News digest #33

Events in the next week (from the BIB calendar; please check also the 'weekly sessions' section of the calendar)

Thurs. 12th: Demolition String Band (USA), Midnight Ramble, The Oliver Plunkett, Cork city, midnight

Fri. 13th: Demolition String Band (USA), Charlie's Bar, Union Quay, Cork city, 10.00 p.m.

Fri. 13th-Sun. 15th: Down and Out Bluegrass Band, Cornish Bluegrass Festival, Newquay, Cornwall, UK

Sat. 14th: Demolition String Band (USA), Olde Fiddle, Mallow, Co. Cork, 10.00 p.m.
Two Time Polka, Arnold's Hotel, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal. Start 10.30 p.m. Adm. free. Tel. 074 9136208 (part of Dunfanaghy Jazz & Blues Festival)

Sun. 15th: Two Time Polka, Molly's Marquee, Dunfanaghy, Co. Donegal. 2.00-4.00 p.m. Adm. free (part of Dunfanaghy Jazz & Blues Festival)

Wed. 18th: Demolition String Band (USA), The Atlantic Aparthotel (with Hank Wedel), Bundoran, Co. Donegal

Thurs. 19th: Demolition String Band (USA), Crowley’s, Kenmare, Co. Kerry, 9.30 p.m.

Other news

The BIB has previously noted that Session Americana (USA) will be playing on 27 Sept. at the Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre in Naul, Co. Dublin (for which the updated schedule of events can be seen here). This is part of a three-week tour in these islands; the band's full list of dates in Ireland, as shown on their calendar, is:

Sept.
Wed. 25th: 36th Clifden Community Arts Festival, Clifden, Co. Galway
Thurs. 26th: 36th Clifden Community Arts Festival, Clifden, Co. Galway
Fri. 27th: Seamus Ennis Cultural Centre, Naul, Co. Dublin
Sat. 28th: McDaid's Wine Bar, Ramelton, Co. Donegal, 10.00 p.m.
Oct.
Wed. 9th: The Red Room, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone, 8.00 p.m.
Thurs. 10th: Whelan's, Dublin 2
Fri. 11th: Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford town
Sat. 12th: Monroe's Live, Galway city
Sun. 13th: Dolan's, Limerick city, 9.00 p.m.

Session Americana's online calendar also has links to venue websites, locations, etc.

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BIB readers who are also fans of Herschel Sizemore will be glad to learn of a new 57-minute DVD, Herschel Sizemore: mandolin in B, filmed at a tribute concert early last year, with many bluegrass stars taking part. Read more on Bluegrass Today.

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Thanks to UKBluegrass for a reminder that though the most active part of the 2013 season is coming to an end, the UKB archive is a valuable resource - and not just about bluegrass in Britain.