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Manus McGuire and Emily Flack

October 27, 2017 @ 7:30 pm - 11:00 pm

£10

Doors open 7pm Show 8pm

Amazing Sligo fiddle music together with song/ dance from Ireland and Canada.

Manus McGuire from Sligo in the north west of Ireland comes from a strong musical family and from a region that is rich in the Irish fiddle music tradition having exported the likes of Michael Coleman and James Morrison to America in the early 1900’s.

He won various awards for fiddle music at national level before foraging a burgeoning international career performing with the groups, “Buttons and Bows”, “MovingCloud”and “Brock McGuire Band” each of which he co-founded. Twelve CD recordings followed, gaining various ” instrumental band of the year” awards and at a personal level Manus was awarded “male traditional musician of the year” in the U.S. by Irish American News magazine in Chicago.

Emily Flack from Dorchester, Ontario, likewise comes from a family steeped in the music tradition, this time the music of Cape Breton and Ontario. Her aunt is legendary fiddler Natalie Macmaster and her mother is Denise Leahy of the famed “Leahy” family from Lakefield, Ontario, who are a true powerhouse in the world of Canadian folk music. She is a champion step dancer, pianist and singer/ song writer at the highest level and currently is undertaking a BA in “Traditional Irish Song” at the university of Limerick, Ireland.  Emily has performed at festivals and venues across North America and has also been a guest artist with Leahy, Shane Cook and  Natalie MacMaster.  Nowadays she is concentrating on writing her own music and songs and is currently recording a new album as follow up to her EP ” Feels like Me”.

McGuire and Flack are undertaking a Canadian tour in August and return to Ireland in September for a series of concerts around the country. They will perform at the Shetland Accordion and Fiddle festival in early October.

Details

Date:
October 27, 2017
Time:
7:30 pm - 11:00 pm
Cost:
£10

Venue

Tyneside Irish Centre
41 Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4SG United Kingdom
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