Flat Mountain Girls in Ireland, 22-27 May 2008

The Flat Mountain Girls: Laura Quigley (bass), Nann Alleman (guitar) Lisa Marsicek (banjo, fiddle), Caroline Oakley (guitar, fiddle)

May 2009 looks like being good for the old-time music enthusiast in Ireland. Apart from the regular high-quality sessions, the shows by visiting artists in the first half of the month include those by the Foghorn Trio, Betse Ellis, Dirk Powell and Joel Savoy in Belfast, Dublin, and the Fiddle Fair at Baltimore, Co. Cork.

In the latter half of the month, the high-energy Flat Mountain Girls - like the Foghorns, from the vigorous Portland, Oregon, scene - will make a brief tour. Their repertoire, drawn from the full range of old-time music, is delivered with

tight, raw three-part harmonies, powerful fiddling, and performances that explode with irrepressible glee and bawdy humor...

They're cloggers, too! The Flats are scheduled to play the following dates before going to Belgium as headliners for the Hamawé Roots Festival at Hamawé (Virton):

Fri. 22nd: The Cobblestone, Smithfield, Dublin
Sat. 23rd: Baltimore, Co. Cork
Sun. 24th: McCarthy’s Pub, Dingle, Co. Kerry, 8.00 p.m. (with Huck Notari, also from the Portland scene)
Wed. 27th: The Crane Bar, Galway city

Huck Notari's schedule is:

Sat. 23rd: The Cobblestone, Smithfield, Dublin (with Little Ass Birds)
Sun. 24th: McCarthy’s Pub, Dingle, Co. Kerry, 8.00 p.m.
Wed. 27th: De Barra’s Folk Club, Clonakilty, Co. Cork, 10.00 p.m.
Thurs. 28th: The Crane Bar, Galway city, 8.00 p.m.
Sun. 31st: Kenny’s Bar, Lahinch, Co. Clare, 9.00 p.m.