Bluegrass on Easter Day in Athy, Co. Kildare

Tony O'Brien of the Athy Bluegrass Music Association reports:

Woodbine will play in the first of Clancy's Acoustic Sessions at Athy, Co. Kildare, on Easter Sunday, 12 April, from 5.00 p.m. to 7.00 p.m. This is a new acoustic music venue, and Clancy's are also the new sponsors of the Athy Bluegrass Festival 2009 (9-12 July).

Woodbine will also be playing at Lennon's, Durrow, Co. Laois, on Saturday 18 Apr. at 21:00, and will be back at Clancy's on Friday 15 May at 21:00 in a special show to launch the run-up to this year's Athy festival. Videos on their MySpace site now include one of the band playing 'Lonesome road blues' at Colfer's, Carrig-on-Bannow, Co. Wexford, on 31 January. Clancy's is at 12 Leinster Street, Athy, Co. Kildare (on the left as you enter the town centre from the Dublin direction); 'phone 059-8631964.