Tupelo news

Tupelo at Whelan's (photo by James Keogh)

Thanks to Kevin Duffy, fiddler with Dublin-based rhythm and roots band Tupelo, for news of how the band has been doing since the Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots Festival in May. They have played a series of major festivals and are lined up for the Cork Jazz Festival in two weeks' time; this coming Saturday they'll be on Country Mix after lunch, and later at Whelan's together with the Little Ass Birds; and on 16 October they're releasing a single, Ca bhfuil ar scoil? in aid of Gaelscoil Bharra, backing this with a live show in the Village, Dublin, on 22 October.

If you've seen a Tupelo show - for instance, at the recent Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival - you'll be aware that (a) their music comes closest to bluegrass in the saxophone playing; (b) regardless of this, they have enormous ability to liven an audience up. Read Kevin's full report here.