Kimmie Rhodes at Naul, 20 January

Thanks to Sean Mac Philibin for the news that the Texas singer-songwriter Kimmie Rhodes will be playing at the Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre at Naul, Co. Dublin, on Friday 20 January.

Born in Lubbock, TX, she has lived in Austin, TX, since 1979, has six albums currently in print, and has either performed or recorded with, or had her songs recorded by, such artists as Emmylou Harris, Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, and Willie Nelson, who calls her 'an undiscovered superstar'. She is also a playwright, actress, and author, has toured several times in the UK and Europe, recently recorded a duet, 'Why should I be lonely, with Irish singer-songwriter star Kieran Goss for his new Rodney Crowell-produced EMI CD 'Blue sky sunrise', and toured Ireland with Kieran in September and October.

Sean and the Centre at Naul have been good friends to touring bluegrass bands, and deserve credit for putting on artists of this calibre.