Songwriter's fourth tour of Ireland

Gary Ferguson (guitar, vocals) will make his fourth consecutive tour of Ireland in July 2008, together with Colin Henry (dobro, guitar). Janet Holmes will join Gary and Colin on 18, 19, and 20 July. The tour will begin on 18 July and end on 29 July. It will include concerts, radio interviews, and a songwriter workshop with Mick Hanly at the Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul, on July 18.

Gary will have a new CD available for the tour; Gary Ferguson and friends: Live at Podunk, recorded at the Podunk Bluegrass Music Festival in East Hartford, CT, with Mike Auldridge, Ron Stewart, Emory Lester, Gail Wade, Kene Hyatt, and Marc Roy. The Bluegrass Unlimited review of Live at Podunk can be read here.

Janet will also have her new CD Wonder why available at the venues when she appears. This is her second CD, but this time Janet has written nine of the thirteen tracks herself. Co-produced by Cormac O’Kane, the album has some of Ireland’s finest acoustic musicians. As Damien Murray of the Belfast Telegraph wrote, 'Holmes is a world-class artist and one of our most underrated talents.'

July 18: Seamus Ennis Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin (w/Mick Hanly). 3.00 p.m. songwriter workshop. Evening concert
July 19: 'Saturday Connection' with Charlie McGettigan on Shannonside Radio; evening concert at Bog Lane Theatre (w/Charlie McGettigan)
July 20: Ardara Bluegrass Festival, Ardara, Co. Donegal
July 21: McGrory’s, Culdaff, Co. Donegal
July 22: Rodden’s Bar, Buncrana, Co. Donegal
July 23: The Cobblestone, Smithfield, Dublin (with Gerry Fitzpatrick and Con Butler)
July 25, 26: Phil Murphy Weekend, Carrig on Bannow, Co. Wexford
July 28: Mccarthy's Bar, Buttevant, Co. Cork

NB: 24, 27, and 29 July are still free, so if you want to put Gary & Colin on in your venue, contact Gary by e-mail.