Had a fun time at the CJF playing a whole bunch of gigs and thoroughly enjoyed the hang.
Photo w/Paul Dunlea, Josh, Adam Neely and Jim.
Had a fun time at the CJF playing a whole bunch of gigs and thoroughly enjoyed the hang.
Photo w/Paul Dunlea, Josh, Adam Neely and Jim.
It was great to hook up with pianist friend of mine Fintan O’Neill for a duo concert at the beautiful and historic St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. Fintan is a native of Dublin and longtime resident of New York. It was wonderful to play together in such a stunning setting and as part of Heritage Week.
Had a great week teaching and performing at Sligo Jazz Project 2019. So many great people and a particularly friendly and uplifting atmosphere. It was so enjoyable to perform with so many great musicians, John Goldsby, Paul Booth, Paul Clarvis, Linley Hamilton, Ghatam Giradhir Udupa, Malcolm Edmonstone, Scott Flanigan and Cathal Roche.
A favourite of mine was the guitar trio with Ricardo Bertuzzi and Mike Nielsen. Wonderful music and camaraderie. I’d really recommend this event to people of any age and interested in music. I hope to see you all at SJP 2020!
I am delighted to be invited to be part of the faculty at this years Sligo jazz Project and many thanks to Eddie Lee for the invite. This is Ireland’s premier jazz event and the faculty this year includes Liane Carroll, Sachal Vasandani, Jean Toussaint, Paul Clarvis and John Goldsby among others. The week long event [23rd-28th July] features daily workshops and concerts. For further info: www.sligojazz.ie
i very much enjoyed gigs recently with Darren Beckett (drums) and the wonderful vocalist Sara Oschlag with Dan Shepherd on bass (Cork and Dublin). Also it was great to hook up with Italian guitarist Mino Lanzieri and play at Arthur’s with Dave Redmond and Dominic Mullan.
Also enjoyable was a couple of guitar duo gigs at the Bray Jazz Festival, with Nigel Clark and Dave Whyte. Delighted to say the Thursday evening gig at Twenty2 in Drumcondra (7-9) is going strongly and it’s a really enjoyable night of music.
Details of summer gig schedule to follow…
It was great to perform with Cello Ireland once again. Always a pleasure and delighted to play The Whale Theatre, a really nice venue.
Delighted to be performing at the Whale Theatre in Greystones with this fantastic ensemble. The date is Saturday 16th February at 8pm. Online bookings at www.whaletheatre.ie.
The Hugh Buckley Quartet (w/Phil Ware, Dan Bodwell and Dominic Mullan) will be playing Arthur’s on Thursday December 20th.
Also, the residency at Twenty2, Sion Hill Rd, Drumcondra continues every Thursday from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. It’s a guitar duo with Nigel Clark and it’s a really nice vibe. (Great food too) Reservations @ 01 8371234.
Dublin Guitar Night is back and in association with Guitarist Ireland. The date is December 18th, the venue Arthur's and all in aid of an incredibly great cause, Crumlin Children's Hospital.
Put the date in your diary...it's also a great opportunity for a Christmas get-together! More details to follow...
Had a great time playing at the Cork Jazz Festival. It was good to hook up with old pals Richie Buckley, Myles Drennan, Dave Fleming and John Murray for a few gigs.
It was also great to sit in on the jam session and hook up with old pals Dave O’Rourke and Darren Beckett among others.
I thoroughly enjoyed playing with my quartet for two dates at the Metropole. I’m really looking forward to playing more dates with this group. Our next is at Arthur’s on Thursday 20th of December. We are also looking at some dates for our collaboration with Cello Ireland in the new year. (info on that to follow)
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Just released - a new video/interview for the "Dublin Jazz guitar Duets" series. https://youtu.be/ME7D2QOBrz8
Many thanks to Matthias Winkler for inviting me.
Looking forward to playing a couple of gigs at 2018 Howth Jazz 'n' Blues Festival 24-26th. On Friday 24th I'll joining up with my fellow guitar slinging buddy Nigel Clark for some duos at the Harbour at 7.30pm.
On the Sunday night I'll be playing "House", (4, Main St) with Richie Buckley, Phil Ware and Cormac O'Brien, also at 7.30pm. Come by for a drink and a listen or jazz and three course dinner is available for 30euro.
All gigs on the festival are free so do come along and listen to and support live music.
I'm delighted to be playing an upcoming six week residency at Neary's, Chatham St, Dublin 2. It's a guitar duo with fellow Dubliner Dave Whyte. Dave is a fantastic guitarist and it should be a lot of fun. The gig is every Thursday (8.30-10.30pm) from August 16th to September 20th. Come on down and join us keeping it live!
Looking forward to playing two gigs with US guitarist Ben Sher (www.bensherguitar.com) on the 25/26th June. We play the Raheny Inn on the 25th at 10pm and the International Bar on Tuesday 26th at 9.30pm.
Great to be working again with Roddy in a spoken word and improvised music setting. After a couple of really enjoyable performances in Dublin and Belfast, I look forward to our performance in the beautiful city of Bath. The Bath Festival 25th May 2018
w/ Darren Beckett and Scott Flanigan at the Derry Jazz Festival
Read moreLooking forward to playing the Derry Jazz Festival with the fantastic vocalist Aoife Doyle at Bennigans on Friday May 4th. On Saturday 6th there are two duo gigs at the Bray jazz Festival (details to come). On Sunday May 6th i'm back in Derry to play with the Darren Beckett Organ Trio w/ Darren on drums, Scott Flanigan on organ and yours truly on guitar.
Darren played on my debut CD "Yes Indeed" along with James Williams and Peter Washington in 1997 in New York and I am really looking forward to doing it again in Derry.
'Had a really wonderful time playing at The Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon on 7th April w/Phil Ware on piano, Dan Bodwell on bass and Dominic Mullan on drums @ 8.30pm.
We had a really enjoyable night at the Sugar Club on Wednesday 22nd November. A full house and a wonderful and diverse night of music. It was a treat to play once again with my quintet and Cello Ireland (Una Ni Chanain, Ailbhe McDonagh, Lioba Petrie and Katie Turtell). Great playing by all on the night
It was also a great pleasure to play with guitarist Gerry Leonard and have him play on one of my tunes.
Bring on the next one!
I had a wonderful time at the Cork Jazz Festival. A bunch of gigs and all enjoyable. It was great to hook up with Honor Heffernan again for a bunch of mini gigs in Kinsale on the Friday night and Saturday morning.
Next was the Ella and Joe set with Stella Bass at the Ronnie Scott Room at the Metropole. Then a couple of "jamming" type gigs with Derek O'Connor, Paul Dunlea, Ryan Quigley and Paul Booth that were great fun.
A few days later I travelled to Prague on the invitation of Czech guitarist Libor Smoldas. Had a really nice time doing a workshop and some gigs with some great local musicians. A beautiful city and a really vibrant jazz scene. Looking forward to the next visit.
Our concert at the Sugar Club has been rescheduled for Wednesday 22nd of November @ 8pm. It will be at the Sugar Club and will feature Cello Ireland with former David Bowie guitarist Gerry Leonard and the Hugh Buckley Group (w/Michael Buckley, Phil Ware, Dan Bodwell and Dominic Mullan).
It will feature music by Bowie, Hugh Buckley and Arvo Part.