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Echoes Of Erin Tour 2008  THE
2008 Echoes Of Erin concert tour of Britain (February 23 to March 1) is
a colourful and exciting show of Irish traditional music, song and dance.
This year’s tour features as usual some of the finest traditional
musicians, singers and dancers from the Comhaltas community including
Liverpool’s own Bruce Scott.
Echoes Of Erin will visit seven British venues and again the annual tour
features the best of traditional talent drawn from Ireland and Britain.
This year’s group has already toured Ireland in October 2007 and
thrilled audiences with their exciting traditional show at venues in all
four provinces.
Each year the tour assembles a fine mix of established artistes together
with up-and-coming young stars.
These are blended into a fast-moving and colourful show which appeals
to both the connoisseurs and peripheral fans of Irish traditional entertainment.
In 2008 there is a unique appearance of a father and daughter from Co.
Clare — namely Joe and Eimear Arkins.
Both are fine singers while Eimear is also a highly-accomplished traditional
musician.
Bruce Scott comes from Liverpool’s Irish community. His father was
born in Co. Derry and his mother hails from Co. Dublin.
He inherited his love of singing from his mother’s side of the family.
In his early days he was a disciple of some of the great names in Irish
music including Seamus Ennis and Joe Heaney.
Bruce puts the privilege of performing as support to Seamus Ennis and
Joe Heaney among his musical highlights — as well as appearing at
Liverpool’s St. George’s Hall with three generations of the
McPeake family.
Bruce has also written a number of fine songs and one of these —
The People’s Own MP — is featured on Christy Moore’s
Spirit Of Freedom album.
Included in the 150-plus songs that Bruce has written are Town Of Tears
for the people of Omagh and also a wonderful song in memory of the loss
of The Solway Harvester and her crew of seven off the Kirkcudbrightshire
coast in January 2000.
Bruce released his excellent debut CD My Colleen By The Shore at the Liverpool
Irish Festival in October 2005.
Venues:
Saturday, February 23, 8pm: University Hospital of Wales Sports and Social
Club, Heath Park, Cardiff.
Tickets: Noreen Phillis 01633 276349
Willie Cowan 01291 425880
Martin Palmer Smith 02920 619678
Sunday, February 24, 8pm:
Haringey Irish Centre, Pretoria Road, Tottenham.
Tickets: Michael Nevin 0208 360 3011
Marian Brogan 0137 5380355
Pat Connolly 0208 9047967
Tuesday, February 26, 8pm:
Birmingham Irish Club,
High Street, Deritend
Tickets: Vincent Jordan 0121 743 6958
John Fitzgerald 0121 622 3763
Wednesday, February 27, 8pm:
St Michael’s Irish Centre, Boundary Lane, Liverpool
Tickets: Comhaltas Office 0151 264 7437. Comhaltas@stmichaelsirishcentre.org
Mary McAndrew 0151 922 3503
Chris Boland 0151 924 1718 CCBJEBBRB@aol.com
Thursday, February 28, 8pm:
St. George’s Hall,
Bridge Street, Bradford
Tickets: Box office 01274 432000
David Conley 07768 905791
Dominic Sheeran 07946 318129
Friday, February 29, 8pm:
Woodside Halls,
Glenfarg Street, Glasgow
Tickets: Danny McKendry 01355 302086
Sarah Rooney 0141 571 9671
Claire Osborne 0141 883 6740
Saturday, March 1, 7.30pm:
Irish World Heritage Centre, 10 Queens Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
Tickets: Mike Doyle 0161 432 4363
Michelle O’Leary 0161 202 1515
Breedge Doherty 0161 796 8352 |
