Starting on Sunday, February 22, 2009; 8 PM
Michael Cooney, uilleann piper, with Pat Egan on guitar
Tickets: $15 Coatesville Cultural Society /143 E. Lincoln Hwy / Coatesville, PA (610) 486-2220 / (610) 925-6235
MICHAEL COONEY was raised in a family of pipers from Tipperary. His father and uncles played in the Sean Tracey Pipe Band (which his grandfather founded). At a young age Michael took a liking to the whistle. His Dad, raised in the traditions of the nearby Slieveardagh Hills, took his son there to learn from the locals. After Michael got his first set of pipes he continued to go to the hills for music. Because pipers were scarce there, he learned instead from accordion players Paddy O'Brien and Pat Lyons, and fiddler Niall Cleere. Michael honed his piping style by listening to the playing of masters like Seamus Ennis, Willie Clancy and Leo Rowsome, eventually making a name for himself by winning multiple All-Ireland championships. He spent some time in the US, where he played music with legends like Andy McGann, Paddy Reynolds, and Joe Burke. PAT EGAN is blessed with a great ear for songs, and the perfect voice with which to sing them. His guitar style is unique in that he is one of the few guitarists in Irish music who adhere to standard tuning as opposed to the ubiquitous DADGAD. His exciting rhythmic drive on the right hand will open new doors for aspiring guitarists.
and then just 6 days later.....
Slide - a special night of Irish Traditional Music
February 28th concert, 8:30 p.m. at the Irish Center, 6815 Emlen St. Philadelphia,
Tickets - $15.00, Ceili Group members $13.00,
"they can sing, they can write, they can dance across fingerboards and piano keys, buttons and bows, and by crikey can they play" alex monaghan in 2003 on the new CD harmonic motion.
Slide is poised to become a tour de force on the world’s Celtic music stages. Winners of the ‘Young Musicwide Award’ in 2006, whose panel of judges was led by Donal Lunny, who wrote, ‘This band is taking Irish music to a new place. Their music will touch people far beyond the realm of traditional music.’ From mesmeric trance to nail biting energy, Slide entice the listener on a journey of musical exploration which will undoubtedly leave you on a high while taking you from sorrowful reflections to points of high spirited in between. As John O’Regan in Folk Roots observed, ‘There’s plenty of action and flamboyance in Slide’s music… takes the Dervish/Bothy Band/De Dannan formula and turns it 360 degrees on its head successfully merging youthful arrogance and swagger with traditional expertise.’ By whatever measurement or calculation –Slide rule!
for Discount Internet tickets, go to: http://www.philadelphiaceiligroup.org/philadelphia_ceili_group/concert-tickets.html
