Wednesday, April 27, 2011

The Greenbriar, April 25, 2011

On the rare Mondays that I'm not down on the island, I like to get over to the Greenbriar. I only had time for the early, slow session, though - aka BOSS - Boston's Original Slow Session [link]. It was good to catch up with a few folks.




The Greenbriar, slow session




The Greenbriar, slow session




The Greenbriar, slow session



The Greenbriar, slow session



The Greenbriar, slow session




The Greenbriar, slow session
By Joanie



The Greenbriar, slow session
By Joanie



The Greenbriar, slow session
By Joanie


The Greenbriar, slow session
By Joanie


The Greenbriar, slow session



The Greenbriar, slow session




The Greenbriar, slow session




The Greenbriar, slow session




The Greenbriar, slow session




The Greenbriar, slow session




The Greenbriar, slow session




The Greenbriar, slow session



Friday, April 15, 2011

Tommy Doyle's, Thursday Night, April 14, 2011

Untitled from Sara Piazza on Vimeo.


Above is a short clip from Tommy Doyle's, featuring Sean Connor. Sean, as always, manages to shine through the din.

I showed up at Tommy's on Thursday night and found perfect light and great music, but I accidentally started shooting with the G12 before I formatted my card so I ran out of memory. The only way to free up the card would have been to format, thereby losing this gem, so I called it quits for the night, video-wise, anyway. The 5D took over for the rest of the evening for the stills.

It was a great night at Tommy's. I'm glad we're back downstairs. I didn't like the acoustics, or the layout, upstairs. The light downstairs is now fantastic, early in the evening, anyway - and a great relief after suffering through the dark winter, now past, thank God.

A few favorites from the evening (I really love you guys - you're beautiful - thanks for putting up with me and my camera):






































































Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly in Medford, April 9, 2011

I've the tremendous good fortune to have fallen into the George and Emily Keith house-concert scene, these concerts offering as fine a combination of music and friends as can be found in the Boston area, I'd dare say, and last weekend's performance by Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly - music from the Sliabh Luachra tradition - was no exception.

The Sliabh Luachra tradition has its origins in east County Kerry and northwest County Cork - to quote from the liner notes of Cranitch and Daly's new CD, The Living Stream, "...[The music of this region] became a byword for sweetness, subtlety, and beguiling rhythm..." (Living Stream is available at CD Baby, also at Ossian)

I also attended the fiddle workshop with Mr. Cranitch prior to the concert. It was a delight and an honor to have had instruction from and to have been in such close proximity to a fiddler as fine as he.



Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith



Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith



Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith



Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith



Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith



Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith



Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith
Adding Tina Lech and George Keith.


Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith



Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith



Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly, Sliabh Luachra, Medford House Concert, George and Emily Keith



A slow air:




Saturday, April 9, 2011

Tonight in Medford - Matt Cranitch and Jackie Daly

This is the duo I'll be seeing in a house concert tonight (I will also be attending the fiddle workshop which I'm really looking forward to).



If you want to attend tonight's workshop/concert, contact George Keith: George@steampacket.net.

More concert info, here.