Session Americana back in Ireland, 27 Sept.-7 Oct. 2012

Thanks to James O'Brien for this news of an imminent return tour by roots band Session Americana from Boston (USA), no strangers to this country - the photo on the left shows them on a previous visit to the Crane Bar in Galway. They will have with them their newly released album Love and dirt, which can be downloaded here.

Session Americana, described on their press release as 'a rock band in a tea cup, or possibly a folk band in a whiskey bottle', have played with a wide range of artists in the roots/Americana fields, including the Henry Girls, Cahalen Morrison, Aoife O'Donovan, and many more. The dates of their coming tour are as follows:

27 Sept. Tom Malone's Market House Bar, Miltown Malbay, Co. Clare
28 Sept. Whelan's, Wexford St., Dublin 2
29 Sept. Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin
30 Sept. Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow
1 Oct. Colfer's Pub, Carrick on Barrow, Co. Wexford
3 Oct. Crane Bar, Galway city
4 Oct. Bluestacks Music Festival, Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal
5 Oct. Cork Folk Festival: The Pavilion, Cork city
6 Oct. Cork Folk Festival: An Spailpin Fanach, Cork city
7 Oct. Cork Folk Festival: Crane Lane Theatre, Cork city

For advanced copies of Love and dirt, interview requests, and images, please e-mail.