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O'Beirne & Shipley
Concert
Gerry O'Beirne & Rosie Shipley
03/10/05 - Please Note:
Since the concert is this evening, we are no longer pre-selling tickets online
for this event. Assuming that the show does not sell out, tickets will be
available at the door.
Unitarian Church
309 West Green
Urbana, IL
Thursday, March 10th, 2005
8PM Show Start
(Doors open at 7:30pm)
Born in County Clare, along Ireland's music-rich west coast,
Gerry O'Beirne
is a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist (6 and 12 string guitar, tiple, and ukulele)
and renowned singer/songwriter. Gerry's songs have been embraced by the
contemporary Irish folk community and have been recorded by such luminaries as
Maura O'Connell and Mary Black. Gerry has toured the globe with the Sharon
Shannon Band, Andy M. Stewart, Kevin Burke, Andy Irvine and the Waterboys. He
has performed at the White House, opened for the Grateful Dead, and played
electric guitar with Marianne Faithfull. His solo album, Half Moon Bay, features
almost entirely his own compositions. Half Moon Bay was citied as one of the 12
best releases of 1999 by Performing Songwriter magazine and was chosen as one of
Folkworld's Top Ten Albums of the year.
Rosie Shipley has been playing the fiddle since she was three years old. She
learned her first Irish tunes at age eight from master fiddler Brendan Mulvihill
in Baltimore, Maryland. As a teenager, Rosie attended the Gaelic College of
Celtic Arts and Crafts on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, where she became well
versed in Cape Breton-style fiddling. Rosie has appeared as a guest fiddler and
pianist with the Irish-American band Cherish the Ladies and has toured
internationally with Gerry O'Beirne. In December 2003, Rosie recorded a CD with
singer Lisa Moscatiello entitled "Well Kept Secrets". The CD has been receiving
rave reviews worldwide, including one from the long-standing folk magazine "Sing
Out!" which dubbed Well Kept Secrets "a masterpiece."
 
Location:
Unitarian Church
309 West Green
Urbana, IL
Show starts at 8pm
(Doors open at
7:30pm)
Show
Flier
This is another offering in the Piper's Hut Concert Series. The
Piper's Hut Concert Series aspires to bring the Champaign-Urbana area the best
in traditional Irish music, as well as traditional
music from the other Celtic regions.
For more information, visit
www.pipers-hut.com/concerts
Piper's Hut Concert Series
contact info:
email: pipers-h (at) pipers-hut.com
217-353-5166 (concert line)
03/10/05 - Please Note:
Since the concert is this evening, we are no longer pre-selling tickets online
for this event. Assuming that the show does not sell out, tickets will be
available at the door.
Note
about "Student" tickets:
The "Student" ticket price is also good for Faculty and Staff (and for
Students, Faculty and Staff from schools other than U of I).
Every individual using a "Student" ticket
will be required to present their School ID at the door.
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