ABC at Naul, 8 Sept.: a report

The Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition (Roger Green, guitar, lead vocals; Dan Kimball, mandolin, vocals; Sue Tice, fiddle, vocals; Bob Tice, banjo; and Jim Duvall, bass) are gluttons for work. They arrived in Ireland on Thursday 6 September; played at Portlaoise that evening; played two shows for the Harvest Blues Festival at Monaghan on Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, and then drove over to the Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin, where they gave a fine show to a delighted audience who demanded and got several encores. Thanks to Roger Green for bringing his band over for its fourth tour in Ireland, and to Sean Mac Philibin for asking ABC back to the Centre. The band then returned to Monaghan to do a further two shows on Sunday 9 September before returning to the States.

Sue and Bob Tice are the parents of Jordan Tice, lead guitarist with the Patuxent Partners at the Athy Bluegrass Festival in July this year.

The ABC's latest CD, Live at the Prince (Coalition 002), is now available; recorded in November 2006 at the Prince Theatre, Chestertown, Maryland, it presents seventeen 'covers' and three originals.

The Seamus Ennis Centre continues to present adventurous musical programmes, with the three events in the rest of September including singer/songwriter, musical theatre, and Irish traditional evenings. Full details are on the Centre's website.