TENNENfS LIVE - SMOKEY JOE'S CLUB JUNE TABOR AND MARK EMERSON Acoustic Room, The Warwick. 20 July at 9.00 p.m. Tickets: £4.00 and £3.00 (concession)
June Tabor started singing traditional music in her teens. In college in Oxford she was attracted by a new and simpler style of singing and herself started to use ornamentation more sparingly and to develop the controlled style for which she is now famous. In those days she liked to sing unaccompanied, and this limited her appeal and repertoire, since an evening of unaccompanied singing is difficult for an audience. With the release of "Silly Sisters" featuring Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span she won much wider critical and public acclaim, and went on to record the solo albums, ½irs and Graces' and ½shes and Diamonds: notable particularly for her interpretation of Eric Bogle songs which got rave reviews.
June's version of "And The Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and "No Man's Land" are without doubt the definitive ones, and her exposure of them helped to establish both as standards for the folk scene. Her most recent release is ½byssinians' (Topic) which was voted top folk album in Britain last year.
Folk singer, June Tabor, who appears with Mark Emerson in the Acoustic Room of the Warwick Hotel, Saltltill, on July 20th, at 9 p.m.
M AIRTIN O'CONNOR
Aco.ustic Room, The Warwick Hotel. 25 July at 9.00 p.m. Tickets: £4.00 and £3.00 (concession)
June Tabor's visit to Galway has been assisted by a grant from the British Council.
A Galway Arts Festival stalwart, Mairtin makes a welcome return to showcase his most recent album "Perpetual Motion". A virtuoso of the box accordion, he has played with such acts as Midnight Well and De Danann, but now pursues a solo career from his base in Annaghdown. For his Acoustic Room gig, he will appear with Garvan Gallagher on bass and Jimmy Faulkner on guitar.
MISS B ROWN TO YOU
Acoustic Room, The Warwick.
23 July at 9.30 p.m. Tickets: £3.00
Miss Brown To You are a three-piece female group who came on the scene in July 1989. Since then they have built an exceptional reputation for themselves with close, stylish harmonies and cross-generation selection of music. The emphasis is strongly on vocals, with guitar playing by Jane as a subtle enhancer.
CEOL TIGH NEACHTAIN
Acoustic Room, T he Warwick Hotel. 19 July at 9.00 p.m. Tickets: £4.00 and £3.00 (Concession)
The three concerned, Erner Powell, Jane O'Brien Moran and Carrie Crowley joined forces initially as a contribution to International Women's Day in March, 1989.
Tigh Neachtain is one of the great homes of traditional_ music in Galway. The form�r home of "Humanity 0ick" Martin MP, it has been a pub-for more than a hundred years and under the gentle patronage of Jimmy McGuire in modem times, it is best known as a haven and haunt for the musicians.
RUMILLIAJTA
Acoustic Room, The Warwick Hotel. 27 July at 9.00 p.m. Tickets: £4.00 and £3.00 (concession)
Some of the most talented musicians who have played at Tigh Neachtain include Sharon Shannon, Brendan O'Regan, Deirbhile Ni Bhrolchain, Kevin Hough, Breda Smyth and Brian Lennon. Last year, these and many others, came together to release a Ceol Ttgh Neachtain album and this special Smokey Joe's Club concert is a showcase of the talents that were portrayed in that album.
Rumillajta are one of Bolivia's finest folk groups. They play traditional Andean music in a highly distinctive and contemporary style. The group has now toured internationally on a extensive scale and last year represented Latin America at the prestigius Sante Fe Festival. They have played on several occasions, to wild approval, at the Edinburgh Fringe. 19