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2250 Niagara Falls Blvd. --
Buffalo, NY 14150
--- (716) 743-9348 --
ShannonPub@aol.com
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www.ShannonPub.com
(Music starts at 8:30pm
Fri/Sat)
Joe Head every Wednesday at 6:30
Tom Callahan -- May 17
Blarney
Bunch -- May
18,19
North Sea Gas
in Concert!
In their 30th
Year! -- On Tour from Scotland -- In Concert
at the Shannon Pub May 24th -- $20 --
8pm
North Sea Gas:
Ronnie MacDonald, Grant Simpson and Dave
Gilfillan
Thirty years and
stronger than ever!! One of Scotland?s most popular
folk bands with great vocals and tremendous three
part harmonies. Guitars, Mandolin, Fiddle,
Bouzouki, Whistles, Bodhrans, Banjo and good humour
are all part of the entertainment. They have
received Gold and Silver disc awards from the
Scottish Music Industry Association and regularly
have sell out shows at the Edinburgh Festival
Fringe!!
They have
recorded 15 albums and are constantly adding new
material to their show, with the latest album "Tak
a dram afore ye go" proving yet again very popular
with fans all over the world. "The album is offered
in the spirit of enjoyment, and in that it succeeds
superbly" (on their recent live album "Edinburgh
Toon"). - Alasdair Maclean (The Scots
Magazine).
Their previous
album "Rosslyn" received wonderful reviews from
folk magazines, newspapers etc including Dirty
Linen (USA), the Scots Magazine, and The Living
Tradition. Their show, in the same way as their
albums, consist of traditional, contemporary and
self-penned material all put together in a style of
their own . This proves popular during their
regular tours of Scotland, America, Canada,
Germany, Austria, and many other destinations every
year also in TV and Radio appearances both sides of
the Atlantic including ?Late Night Saturday? and
"Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour" one of the biggest
radio shows in the USA.
In 2008, they
recorded for Chinese television with an estimated
audience of 800 million; A highlight of any bands
career! December 2009 saw the band playing in
Istanbul, Turkey, for the British Consulate St
Andrews Ball! and they have been invited back in
2010. Besides the bands regular tours abroad in the
last few years they have endeavoured to take their
show to the theatres, art centre's and community
halls around Scotland. Touring and seeing their
native land is something the band really enjoys. We
could say more but put simply "North Sea Gas" are a
highly entertaining Scottish folk band who have an
ever-growing fan base ranging through all age
groups thus giving the "Gas" show a wonderful
atmosphere.
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North
Sea Gas in Concert -- $20
-- 8pm -- May 24
Crikwater
-- May 25,26
Claire Mann with Aaron Jones
All the way from Scotland, this
outstanding duo met on the thriving Edinburgh folk
music scene back in 1997 and over the years they
have developed a unique and exciting musical
relationship which enthrals audiences with a
mixture of traditional and original Scottish and
Irish music and song. Their critically acclaimed
album ‘Secret Orders’ has become a
favourite amongst musicians and audiences alike.
Originally from Poole in
England, Aaron has lived and worked in Scotland for
nearly twenty-five twenty years. He spends much of
his year touring in the USA and throughout the UK
and Europe and has recorded on over sixty-five
traditional albums. He continues to work regularly
with some of the biggest names in 'folk' music both
as a performer and as a producer and in 2005 was
voted 'Instrumentalist of the Year' at the Scots
Trad Music Awards. Aaron is also the front man in
Scotland's 'Old Blind Dogs' who were voted Band of
the Year in 2004 and 2007 at the Scots Trad Music
Awards and won America's IAP 'Folk Album of the
Year' for their CD 'Four on the Floor'. Their last
release, on Nashville's Compass Records label
titled 'Wherever Yet May Be', was shortlisted for
the same award.
Claire has established herself
as one of the World's leading exponents of
traditional Irish flute and fiddle. As well as
numerous All-Ireland Championships on flute and tin
whistle, Claire is highly sought after as a
traditional music tutor and teaches at the Royal
Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow and
at Newcastle University. She released her debut
solo album ‘Claire Mann’ in 2001 to great
critical acclaim.
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Old
Blind Dogs Duo in Concert
-- $15 -- 8pm -- May 29
Gerry
Timlin -- June
1,2
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First
Thursday
Traditional Irish Music
Seisiun
featuring Paddy Ward
(flute), Mark Warford (bouzouki) and special guests
from the area Irish trad scene.
Thursday, June 7,
7:00pm
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The
Leftovers -- June
8,9
Stone
Row -- June 15
Kindred
-- June 16
Crikwater
-- June 22,23
Seamus
Kennedy -- June
29
Crikwater
-- July 20,21
NicGaviskey is the
trans-atlantic musical quartet of Sean Gavin on
flute; Bernadette Nic Gabhann on fiddle;
Caitlín Nic Gabhann on concertina;Sean
McComiskey on accordian.
The girls from Co. Meath met the
Detroit & Baltimore boys at the Catskills Irish
Arts week in upstate New York in the summer of
2009. Their coming together in a spontaneous early
morning session created a rhythm and feel to the
music that was infectious not only to themselves,
but to all those listening. These young musicians
forged a mighty connection in those early morning
hours, and what followed for two hours was four
musicians playing as one. Miss McGuinness, Cramers,
The Kinnegad Slashers, The Dances at Kinvara rolled
off their fingers with a collective familiarity
which surprised them all, and left them yearning
for more months after they had departed to their
homes far away.
Recording sessions in Baltimore
and Milltown Malbay in early 2010 led to this debut
CD - Home away from Home, which stands as evidence
of the kindred spirit that comes from the deepest
well of the tradition of Irish music and dance. The
girls are daughters of respected Mullahoran fiddle
player Antóin MacGabhann. Caitlín is
three times All-Ireland concertina champion, a
regular performer on Irish National Radio, and has
performed at festivals and in concert halls from
North America all the way to Asia. Also an
accomplished dancer, Caitlin has toured with many
Irish dance shows, including Riverdance. Bernadette
competed succesfully at Fleadhanna Cheoil through
the years, and has spent the past decade performing
and touring North America, Canada, Korea, Taiwan
and Japan with Michael Flatleys Lord of the Dance,
Gaelforce Dance and other solo ventures.
Sean Gavin’s style on the
flute reflects his lifelong immersion in, devotion
to, and love for traditional Irish music. This was
no doubt encouraged by his Clare born, fiddle
playing father, Mick Gavin. Sean McComiskey is
among the most innovative young performers on the
button accordion. Son of North Americas veteran
accordion player Billy McComiskey, Seans own unique
harmonic style has earned him a spot in the
pantheon of Irish accordionists far beyond his
native Baltimore.
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NicGaviskey
-- July 26
Bill Craig -- July 27,28
Crikwater -- August
10,11
Bill Craig -- August
17,18
Buffalo Irish
Festival at Canalside --
August 24-26
Bill Craig -- September
14,15
Jim
Malcolm in Concert
-- September 18
Jim Malcolm is the ultimate
Scots troubadour. Travelling the world with his
guitar, harmonicas, and engaging wit, he sings the
traditional songs of Scotland and his own
masterfully crafted songs in a style which is
modern and accessible, yet utterly authentic. He is
highly regarded as an interpreter of the songs of
Robert Burns, and has been described as “one
of the finest singers in Scotland in any
style”. Though he now works solo, Jim was lead
singer with the world-renowned and
multi-award-winning Old Blind Dogs for eight years,
a fantastic experience with some of Scotland’s
finest musicians, taking him to the most
prestigious festivals in North America and around
Europe.With family roots in Perthshire and
Strathclyde, Jim has been a professional musician
since graduating from Edinburgh University. His
first arena was the folk music scene in Scotland,
where he gigged in almost every town and isle from
Berwick to Benbecula and from Stranraer to Lerwick.
Working solo or in various bands and combos in far
flung pubs, hotels and clubs toughened him up or a
future life on the road.
Solo tours in England, Ireland,
Denmark and Germany followed, including musical
adventures in some off-the-charts places like
Uganda. The opportunity to join the already
established Celtic folk/rock band Old Blind Dogs
saw Jim further explore countries on the European
continent and North America, travelling as far as
Alaska and Hawaii. Over his eight years with the
band, Jim recorded three studio albums and a live
cd. Jim’s 2011 release Sparkling Flash sees a
band reunion ‘across the ether’, as
several Dogs members make a guest appearance. As a
solo performer with ten solo CDs to his credit, Jim
can mix it with anyone out there. As well as a
renowned singer, he is in the top handful of
simultaneous guitar and harmonica players in the
world. He plays mostly in the folk guitar tuning
dadgad in both fingerpicking and plectrum styles.
His concerts are always highly entertaining,
peppered with funny stories and observations, in
the great tradition of Scottish artists through the
ages.
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Crikwater -- September
21,22
Gerry Timlin -- October
19,20
Crikwater -- October
26,27
Harry O'Donoghue -- November
8,9,10
Crikwater -- November
23,24
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FULL
IRISH BREAKFAST
Available every Saturday
and Sunday from 11:30am to 4:00pm. Includes
imported rashers, bangers, black and white pudding;
scrambled eggs, grilled tomato, Potatoes O'Brien,
and traditional bread.... $13
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NOW ON TAP...
We clean our taps and lines
every two weeks, the beer is fresh (we pour a pantload of
pints), and our bartenders give a hoot! ... just three of
the many reasons Shannon Pub has the best pints anywhere ...
especially Guinness!
GUINNESS
STOUT
HARP
LAGER
SMITHWICK'S IRISH RED
ALE
KILKENNY
IRISH RED CREAM ALE
MURPHY'S IRISH
STOUT
BODDINGTON'S PUB
ALE
GREAT LAKES EDMUND
FITZGERALD PORTER
SAM ADAMS SUMMER
WHEAT
SHOCK TOP
BELGIAN WHITE
NEWCASTLE BROWN
ALE
LAKE PLACID UBU
ALE
GREAT LAKES DORTMUNDER
GOLD
LABATT
BLUE
LABATT BLUE
LIGHT
STELLA ARTOIS
LONG TRAIL IPA
Shannon Pub Bumper Stickers! Show your
pride in Buffalo's Irish community. Stop by the Pub
for a free sticker, or call us at 716-743-9348 and
we'll send you one.
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Next Stink & Drink: June 2, 2012
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