfortunately I don’t have any photos of him myself but I’m sure we’ll get a few in from our official photographer on the day (ahem John 
).
I recorded the gig so expect to see some mp3s posted here in the coming days.
See the photos from the show below…