Rare footage of Irish traditional supergroup Arcady featuring Frances Black performing Down By The Glenside (The Bold Fenian Men)at Scraggs Alley in Carlow, Ireland in 1991.
I popped over to Liverpool last week to catch Doug in concert at the Harbourside Club at Liverpool Marina. A brilliant performance by one of the best kept secrets in blues music. Reproduced by kind permission of Doug MacLeod (at least until he sees it). Dougs website www.doug-macleod.com You can buy Dougs albums online from Black & Tan Records www.black-and-tan.co m.
Four decades on and Country Joe is still the master of the protest song. Brilliant lyrics and delivery of his anti-war protest about the war in Iraq. Find out more about Country Joe at www.countryjoe.com
A rivetting performance by Irish traditional group Acady. The never seen before footage was shot at Scraggs Alley, Carlow in 1991 during the Eigse Ceatharlach Festival.
A rare performance by brothers Martin & Dermot Hutchinson from the Castle Tavern in Carlow, Ireland. Check out Martins website @ www.martinhutchinson .com
A trip down the new Carlow Bypass, still under construction, opening end of April 2008. Once dubbed the "Highway To Hell" Carlow can finally boast it's own piece of motorway.
Irelands premier blues diva, Mary Stokes makes a special guest appearance with Homesick and the Backstabbers at the Purty Kitchen, Dun Laoghaire during their 1991 Irish tour.