Explicatio, an exhibition of paintings (2003 -2009) by Samuel Walsh, will be opened by Judge Tom O’Donnell at The Hunt Museum on Friday January 15 at 7pm. Explicatio will continue until February 7, accessible daily on a 10am to 5pm basis Monday to Friday, and on Sunday afternoons from 2pm to 5pm. Admission is free.
Sessions @ The Locke Bar
Kiernan fronts Jazzypsy
SPEAKeasyJazz at Shannon Rowing Club are set to see in 2010 in style, inviting Jazzypsy to the floor with an eclectic mix of latin and swing, blues and jazz. Thursday January 14 from 9.30pm begins the new season of live performance and late music.
“Jazzypsy is a local outfit, fronted by Louise Kiernan..a charming songstress who regularly sings with the folks down at the Limerick Jazz Workshops,” says Andrew Curtain, PRO for SpeakeasyJazz. “With Louise on the night will be Bandi and Andreas Varady, bass and guitar respectively, a father-son duo whom you may have seen wowing the crowds in the marketplace with their beautiful, graceful and very groovy Jazz guitar riffs”.
Dermot and Mike Hinchy on drums and saxophone, versatile mainstays on the Limerick music circuit, complete the line up. Expect “touches of bossa nova, be bop, plenty of swing and certainly, lots of lovely oldies sung sweetly by the lovely Louise”.
Later, DJ Leon will take over and keep the dancefloor hopping to all kinds of radical swing and jazz tunes.
See SpeakeasyJazz Limerick/facebook.ie
Sessions @ The Locke
THE first SongWriter Sessions@The Locke Bar, will take place upstairs at this George’s Quay, venue at 9pm on Thursday January 21. All aspiring songwriters are invited to attend and play there songs in front of a live audience. All types of music and singers are welcome and a limited amount of instruments will be available for use on the night.
Such session nights will fall three times in the month, on the second, third and fourth Thursdays, nurturing talent and performance skills every time.
There will also be an opportunity for getting a YouTube video of your performance made free of charge and uploaded to website www.myspace.com/limericksongwriters or from http://limericksongwriters.blogspot.com. Performances will also be recorded and broadcast as a Podcast at a later date.
Hosts for the sessions are songwriters Brian Connolly, Chris Wood and Sean MacCleod. They hope to develop The Locke Bar & Oyster House as a hot spot for creative talent in Limerick.
“Plans are a foot to invite recording artists, producers, managers and publishers, anyone who may be looking for fresh new songs,” we’re told.
Free finger food and admission on each night.
