Cajun night at the Village, 7 May: EXTRA

Thanks to Mark O'Mahony of Prison Love for the news that Vera van Heeringen (left, at a Flatville Aces show) will be playing with Dirk Powell and Joel Savoy at the Village, Wexford St., Dublin, on 7 May, together with Prison Love themselves.

Vera (guitar, mandolin, fiddle, vocals) and Jock Tydesley are prominent on the UK old-time and Cajun music scene, as a duo and in other bands such as Sugar Moon, the Flatville Aces, and the New Rope String Band.

The New Rope String Band (also on MySpace) continue the tradition of the Old Rope String Band, who played at the Cork Folk Festival some years ago and are probably the funniest band your editor has seen on any stage. The NRSB should be considered by any event organiser over here - after their show, some of the audience will certainly say: 'That's not bluegrass!' The rest will be laughing too much to say anything.