John Spillane » News http://www.johnspillane.com Tue, 07 May 2013 10:32:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 June Weekend – Newbridge, Co Kildare http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/05/june-weekend-newbridge-co-kildare/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/05/june-weekend-newbridge-co-kildare/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 10:32:34 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2475 Looking forward to playing at The June Fest 2013

More Info – CLICK HERE

]]> http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/05/june-weekend-newbridge-co-kildare/feed/ 0 Friday 19th April -Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich – Belfast http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/04/friday-19th-april-culturlann-mcadam-o-fiaich-belfast/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/04/friday-19th-april-culturlann-mcadam-o-fiaich-belfast/#comments Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:10:03 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2425
A screening of the short documentary on John Spillane ‘One Night in December’ and a concert with John himself!

Cultúrlann McAdam Ó Fiaich, 216 Falls Road,
The Gaeltacht Quarter, Belfast, BT12 6AH

Tel: (028) 9096 4180
MORE Info – CLICK HERE

]]> http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/04/friday-19th-april-culturlann-mcadam-o-fiaich-belfast/feed/ 0 Tomorrow Tuesday 26th March – Cunningham’s Bar, Kildare Town http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/03/tomorrow-tuesday-26th-march-cunninghams-bar-kildare-town/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/03/tomorrow-tuesday-26th-march-cunninghams-bar-kildare-town/#comments Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:33:57 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2421 Looking forward to launching Cunningham’s Bar as a venue tomorrow –
“John Spillane to kick off Cunninghams venue
John Spillane plays ‘Upstairs At Cunningham’s’ in Cunningham’s Bar on the Main Street, Kildare Town on Tuesday, March 26, writes Roy Thompson of the Ballymore Acoustic Gigs. Doors 8pm. Gig 8.30pm sharp. Admission is €15 on the door. Enquiries to 086 3270780

This marks the beginning of an exciting new collaboration between BAG and Cunningham’s, to bring quality musicians and singer/songwriters, from home and overseas, to this super venue.”

]]> http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/03/tomorrow-tuesday-26th-march-cunninghams-bar-kildare-town/feed/ 0 Sorry to say http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/03/sorry-to-say/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/03/sorry-to-say/#comments Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:14:39 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2415 The gig scheduled for tonight Wednesday 6th March in The Talbot Hotel, Belmullet, Co Mayo has been rescheduled to Tuesday March 12th due to unforeseen circumstances – for more information please call +353 97 81079.

]]> http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/03/sorry-to-say/feed/ 0 Check out Larry Kirwan’s Celtic Invasion http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/02/check-out-larry-kirwans-celtic-invasion/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/02/check-out-larry-kirwans-celtic-invasion/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:04:13 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2405 Larry Kirwan’s Celtic Invasion features a dozen of the most popular (and most requested) rock tracks from his New York radio show.
More Info
Review of album by Liz Noonan – Irish Echo
CeltInvIrishEchoReview[1]

]]> http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/02/check-out-larry-kirwans-celtic-invasion/feed/ 0 Benefit for Henry McCullough – Vicar St, Sunday 3rd March @ 7.30pm http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/02/benefit-for-henry-mccullough-vicar-st-sunday-3rd-march-7-30pm/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/02/benefit-for-henry-mccullough-vicar-st-sunday-3rd-march-7-30pm/#comments Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:11:34 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2399

CHRISTY MOORE / DECLAN SINNOTT,SWEENEY’S MEN,MICK FLANNERY,THE FLEADH COWBOYS,JOHN SPILLANE

HONOR HEFFERNAN
JOHNNY DUHAN
ALAN MURPHY (Scotland)
ED DEANE BAND
VICTOR McCULLOUGH

JIMMY SMITH
KEVIN DOHERTY BAND
PHILIP DONNELLY
SARA PETITE (USA)
JIMMY SMITH
SIOBHAN O BRIEN

B.P FALLON & RONAN COLLINS

TICKETS

]]> http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/02/benefit-for-henry-mccullough-vicar-st-sunday-3rd-march-7-30pm/feed/ 0 Nashville Songwriters Festival this Friday and Saturday 22nd and 23rd Feb http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/02/nashville-songwriters-festival-this-friday-and-saturday-22nd-and-23rd-feb/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/02/nashville-songwriters-festival-this-friday-and-saturday-22nd-and-23rd-feb/#comments Wed, 20 Feb 2013 12:32:34 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2395 Friday 22nd ‘Story Into Song’– John Spillane
Venetian Room at Conference Centre, Holiday Inn Belfast (Ormeau Ave)
7pm – 8pm
Saturday 23rd
John Spillane in Concert
Black Box, Concert Room, 18-22 Hill Street, Belfast
Door 18.00 – Show 19.00
Lots more information regarding the festival CLICK HERE

]]> http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/02/nashville-songwriters-festival-this-friday-and-saturday-22nd-and-23rd-feb/feed/ 0 MICHAEL MARRA http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/01/michael-marra/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/01/michael-marra/#comments Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:48:59 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2388 I’m delighted to have been asked to play at the special MICHAEL MARRA
Tribute Concert in GLASGOW on this coming Monday night the 28th of
January 2013, as part of the great CELTIC CONNECTIONS festival.

Michael Marra died recently and he will be a great loss. A highly
distinctive and imaginative songwriter from Dundee, he has brought me
a lot of pleasure with his songs and he cracked many a smile on this
old face.

You have to check out his “FRIDA KAHLO’S VISIT TO THE TAYBRIDGE BAR”
on Youtube, or “HERMLESS”, or maybe “IF DUNDEE WAS AFRICA”.

We were perceived as being kind of similar in our writing, kind of
anyway like, and we were put together for a big DOUBLE BILL SPECIAL
SENSATION night at the LEMON TREE in Aberdeen some years back.

It was a brilliant night. I so much enjoyed those few hours we spent
together. He knew all about Cork and was a great fan of Frank O’
Connor. We talked of cabbages and kings and many other kinds of things.

Some of the other artists paying tribute to Michael will be Eddie
Reader, Kris Drever, Dougie MacLean, The Mackenzie Sisters, Rab
Noakes, Rod Patterson.

Sincerest sympathies to his wife Peggy and all the family,

John.

Below is a link to a lovely letter I received from Peggy Marra
peggy marra letter

]]> http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/01/michael-marra/feed/ 0 A Stór Mo Chroí- A Musical Gathering, Christ Church Cathedral 22nd Jan http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/01/a-stor-mo-chroi-a-musical-gathering-christ-church-cathedral-22nd-jan/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/01/a-stor-mo-chroi-a-musical-gathering-christ-church-cathedral-22nd-jan/#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:26:39 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2381 For more information CLICK HERE

]]> http://www.johnspillane.com/2013/01/a-stor-mo-chroi-a-musical-gathering-christ-church-cathedral-22nd-jan/feed/ 0 Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2013 http://www.johnspillane.com/2012/12/wishing-everyone-a-happy-and-healthy-2013/ http://www.johnspillane.com/2012/12/wishing-everyone-a-happy-and-healthy-2013/#comments Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:10:39 +0000 lorcan http://www.johnspillane.com/?p=2378 http://www.johnspillane.com/2012/12/wishing-everyone-a-happy-and-healthy-2013/feed/ 0