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BRIAN FINNEGAN & FRIENDS

Sat 24th Oct 2009

Return to Camden Town Festival presents
a triple bill, with
BRIAN FINNEGAN & FRIENDS
+ Lumière (Pauline Scanlon and Eilis Kennedy)
+ The Long Notes

Doors 8.00
£13 in advance or via cheque by calling 07871 088 1212
£10 concessions
£15 door

Brilliant Armagh flute and whistle player Brian Finnegan, co-founder of the legendary Flook, headlines this wonderful night of music, accompanied by friends Jarlath Henderson, Ian Stephenson and Jim Goodwin

'...a thrilling talent, marvellous technical dexterity, bold musical imagination and urgent tone combining in playing of breathtaking suppleness and delicacy' - Scotland on Sunday

Jarlath Henderson is a three time All-Ireland Champion' Uilleann Piper by the age of 19. In December 2003 he became the first Irish musician to win the prestigious BBC 'Young Folk Musician Of The Year', a major national award.

Lumière are Pauline Scanlon (Ex-Sharon Shannon Band) and Eilis Kennedy, plus guitarist. Pauline, from Dingle, in County Kerry, has been singing professionally for the last ten years. She was a member of the Sharon Shannon band for four years and was nominated for a meteor award for her debut album 'Red Colour Sun'. She has toured and played all over the world in places as varied as Glastonbury, Womad, The Sydney Opera House and The Electric Picnic. She recorded her second album 'Hush' in Nashville and Lumière's debut album will be released on Sony/BMG this summer.

Eilis Kennedy comes from West Kerry and has a repertoire of the most beautiful songs of that area and beyond. She has been singing all her life and her Wednesday night session in John Benny's pub is a cult favourite. She has two critically acclaimed albums, 'Time To Sail' and 'One Sweet Kiss'.

"Eilis is an exciting singer, who is clearly inspired by the texts she sings". David Kidman - Net Rhythms

"Scanlon's singing seeps into and ultimately unmasks the secrets of the soul." Irish Echo

The Long Notes are a traditional trio uniting accordionist Colette O'Leary, fiddler Jamie Smith and banjo and mandolin player Brian Kelly. Having met on North London's ever-vibrant folk scene, The Long Notes play a mix of Scottish, Irish, French, Galician, contemporary and original tunes, described by the Scotsman in a five-star review as "truly something else".

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