Martin Hayes & Christy McNamara (10/17/08)--NYC,NY,USA

Trad Irish Music
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MARTIN HAYES & CHRISTY McNAMARA IN CONCERT
October 17, 2008 at 7:30pm
at the Irish Center in Long Island City, NY

World renowned fiddler, Martin Hayes, joins together with his cousin, Christy McNamara, on button accordion and concertina, for a special evening of traditional music from East Clare, accompanied by New York-based guitarist, Eamon O’Leary.

Seating is limited and tickets are $20 payable in cash only at the door.

Friday evening October 17, 2008 at 7:30 pm

New York Irish Center
10-40 Jackson Avenue
Long Island City (Queens), NY
Telephone: 718-482-0909
E-mail: info@newyorkirishcenter.org
www.nyirish.org
One block from #7 subway to Vernon/Jackson (4 minutes from Grand Central)

Please call Liz at the NY Irish Center to book at 718-482-0909

Biographical Information

MARTIN HAYES

Martin Hayes, fiddle virtuoso, plays in the slow, lyrical style of his native East County Clare. He is a six-time All Ireland champion, and was honored with the 2008 award for Traditional Musician of the Year from the Irish language TV channel, TG4. Martin recently released a new CD, “Welcome Here Again,” with his musical partner, Dennis Cahill.
www.martinhayes.com

CHRISTY McNAMARA

Christy McNamara is an award-winning fine arts photographer and musician from East Clare. His book, “The Living Note - the Heartbeat of Irish Music,” with Peter Woods, received critical acclaim for his beautiful and expressive images of traditional musicians. Christy released a solo CD in 2007, “The House I Was Reared In,” that includes his cousin Martin Hayes, master guitarist Dennis Cahill, among other great musicians.
www.christymcnamara.com

EAMON O’LEARY

Eamon O’Leary, guitarist, is from Dublin and now lives in NYC. Eamon started the weekly session at Mona’s and is featured on the CD, “Live at Mona’s.”

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Has he split up with Dennis Cahill?

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No!!! :astonished:

This is just a one-time concert that Martin is doing with Christy.

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Care to give a review for those of us fans who couldn’t attend?
Thanks.

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Here’s a nice review by Paul Keating in the Irish Voice.

It was a lot of fun.

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Weekend Delights
October 22, 2008

From the Hob by Paul Keating

One of the advantages in doing a show like this in an actual Irish center is the welcome there and cuppa tae or café as provided by the house anxious to please so many guests who made their way there who might have thought they were at a house party in Clare somewhere.

The occasion was the New York launch of Christy’s new CD The House I Was Reared In (www.christymcnamara.com) which is a heartfelt musical tribute to those who influenced Christy’ lifelong love affair with Irish music. It was organized by his friends Patricia Tomasulo and Mike McGann, along with the Irish Center who did a great job bringing out a crowd.

Hayes came down from his West Hartford home to play some tunes first with Eamon O’Leary, who added his own valuable support to the cause with his tasty guitar accompaniment. Then Christy joined them for some tunes together to finish out the first half moving from the accordion to the concertina for different selections.

The combination flipped for the second half with Christy opening up with Eamon and Martin joining later on. It was a great night for all involved and wonderful to see another venue for trad musicians which has been operating a few years already as a very active center with ceilithe, theater, music and acting classes and a tea room and internet lounge for daily visitors.