.: Cr�de - The Year in Review

2006 has been a very memorable year for Cr�de, with a number of highlights. The month of February saw the groups first festival appearence of the year at the annual Gathering festival in Killarney. Following sessions of music and drink all weekend, the group went into hiberbation (recovery) until the Fleadh by the Feale in Abbeyfeale on the May bank holiday weekend. Needless to say a great weekend was had by all. After a brief respite it was off to Dunmanway a couple of weeks later to play at the Cork Fleadh Ceol, Saturday the 20th of May, an unforgettable day for any Munster rugby fans. Once again the tunes (drinks) flowed until the early hours in celebration of our heroes...

Crede In between gigs in May Cr�de also recorded a number of demo tracks, with a view to recording an album in 2007.

It gave us great pleasure to perform at the Johnny O'Leary concert in the INEC in Killarney at the start of August, with some of the most recognised musicians in Irish music performing, most notably Liam O Flynn and Sean Keane. It was a really special night for everyone in attendence, and especially for all us "Sliabh Luachra" musicians, as we most definately would not be playing today but for the likes of Johnny O'Leary and his generation keeping trad music alive in the area.

August was a major break through for Cr�de who were invited to play at the 1st annual World Fleadh in Ballybunion. Despite being tired and somewhat emotional after a gruelling week of music, Cr�de rocked the town stage with renouned internalional acts K�la, T�ada and Liad�n. This festival was without doubt the highlight of the music calendar and Portlaoise in '07 is not to be missed for any fan of traditional music.

The final festival of the year was the Patrick O'Keeffe festival in Castleisland on the October bank holiday weekend where Cr�de were announced as the headline act for the concert (strange but true!!!). Finally our last gig of the year was in November in Portlaoise at the launch of The World Fleadh '07, a festival the promises to be even bigger and better than Ballybunion '06!! (shivers at the thought!!!!)

Cr�de look forward to the new year and hope 2007 brings as much ceol and more importantly craic as 2006. Already Cr�de have been confirmed for the Gathering Festival in Killarney in February, The Fleadh by the Feale in Abbeyfeale and the World Bodhran Festival in Miltown in Co. Kerry in June. Cr�de are also looking at possible tours to Holland and Denmark in the second half of '07.

Cr�de would also like to take this opportunity to thank West Limerick 102, and Jacqueline O'Connor in particular, for all the airplay and promo over 2006.



.: Cr�de in concert at the Patrick O'Keeffe festival

27th - 30st October 2006

TRADITIONAL Irish music fans from across the county are getting in tune for the annual Patrick O�Keeffe festival which will take place in Castleisland at the weekend. The event is expected to attract hundreds of trad enthusiasts from throughout the country.

This year the committee celebrates its fourteenth successful festival, which has grown in popularity and prestige since it was first held in 1993.

WorldFleadh The festival was founded by RT� broadcaster Peter Browne to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the death of the Glounthane fiddle master. As usual a veritable swarm of musicians will descend on the town adding their names to the already enviable line-up of musicians who regularly take part in the event.

Castleisland takes over as the capital of traditional music for the duration of the festival, as it plays host to music workshops, concerts, pub sessions with some of the finest musicians the country has to offer,� said committee member John Reidy. One of the main highlights of this year�s festival will be a day-long fiddle workshop with some of the most respected Sliabh Luachra exponents of the fiddle, including Emma O�Leary, Paddy Jones, Gerry Harrington and Denis McMahon.

Program for the Patrick O Keeffe festival 2006

Friday:
8pm - Official opening with Radio Kerry�s Kingdom C�il� presented by M�ire Begley O�Shea and Mary Conroy Knipper live from the River Island Hotel - all welcome.
10pm - Pub Trail begins with organised and impromptu sessions with Ireland�s Top traditional musicians in participating pubs throughout the town. Artists include:

Jackie Daly, Donal O'Connor & Paul de Grae, Derek Hickey, Danny O'Mahony, Macdara O'Reilly, Phelim O'Reilly, Jimmy Doyle, Joe O'Sullivan & Paudie Gleeson, Paudie O'Connor, Aoife O'Keeffe & Joe O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Peter Browne & Eoin O'Sullivan, Nicky & Anne McAuliffe & Donal O'Connor, John Brosnan, Tim Kerins & Padraig Buckley, Edel Fox, Niamh Dunne and Stephen McCrum, Emma O'Leary, Eilish Murphy, Sean Leahy, Jonathan Roche, Padraig King, Patrick Fleming, Sean Murphy & Garry O'Brien Geraldine O'Callaghan, Matt Bassford & Gearoid Dineen Brian & Bernie MacAodha, Henry Keogh, Timmy Carmody Dessie O'Halloran, Francis O'Halloran, Jackie, Joe and Jerry O'Connor Diarmuid O'Brien, Richard Lucey & Darren Hurley Jack & Celia Regan & Niall O'Connor Denis & Maureen McMahon & Pat Flaherty Dan Herlihy, Denis O'Connor & Con Moynihan Mairead Corridan, Evelyn Healy, Gearoid & Roisin Keating

Saturday:
2pm - Pub trail continues.
11am - Fiddle workshops in St. Patrick�s College, College Road for all levels with Emma O�Leary, Paddy Jones, Gerry Harrington and Nicky McAuliffe.
2pm - Fiddle workshops continue.
3pm - Singing workshop in Kearney�s Bar With Dessie O� Halloran, Andrew Murray, Niamh Parson, Tim Dennehy & Friends.
8pm - GRAND CONCERT in the River Island Hotel with Sliabh Notes Matt Cranitch, Donal Murphy, Niamh Parsons and band, Jackie Daily & Paul de Grae, CR�DE, Nuada - Padraig King & friends, Peter Horan, Gerry Harrington ,Peter Browne & Eoin O� Sullivan, Paudie O� Connor & Aoife O�Keeffe, The Four Star Trio, Dan Herlihy, Paddy Jones & Tim Kiely, Dessie O�Halloran & Francis O� Halloran, Andrew Murray & Friends Edel Fox and friends .
Presentation to Dan O� Connell of the Patrick O�Keeffe Traditional Music Festival award for dedication to Sliabh Luachra Tradition and Culture by Peter Browne
10pm - Pub trail continues until late.

Sunday:
1pm - Pub trail restarts
3pm - POETRY EXTRAVAGANZA in The Crown with Gabriel Fitzmaurice, guests, and friends.
10pm - Pub trail continues .

Monday:
1pm - pub trail restarts all day till late
3pm - At The Crown Hotel: Discussion from Shakespeare to O�Keeffe milestones in Irish music. With recordings and live music with Nicky McAuliffe & Donal O�Connor.
3pm- Set dancing to Johnny Reidy Band at Riocht clubhouse

For more info see http://www.patrickokeeffe.com



.: Cr�de to play at The World Fleadh

Cr�de are delighted to announce that they are to play at the 1st annual World Fleadh which is being held from the 14th to the 20th of August in Ballybunion, Co. Kerry. Cr�de are set to take to the stage on Friday the 18th at 11pm as part of what promises to be a great nights entertainment, which also includes internationally renouned super group 'Beoga' and 'The Peatbog Faeries'.

http://www.theworldfleadh.com/performers/crede.htm

"This is a great opportunity for us to showcase Cr�de at such a high profile event", says accordionist Jonathan Roche. "Its not every day that a relatively unknown band like ourselves gets the opportunity to perform on the same stage as well known groups like Beoga and The Peatbog Faeries and we are highly greatful to the organisers of The World Fleadh for this chance."

A full listing for the concerts during The World Fleadh is available at:

http://www.theworldfleadh.com/programme.html



.: Cr�de Release New Album!!!

Cr�de are pleased to announce the release of their debut self titled 9 track album. Staying true to their Sliabh Luacra/West Limerick heritage, the recording contains two selections of slides and two selections of polkas, complemented well with selections of jigs and reels. Varying from lively all-inclusive group selections to relaxed solo melodies, this CD caters for young and old.

Along with a number of older well established classic, a number of the tunes on this album are newly composed tunes from the likes of Charlie Lennon, Liz Doherty, Peadar O Riada and Holly Geraghty. A highlight of the CD is two compositions, the high and low roads to glin, by Martin Mulvihill from Glin in Co. Limerick.

A number of the tracks are available for download free of charge below.

For further info contact [email protected]


Track Listing

1. The High Road to Glin, The Low Road to Glin, The Dark Haired Lass (Reels)
2. Sliabh Luacra Slides (Slides)
3. John Brosnans, Jackie Daly's, O'Sullivan's (Polkas)
4. Paddy Kelly's Reel, Gan Ainm, The Faulty Towers (Reels)
5. Charlie Lennons, Peadar O Riadas, Headwood Crossing (Jigs)
6. Maurice o Keeffe's, Murphys, An Grian�n (Polkas)
7. Where's the Cat, The Lisheen, Gan Ainm (Slides)
8. Joe McMahon's Jig, Cloonraithne, Gort Na Mona (Jigs)
9. Ballinasloe Fair, Liz Doherty's, The Gratsby (Reels)


Emma O'Leary - Fiddle
Eilis Murphy - Flute
Jonathan Roche - Accordion
Sean Leahy - Guitar, Bodhran, Cajun Drum


.: 27th April - 1st May 2006

The 12th Annual Guinness Fleadh by the Feale takes place between 27th of April to the 1st May 2006 in the town of Abbeyfeale.

The Fleadh by the Feale is one of the most successful traditional festivals in the south west region, attracting traditional music lovers from all over Ireland and further afield.

Crede in Abbeyfeale The primary focus of the weekend is traditional music, song and dance. The festival is built around the master workshops and competitions and the richness of the traditional talent in the area. These workshops are designed to improve the technique and skill of the musicians and give participants an insight into different styles of music from different parts of the country. Outdoor activities include street busking, Traditional entertainment and the all-Ireland bone playing competition.

The pub trail is an important part of the weekend attracting the cream of traditional musicians who delight and entertain their audiences. The highlight of the festival has to be the Sunday traditional concert. In the early years the tutors and a host of local musicians gathered for the concert.

In recent years international performing groups such as: Dervish 1997, Altan 1998, four men and a dog 1999, At the Racket plus Jackie Daly, Maura O' Keeffe, Paul De Grace, Tony O' Connell, Diarmuid O' Brien and Kevin Murphy 2000 and Dervish, Planxty O' Rourke in 2001and Danu in 2002 have graced the stage. Other related evens include, a children's art competition and exhibition along with lectures with a local history and cultural theme.

Program for the Fleadh by the Feale festival 2006

Thursday:
7.30pm - Presentation of Art Poster Prizes and Exhibition. Venue - Abbeyfeale Library
9pm - "Gathering Session" of Music, Song & Dance with Planxty O' Rourke Group. Venue - The Winners Circle

Friday:
8pm - Traditional Street Busking Competition for Beginners, Juniors, Intermediate & Senior Groups
10pm - Pub Trail begins throughout many of the pubs in the town


Saturday:
1.30pm - Traditional "Master Workshop Classes " in Convent National School
8.30pm - Traditional Entertainment in Square - C.C.E. Teampall an Ghleantain
9.30pm - Traditional Entertainment in Square - Cr�de - Emma O Leary, Eilis Murphy, Jonathan Roche & Sean Leahy.
10pm - Pub Trail continues

Sunday:
3pm - "Set Ceili" in the G.A.A. Club
3pm - Traditional Storytelling with Dan Keane & Friends - Convent Secondary School
4pm - Junior Bone Playing Competition, & Trad Music in Square - Killeedy C.C.E.
8pm - "Traditional Celebrity Concert" featuring Trad International Group "4 Men & A Dog"
10pm - Pub Trail continues

Monday:
7.30pm - Open Air Entertainment with Scoil Mh�thair D� followed by Tournafulla Comhaltas
8pm - "All-Ireland Bone Playing Competition" on Open Air Platform in Square
10pm - Open Sessions throughout the town

For more info see http://www.fleadhbythefeale.com

.: 15th - 19th February 2006

TRAD lovers� toes will be tapping in Killarney as The Gathering music festival takes place.

The seventh such event to be organised, its programme unfolds in the Gleneagle Hotel and the INEC from Wednesday, February 15, until Sunday, February 19.

France As always, over the five days, throngs of trad enthusiasts from all over the world are expected to descend on Killarney for what is sure to be a weekend of revelries with the tradition�s finest musicians, dancers and singers. Headlining the festival are Sharon Shannon, Altan and Teada who will take to the stage over the weekend for three exciting live performances.

The Gathering Traditional Music Festival has fast established itself as the best traditional festival in Ireland. The first event took place in 2000 and since then the festival has gone from strength to strength. The line-up for this year�s festival includes five days of concerts, ceilis, sessions, set-dance and instrument workshops, guided walks, a tour of Sliabh Luachra and a schools outreach programme. The line-up also features:

Josephine Marsh, Mick Kinsella, Jackie Daly, Seamus Creagh, Paul De Grae, Seamus Begley, Jim Murray, Maeve Donolly, Peadar O�Loughlin, John Brosnan, Tim Kerrins, Paddy Cronin, Maurice Moriarty, Nicky and Anne McAuliffe, Jimmy Doyle, Paudie Gleeson, Joe Sullivan, Sean Murphy, Tim O�Shea, Johnny Cronin, Paddy Jones, Michael, Louise and Michelle Mulcahy, Emma O Leary, Eilis Murphy, Jonathan Roche, Sean Leahy, Frances O�Connor, Connie O�Connell, Aine O�Connell.

Ceilis with Pat Walsh and Michael Sexton, The Johnny Reidy Ceili Band, The Allow Ceili Band and Heather Breeze are expected to draw dance enthusiasts from across the globe. Set dance workshops will be hosted by Mick Mulkerrin and Mairead Casey and Timmy �The Brit� McCarthy. Instrument masterclasses will also be taking place on Saturday, February 18, for accordion, fiddle, concertina and tinwhistle players, while there will be a singers concert with Meattai Joe Sheamuis O�Faharta and Jim Walsh.

A new element of the 2006 programme is the series of guided walks around the Killarney National Park, on Saturday, February 18, and Sunday, February 19. The schools outreach programme will see pupils at local primary schools introduced to the world of traditional music and dance.

Tickets are available from INEC Box Office on 064-71555.

For more info see: http://www.thegatheringonline.ie

.: 28th - 31st October 2005

TRADITIONAL Irish music fans from across the county are getting in tune for the annual Patrick O�Keeffe festival which will take place in Castleisland at the weekend. The event is expected to attract hundreds of trad enthusiasts from throughout the country.

Lucky for some, this year the committee celebrates its thirteenth successful festival, which has grown in popularity and prestige since it was first held in 1993.

WorldFleadh The festival was founded by RT� broadcaster Peter Browne to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the death of the Glounthane fiddle master. As usual a veritable swarm of musicians will descend on the town adding their names to the already enviable line-up of musicians who regularly take part in the event.

Castleisland takes over as the capital of traditional music for the duration of the festival, as it plays host to music workshops, concerts, pub sessions with some of the finest musicians the country has to offer,� said committee member John Reidy. One of the main highlights of this year�s festival will be a day-long fiddle workshop with some of the most respected Sliabh Luachra exponents of the fiddle, including Emma O�Leary, Paddy Jones, Gerry Harrington and Denis McMahon.

Program for the Patrick O Keeffe festival 2005

Friday:
8pm - Official opening with Radio Kerry�s Kingdom C�il� presented by M�ire Begley O�Shea and Mary Conroy Knipper live from the River Island Hotel - all welcome.
10pm - Pub Trail begins with organised and impromptu sessions with Ireland�s Top traditional musicians in participating pubs throughout the town. Artists include:

Jackie Daly, Donal O'Connor & Paul de Grae, Derek Hickey, Danny O'Mahony, Macdara O'Reilly, Phelim O'Reilly, Jimmy Doyle, Joe O'Sullivan & Paudie Gleeson, Paudie O'Connor, Aoife O'Keeffe & Joe O'Sullivan, Gerry Harrington, Peter Browne & Eoin O'Sullivan, Nicky & Anne McAuliffe & Donal O'Connor, John Brosnan, Tim Kerins & Padraig Buckley, Edel Fox, Niamh Dunne and Stephen McCrum, Emma O'Leary, Eilish Murphy, Sean Leahy, Jonathan Roche, Padraig King, Patrick Fleming, Sean Murphy & Garry O'Brien Geraldine O'Callaghan, Matt Bassford & Gearoid Dineen Brian & Bernie MacAodha, Henry Keogh, Timmy Carmody Dessie O'Halloran, Francis O'Halloran, Jackie, Joe and Jerry O'Connor Diarmuid O'Brien, Richard Lucey & Darren Hurley Jack & Celia Regan & Niall O'Connor Denis & Maureen McMahon & Pat Flaherty Dan Herlihy, Denis O'Connor & Con Moynihan Mairead Corridan, Evelyn Healy, Gearoid & Roisin Keating

Saturday:
2pm - Pub trail continues.
11am - Fiddle workshops in St. Patrick�s College, College Road for all levels with Emma O�Leary, Paddy Jones, Gerry Harrington and Nicky McAuliffe.
2pm - Fiddle workshops continue.
3pm - Singing workshop in Kearney�s Bar With Dessie O� Halloran, Andrew Murray, Niamh Parson, Tim Dennehy & Friends.
8pm - GRAND CONCERT in the River Island Hotel with Sliabh Notes Mat Cranitch, Donal Murphy Niamh Parsons and band Jackie Daily & Paul de Grae. Nuada- Padraig King & friends Peter Horan, Gerry Harrington ,Peter Browne & Eoin O� Sullivan Paudie O� Connor & Aoife O�Keeffe, The Four Star Trio. Dan Herlihy, Paddy Jones & Tim Kiely, Dessie O�Halloran & Francis O� Halloran, Andrew Murray & Friends Edel Fox and friends .
Presentation to Dan O� Connell of the Patrick O�Keeffe Traditional Music Festival award for dedication to Sliabh Luachra Tradition and Culture by Peter Browne
10pm - Pub trail continues until late.

Sunday:
1pm - Pub trail restarts
3pm - POETRY EXTRAVAGANZA in The Crown with Gabriel Fitzmaurice, guests, and friends.
10pm - Pub trail continues .

Monday:
1pm - pub trail restarts all day till late
3pm - At The Crown Hotel: Discussion from Shakespeare to O�Keeffe milestones in Irish music. With recordings and live music with Nicky McAuliffe & Donal O�Connor.
3pm- Set dancing to Johnny Reidy Band at Riocht clubhouse

For more info see http://www.patrickokeeffe.com

.: 23rd - 25th June 2006

Con Curtin Music Festival - This Mid-Summer Festival was established in 2001 to celebrate a very unusual �Sliabh Luachra� blossom of music , with a unique tempo and rhythm. Con Curtin is a master exponent of this Sliabh Luachra style.

�[Brosna] is known as the birthplace of traditional Irish music, and the village of Brosna certainly lived up to its reputation when it hosted the Con Curtin Traditional Festival.� - June 21, 2001 The Kerryman.

Con Curtin THE BALLOON IN BROSNA - RTE Radio 1
Broadcast 27th July 2005.

A documentary about the fiddle player and self-proclaimed living legend Con Curtin. Con was born in Brosna, Co Kerry in 1925. Every year the village holds a festival in his honour. Con's life story has a Rabelaisian quality to it. Apprenticed as a blacksmith - a trade with no future he points out - he left for the promise of London at an early age. There he worked as a ganger for Murphy for ten years, tunnelling beneath the streets of the city, before becoming a publican.

His fourteen year tenancy of The Balloon in Chelsea passed into London folklore. The Balloon was renowned as a place that rarely closed for business - pushed by a policeman on one occasion Curtin defined his opening hours as from January until December. He played music on the Topic album, Paddy in the Smoke, recorded in London in the 1960s and regarded by many as the finest live recording of traditional music ever made.

Musically Curtin is defined by Sliabh Luchra and by his time in London. Brosna is - for him - the place that music comes from and his life has been defined by that music and the people he met through it. Con Curtin is one of the last of his kind: a natural storyteller.

Producers: Peter Woods and Liam O'Brien

http://www.rte.ie/radio1/story/1056294.html

Interview with Ron Kavana

Ron Kavana recollected an event that typified the autonomus spirit of Sliabh Luachra music.

"I was down at the Brosna Feis a couple of years ago and there was a whole gang of us gathered in Con Curtin's pub Ti Na bhFilledoiri in Brosna there was a great gang of young trad players and trad-influenced players and we all gathered at the bar because there was a session already going on when we got there. The session that was going on was just all slides and polkas. There wasn't a single reel or jig or hornpipe played and most of the tunes weren't familiar to us, I was really amused to see all these faces around me very well known tradmusicians all gobsmacked by the fact that this session could be going on for hours without any of the standard reels or jigs being played. That night epitomised for me what that scene is all about. It was like the rest of the country went one way and the area of North Cork, Kerry and West Limerick went the other."

http://mag.irish-music.net/AceRcrds/AceRcrds.htm

Program for the Con Curtin Music Festival 2006

Friday 23rd

8pm - Concert with Donie Nolan & Taylor Cross
10pm - Pub Trail begins in various pubs throughout the village

Saturday 23rd

10pm - Pub Trail continues

Sunday 25th

4pm - Ceili with thee Abbey Ceili Band
10pm - Pub Trail continues

Pub Trail Musicians

Danny O'Mahoney, Donal Murphy, Derrick Hickey, Seamus Begley & Friends, Tony O'Connell, Leonard Barry, Cyril O'Donoghue, Siobhan Peoples, Shane Mulivey, John McNulty, Gerry Harrington, Marcus Moloney, Michelle Sheridan, Darren Hurley, Nicky & Ann McAuliffe, Jack Regan, Patrick 0 Connor, Nuala Hehir, Liz Gaughan, Mark Sheehan, Pat Nolan, Jonathan Roche, Eilish Murphy, Sean Leahy, Geraldine O'Callaghan, Eamon Riordan, Brian Mooney, D.J. Curtin, Denis Curtin, Thomas Fitzgerald, Greta Curtin, Ann Marie Fitzgerald, Catherine Curtin, Mairead Corridan, Evelyn Healy, Gearoid Keating, Roisin Keating, Padraic O'Reilly, Liam Ryan, Niamh O'Dea, Stephen Madden, Alan Egan, Michael Collins, Emer Mooney, Aisling Mooney, John Carroll, Niall O'Connor, Henry Keogh, Brian Mac Aodha, Bernie Mac Aodha, Mike O'Connor, Ann O'Halloran, Eileen Lane, Padraig King, Michael King, Jeremy Spencer & Stephen Markham

For more info see http://concurtinmusicfestival.com/

.: 4th January 2004

Appearence on traditional irish music program "Geantra�" on TG4.

Extract from "The Kingdom" newspaper:

Geantrai

Emma O�Leary, All-Ireland champion musician and music teacher from Mount, Scartaglin, was one of a number of musicians featured on TG4s Geantrai programme recently.

Emma was playing the fiddle with the Cr�de group of which she is a member and they played some very lively Kerry slides on this particular programme. The other members of C�ada are Eilish Murphy (Abbeyfeale), Jonathan Roche (Brosna) and Leonard Casey (Rathmore).

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