Help: Irish music/Ithica NY

Subject: Irish music/Ithica NY
From: Old Ark-ey
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 06:56 PM

I have a daughter at Wells who is looking for Irish music sessions in the greater Ithica NY area. So what's happening out & about Cornell U. ?

Subject: RE: Help: Irish music/Ithica NY
From: MMario
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 08:32 PM

hmmmm - between Ithica College and Cornell you would think there would be something. Burke? Any ideas?

Subject: RE: Help: Irish music/Ithica NY
From: Burke
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 09:03 PM

If it was dancing in Ithaca you wanted I'd have a good source. I'm a bit far to keep up on all Ithaca stuff, but the town has a good entertainment sheet (Folk Stuff?) that should tell all. How far is Wells from Syracuse? I don't know if still goes on but an announcment from about a year ago lists an Irish music jam session going on, on two Sundays a month in downtown Syracuse' s Armory Square. It's held the first and third Sunday of the month in the Limerick Pub on Walton St., and it usually gets going around 4:30 or 5 pm, running for about three hours.

Subject: RE: Help: Irish music/Ithica NY
From: Burke
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 09:13 PM

Just remembered, I do know someone in Ithaca that does Irish music. As soon as I remember his name, it's just on the tip of my tongue, I'll do a PM with the info.

Argh!!! I even know where his father goes to church but the name escapes me. I know as soon as I log off I will remember it.

Subject: RE: Help: Irish music/Ithica NY
From: GUEST,penguin
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 09:31 PM

ithica's about an hour and a half away from syracuse. i'm not too shure about irish music opportunitys in that area, but i'm sure that htere will be some b/c upstate ny is very irish. ubi-there were even gaelic speaking communities in upstate ny in the 1900's

Subject: RE: Help: Irish music/Ithica NY
From: Burke
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 09:32 PM

Click here This is an old list of Irish sessions, but I think the contact for Ithaca sessions is the person I was thinking of.

Subject: RE: Help: Irish music/Ithica NY
From: wysiwyg
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 11:31 PM

Also contact Ithaca Guitar Works, and ask your question. They seem to know what's up there in Ithaca. We wanna know too, so post it! They have a website, I don't have URL here at home, but you can find it!

We are an hour and a half to two hours south of Ithaca. Dammit, let's gather.

~S~

Subject: RE: Help: Irish music/Ithica NY
From: DonMeixner
Date: 23 Oct 00 - 11:55 PM

Try the Cornell Folksong club by contacting Phill Shapiro at WVBR in Ithaca. Phill runs a radio show called The Commons every sunday nite from ,I think, Annabelle Taylor Hall. Been doing live folk on that show for at least 25 years, John Roberts and Tony Barrand got their beginnings in Ithaca and on Phill's show.

I have played the sessions at The Limerick many times and I find them to be great fun and very irritating at the same time. Thi is an istrrumental bunch and as soon as someone starts to sing, the musicians can't find the toilets quick enough.

"Yes ma'am I've heard real Irish music, and its all instrumental"

Don

Subject: RE: Help: Irish music/Ithica NY
From: Burke
Date: 24 Oct 00 - 08:32 PM

I finally found a link for Folkstuff. No calendar, but lots of contact information.