Blackbirds, Ballads and Blues

A little piece of Kerry across the waves with

Clare Horgan Traditional Irish Songs with a Twist

Ballads from the Bog to the Bayou

www.clarehorgan.com

clarniargain@icloud.com +353 87 9574855

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Why this music is important to me?

During a trip to New York a number of years ago, I was invited to sing a song or two as a guest at some community based occasions, but on one cold Sunday afternoon in October, in an Irish Club in Queens, I was overwhelmed by the reaction of the audience. I had chosen two Cahersiveen songs to sing, one funny song in English and one sad song in Irish. While I could feel the warm reaction of the audience, I was unprepared for the dozens of telephone calls that followed that evening, with invitations to meet with leading figures in Irish Music and Irish America: such as Bill Whelan of Riverdance; Barbara Jones, the Consul General of the Irish Embassy in NY; the Booker Prize Winner Colm McCann and the Head of Irish Studies in NYU, Mick Moloney, who is a giant in the Irish Traditional Music world and no stranger to the songs of my native county of Kerry, having recorded many South Kerry songs with Paul Brady and The Johnstons in the 80s. One such song has the refrain, “When Kells Station was taken by the Boys of Foilmore”.

Why these songs are important for Audiences in the USASean-Nós songs are by definition, pieces of ancient Irish music passed on through the ages from parent to child. Their melodies, stories and words often preceded literacy musical or otherwise. And yet they have survived and their value lies in their beauty of tone, timbre, rhythm, melody and implied harmony as well as inimitable ornamentation and the stories which serve as a time-capsule into a life that is disappearing quickly. The nostalgic themes of Love of Place, Romantic love, Political upheaval and Celebrations of Sporting events from Hunting and Rowing to Fishing and Football games, from Poaching to Dancing, from making music to making Potato Cakes, these form the fabric of Irish rural life then and to a lesser extent, now. Emigration has brought millions of Irish people to far-flung countries and especially to the USA. Whether it is a 93-year-old man at a Christmas lunch in the Irish centre in Long Island City or his grand-daughter sitting beside him, the power that these songs have

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to reach the Irish diaspora, their families and friends in the US is enormous. I have at first hand, experienced the joy and surprise on the faces of Irish people exiled abroad when they hear a song they thought was long since forgotten and their past is suddenly and respectfully acknowledged in a sean-nós song sung well. As any good art form, Traditional Irish Singing performed well has the power to reach and resonate emotionally with audiences. Because this music has a high value in terms of its beauty and complexity, this power extends beyond the Irish diaspora to American audiences, even those with no previous connections to Ireland.

Why these songs are important for IveraghWhen I moved home in 2006, from 12 years abroad in the UK, France and the Middle East, I was shocked at the realisation that although only in my 30s, I was now the oldest sean-nós singer living in the area, as the last of the great traditional singers of Iveragh had passed away a month earlier. While I have, in the intervening ten years, worked along with others to help keep these songs alive, I now know for certain, that at this point, these hauntingly beautiful melodies and important stories will perish, unless they are given a more serious airing by competent impressive singers, both at home and in the larger commercial centres abroad. After years abroad, coming home to live in an isolated rural area, it came as a stark realisation of how we are, too often, completely forgotten by the urban centres. I see that we must work together to waste no time in throwing the nets wider, in order to share the joy and beauty of our musical heritage. A tour of the US can only serve to redress this imbalance.

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Proposal

Blackbirds, Ballads and Blues with Clár Ní Argáin

Sean-Nós songs from South Kerry will be the focus of this tour of the US.

Performances

I will be performing songs from my native Iveragh or Uibh Ráthach including the works of Tomás Rua O Suilleabháin with songs including “Maidean Bhog Álainn i mBá na Scealg” and the well-known “Amhrán na Leabhair”. Sean-Nós songs in English will also feature with the ballads of Sigerson Clifford, such as Boys of Barr na Sráide, The Boatmen of Ardcost and the quirky “The Day of the Races in Cahersiveen”.

Songs will cover various categories from Celebrations of Sporting events, Political issues, Emigration, (Love of Place), Love Songs and will range from slow haunting melodies to cheeky satire. Cognisant of the non-Irish speakers and a fan of macaronic songs myself, I will be featuring some other songs of Baile Bhuirne collected by the late Bess Cronin such as “Weary of lying alone”, and the political dig at the powers that be in 1906 in “You can’t boil potatoes in Cahersiveen”. Different versions of the same song will be sung to illustrate the changes that a song can undergo, such as “De Bhárr na gCnoc san im igcéin”, and Mo Ghile Mear.

Through-composed songs will be followed by songs with refrains and choruses and audiences encouraged to join in. Where possible, a workshop, at some point in the days leading up to each concert, will help bring in a bigger audience and make the experience more educational, enjoyable and inclusive.

One song from each of the main Gaeltacht areas of Ireland will be included, with a focus on Uibh Ráthach and Baile Bhúirne and while the performance of the songs will be the main focus, I will be giving a

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brief background of the composer, if known, the historical context and the masters from whom I have borrowed the work.

In the case of some of the concerts, (and this will depend on the advice of the venue or festival organisers), I will incorporate other genres from Country to Jazz, Bluegrass to Bossa Nova. However, regardless of the set list, the performance will be strung together with the narrative that is

my journey from a tiny bi-lingual Irish village in Iveragh, in the South West of Ireland, to the skyscrapers of New York, London, Beirut, Paris and Boston, in a fast and ever-changing world, where sometimes it seems that the only constant is the Song, acting as a thread running throughout.

Some songs will stand alone, and some will be a fusion of styles. While many of the songs will be unaccompanied sean-nós, delivered in their original, raw and uncluttered form, I will, when suitable, be performing with accompaniment. In this case, I will be working with US based musicians: Harp, Patrice Fisher; Guitar, Mark Simos, Jazz and World Music Pianist, John D Martino and Terri Conti on Piano Accordion, fusing the sounds of the Bayou with Jazz rhythms and earthy Celtic Melodies.

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Workshops

Traditional Irish Songs Workshop Trad Fest Kilkenny March 2017

A little piece of Ireland across the WavesWorkshop in Traditional Irish Singing with Clár Ní Argáin

Join award-winning Traditional Irish singer from South Kerry on a journey back in time to a world far from the blinding lights of the Skyscrapers and the roar of the city streets.

The workshop will begin with a short performance by Clár, of a verse or two of a song from each of the five main Gaeltachtaí, (Irish speaking areas of Ireland), embracing songs in both English and Irish, from the celebration of Hunting in South-West Kerry to the rousing rhythmic love songs of West Cork, from the haunting ballads of Waterford to the political satire of Donegal.

Two of these songs will be then be chosen as the focus for the workshop, which will be learned and sung together, with copies of words and some background information supplied. All levels and ages welcome.

Feel free to email me in advance with any queries at;

clarniargain@icloud.com

www.clarehorgan.com

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Clár Ni Argáin- A Singer Apart

No other singer in Ireland or indeed elsewhere has such equal competence, 7

training, skill and passion for two very diverse genres of Song- Jazz and Sean-Nós.

BiographyOriginally from Waterville, on the breathtakingly beautiful Ring of Kerry, Clare grew up in a bilingual community on the edge of the Irish Speaking (Gaeltacht) area of Baile ‘n Sceilg. By the age of eleven, Clare had reached national level in the Fleadh Cheoil in the Sean-nós category (unaccompanied singing in the Irish language). From a childhood steeped in the rich tradition of Irish music, Song, Dance and Culture, Clare changed direction in the mid-90s when she studied for a Post-Graduate Certificate in Jazz and Popular Music at the Leeds College of Music.

Clare is based between New York and South Kerry at present where she is touring and working on her third album. Prior to her departure for the US, Clare teamed up with two Dingle-based musicians, and has, so far, recorded four wonderful tracks. These combine the excellent engineering of guitarist/producer Donogh Hennessy and the subtle brilliance of Songwriter and Guitarist Gerry O’Beirne. All songs so far come from Clare’s native South Kerry Sean-nós songbook including a haunting version of ‘Maidin Bhog Alainn’ a local song which shares the melody with the renowned song and air, ‘Taimse im Chodladh’; the wistful emigration ballad celebrating the beauties of the Inny Valley, called ‘The Top of Aoine Side’, the upbeat but gentle rendition of the well-known Kerry song, ‘Bó na leath adhairce’ about the one-horned cow and the stolen sheep. The final track of this four songs so far recorded, is the heart-stoppingly beautiful ‘Kerry Hills’, which borrows the air of the Cork song, The Shandon Bells, and was penned for the legendary Singer Peggy Sweeney, by the late, great Listowel man Sean McCarthy, who wrote many a gem including ‘Red haired Mary’ and ‘Shanagolden’. 2019 saw Clare winning several awards including the Music award from Kerry County Council to attend an artist retreat centre in Annamakerrig, Co. Monaghan and a prestigious bursary from Culture Ireland to do a Spring/Summer tour the USA as a performer and teacher of the traditional Irish Sean-Nós Songs from her native Iveragh and other Gaeltachts.In America, Clare had the good fortune to find herself working with some of the world’s greatest exponents of traditional and ethnic music, based in or visiting the US. These included Jazz, Latin and Folk Harpist, Patrice Fischer and Jazz pianist Fran Comiskey from New Orleans as well as Songwriter and guitarist Mark Simos from Boston. Other highly accomplished musicians who joined Clare on her travels included Matt Diaz, Donie Carroll, Don Meade, Dylan Foley, Matt Mancuso, Patrick Doocey, Brian Conway, Mary Courtney and the Godfather of the New York trad scene, fiddler, Tony Demarco. Highlights of the tour included a sell-out concert at the Burren backroom sessions in Boston with Mark Simos followed by the chance to share the stage with a dazzling line-up of some of the world’s leading folk and traditional musicians from Italy, Scotland,

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Ireland and the US, at The Old Songs Festival near Albany New York. These included Bruce Molsky, Beppe Gambetta, John McCutcheon, Tommy Sands, Bill Staines, Heather Wood and Mark Simos. While preparing for her departure to the US, 2018 saw Clare based in Dublin working for the first time with the deaf community on a campus where students ranged from 3-20 years old, with a huge range of educational levels and needs. From a musical career focused on Melody, Harmony, Lyrics and Rhythm, it was a mind-blowing experience to witness a group of students completely absorbed by the beauty of Music and Movement and at the same time largely oblivious to its melodic and harmonic aspects. Instead, the utter attention to and respect for the song’s words, with their emotional punch and the song’s images, with their visual impact was disconcerting and turned some of her long-held assumptions on their heads. The willingness to unselfconsciously succumb to the rhythm of the song by these students, gave Clare a new focus in her own musical work. 2017 brought new challenges and with 6-month stint in charge of the Music Department at a Secondary School in her local area of Uibh Ráthach, Co Kerry. The joy of sharing the enthusiasm and humour of her students and having to embrace many new genres and the work of artists from the pop world along with the thrill of seeing the least confident students glide through performances and exams made the hard work well worth it. Clare then headed into a Summer packed with a variety of fantastic gigs around Ireland. This included coordinating and performing Traditional Music at the Wedding Ceremony of a former New York Rose of Tralee, where she was accompanied by Harp, Fiddle and Flute. Some other highlights of the Summer included a number of Heritage events, as well as a highly successful concert of eclectic material with the Mo O'Connor trio, covering Jazz, Bluegrass and Traditional Irish, in the Tech Amergin Arts Centre in Kerry. This was on top of completing the 8th year of a hugely successful residency in Tig Rosie, Ballinskelligs, where crowds flock every Summer to hear Clare and her excellent band play tunes and songs for listening and set dancing. The Summer drew to a close with Clare’s teaming up with Legendary Singer songwriter Donovan of Catch the Wind and Mellow Yellow fame at the Cill Rialaig Art gallery to a packed room of discerning mixed media Artists from South Africa and beyond, locals and visitors alike.St Patrick's day 2019 saw Clare share the bill with the likes of Frankie Gavin and Scullion in 2017 with Pauline Scanlon and the Voice Squad at the Kilkenny Trad festival. A resounding success was the sean-nós singing workshop she ran in Kilkenny Castle and she was delighted, at the close of the 2017 festival, to be invited to sing The Parting Glass with the Voice Squad.Late 2016 saw Clare winning the Music Award with Kerry County Council, which allowed her to travel to New York to study with legendary singer Janis Siegel from Manhattan Transfer, while touring New Orleans, Boston and New York, playing Traditional Irish Music. Clare even managed to fit in a performance at Battery Place overlooking the Statue of Liberty, where she joined New York's leading Traditional Irish musicians at Tony Demarco's 'New York Trad Fest', hosted by the well-loved Harmonica player Don Meade as MC

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for the event. During her too brief trip to the US, Clare had the pleasure of performing alongside some of the greatest Irish Music ambassadors in the US: Folk-legend Mick Moloney of NYU; Cork Balladeer Jimmy Crowley; Old-school entertainer and supporter of all things musically Irish, Donie Carroll, Galway guitarist, Gabriel O Donoghue and Joanie Madden of "Cherish the Ladies". One of the finest Jazz pianists in the world, John D. Martino, on hearing Clare sing in Manhattan in October 2016, has invited her to collaborate on an album of straight-ahead Jazz standards. He is equally keen to work with her on some film music, involving a fusion of Sean-nós and Jazz, inspired by hearing her sing a haunting version of the song "Táim cortha bheith i m'aonair im' luí", collected in Baile Bhúirne by legendary singer Bess Cronin.In February 2016, Clare performed on the album "Onóir", a recording of the musical project commissioned by RTE and Gael Linn, a celebration of Ireland's fight for freedom in 1916. This work involved some hauntingly beautiful songs and tunes, written and scored by director and composer Peadar Ó Ríada. Here she joined Cór Chúil Aodh, Téada and Uilleann piper Mick O' Brien and a highlight of this project was a musical setting of a Seamus Heaney poem, Móra Dhuit. Live performances of this work included The National Concert Hall in Dublin and the National Events Centre in Killarney.On the 12th March 2016, Clare herself, provided the musical content of another 1916 Commemoration event, this time presented by Heritage Iveragh, to a packed and appreciative audience at Waterville's Tech Amergin. By interweaving a carefully selected and sensitively performed programme of tunes and songs between speakers and audio visual presentations, she helped to encapsulate the atmosphere of the historic events of a hundred years before.A planned concert of Onóir, a few weeks later at the European Parliament in Brussels, was aborted, and the plane carrying Clare, her Baile Bhúirne colleagues and Irish political representatives, was diverted, just as it began its descent into Brussels airport, moments after two bombs exploded in the departures area.August 2015 saw Clare win silver medal at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Sligo in the Sean-nós singing category, i nGaeilge and she continues to promote and preserve the unique precious songs of her native Iveragh, at home and abroad.Following a Post-Grad Diploma in Jazz and Popular Music in Leeds, Clare was selected by the Yorkshire Transcultural Fund to record a Jazz and Sean-Nós song, "The Stolen Child" which featured top British Jazz musicians including former Ronnie Scott Quartet members and Don Patterson from Dundee. The track An Leanbh Sídhe was included in an album called "The World in a Square Mile", which was released by Virgin records. Airplay includes the late John Peel, and Andy Kershaw, BBC Radio, Walter Love from BBC Radio Ulster, Ellen Crannitch and Donald Helme from Lyric FM, Brian O Donovan from WGBH Boston, Matt Murphy from WWOZ in New Orleans, Radio na Gaeltachta and Radio Kerry among others.

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TV appearances include a performance by Clare of the Sean-nós song Sé Fáth mo Bhúartha in the BBC/RTE series The Story of Ireland.A recent album, "Away O'er the Water", featuring Country, Bluegrass and local Iveragh songs is played weekly by Radio Kerry and sales continue to soar.At Leeds College of Music, she trained with leading British Jazz Musicians including Al Wood, Nikki Isles and Pete Churchill. Clare's work encompassed a broad sweep of ensembles from duo work through to Big Band and a 20-strong pop band. While at college, Clare led The Lilting Banshees, her six-piece folk band, appearing at festivals in France and the UK. One of the highlights of her time in Leeds saw her fronting a sixty-strong Gospel choir on songs from traditional Negro Spirituals and Jazz standards to U2 songs.In 1999, Clare recorded a 4-track EP with four of the top Jazz Musicians in the UK and former members of The Ronnie Scott Quartet, Dave Newton (Piano); Andrew Cleyndert (Double Bass); Steve Brown (Drums) and Don Patterson (Guitar). Tracks included a soulful rendition of the old Sinatra favourite ln the wee small hours of the morning, Jobim's Bossa Nova, Dindi, a medium swing interpretation of Gershwin's But not for me and a Jazz arrangement of the hauntingly beautiful Irish Seán-Nós Lament An Leanbh Sí (The Fairy Child)1999 saw Clare living and singing in Northern Ireland and playing at venues and festivals around the country. There, Clare fronted a highly accomplished band of Belfast based musicians on a very successful tour of her native County Kerry, organised by Ceol Uibhráthaigh. The trio comprised Brian Connor - Pianist and former Musical Director of River Dance and West Life; Alan Shields – Double Bass, and interestingly, John Wilson - formerly of Rory Gallagher's band Taste. Clare moved to London in 2002 and formed a quintet, Luascadh (Swing), a sensitive fusion of traditional Irish, Gospel and Jazz. Here she teamed up with young Irish musicians including fellow Kerry woman Colette O' Leary of the Bumblebees. Highlights included a regular slot at The National Theatre, The Hammersmith Irish Centre and a guest spot at The 606 Jazz club.The Summer of 2005 saw Clare in Downtown Beirut where she joined visiting Jazz musicians at the Blue Note. One of the highlights of her trip was a guest spot with Lebanese/Parisian saxophonist Jerome Sabbagh. Clare spent the winter of 2005 and the Spring of 2006 in Paris where she had a residency at The Swan Bar in Montparnasse, accompanied by Arnaud Gransac on piano and Eric Sindorf on acoustic bass.Clare's Debut Album, The Stolen Child, combines three separate recordings; the 4 track EP mentioned above, featuring British Jazz musicians Andy Cleyndert, Dave Newton, Steve Brown and Don Patterson, with a three track recording made earlier at Frank McNamara’s Studio in Meath, with leading Irish Jazz musicians including Bassist Dave Fleming and Tenor Saxophonist, Richie Buckley and is rounded off with two Traditional Irish Songs, taken from a recording on Television in Dublin at the very start of Clare’s career. This album shows Clare to have an equal competence and love for the music with

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which she was reared and the Jazz she adopted as an adult.With the album complete, Clare returned home in 2006 to Kerry, at first to Dingle, where she launched her album. There she played at St James Church, McCarthy’s Bar, The Blue Zone and The Courthouse Bar as well as touring festivals and venues Ireland and abroad.A year in Limerick had Clare teaching on The Limerick Jazz Workshops as well as performing at the wonderful weekend sessions at The Milk Market and as a regular visitor to Dolans, playing Traditional Irish material at the downstairs sessions and upstairs, on occasion at the Jazz club with her Quartet.Now living in her native South Kerry, she divides her time between revisiting the songs and stories of her childhood and gigging locally and farther afield. Gigs have varied from The Pavilion Theatre in Dun Laoghaire with her new Swing quartet, Polka dots and Moonbeams to the Cable O Leary’s Music and Dance Festival sharing the bill with Liam O Maonlaí of Hothouse Flowers. Other appearances include Tig Rosie’s, the intimate traditional pub in Ballinskelligs, as seen on BBC/RTE documentary The Story of Ireland with excellent traditional musicians John Brown and Paddy Casey, Live Sessions at the Country Market Caife Cois Trá. A highlight of her return home came with headlining the Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival with her the Cork 20-piece Swing Band Tuxedo Junction. This year, Clare is delighted to have joined the all-female Sean Nós choir Cór Ban Chúil Aodha in Baile Bhúirne under the baton of Peadar O Ríada, with performances coming up in various venues in 2014.With a background in Jazz and traditional Irish music Clare finds herself, these days, more and more drawn to Bluegrass and Country songs. Her new CD, Away O'er the Water, just released this Autumn, features the fantastic country songs Tennessee waltz, Killing the blues and You win again along with a hugely energetic take on, “How Blue”, the song, first aired by Reba McIntyre. The CD is topped off with some South Kerry songs, including the previously unrecorded "Boatmen of Ardcost" and the hugely popular "Road from Killorglin to Cahersiveen."While you must have a copy of these recording to take home and cherish, do not miss the chance to hear Clare in live performance! Here she has an ability to stop an audience in their tracks, taking them on an unforgettable journey across a series of landscapes, emotional and musical. In one song, Clare will draw you into the mystical world of pre-Christian Ireland; in the next song, you will find yourself sharing a laugh, hearing her admonish a misbehaving man in a raunchy blues number and before you know it, you have stepped into a dimly-lit jazz club in 1940s New York, sharing in the heartache of lost love. Her versatility and skill are infused with a voice that is warm and a tone that is pure and unaffected.

website: clarehorgan.comemail: clarniargain@icloud.com

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phone: USA- 347.968.3059 Eire- 011 353 87 9574855

Testimonials from Key figures in the Traditional Irish World

Clare is one of those people who has a natural alignment with music. A custodian of her native culture, she is generous with her craft and the songs come easily. She has that capacity to silence a room with her song where all present join her on that journey. Bean Uasal.Liam O Maonlaí of Hot House Flowers

Clár Ní Argáin is a musician of distinction, possessing extraordinary artistic ability with a deep connection to the ancient art form of sean-nós singing from a childhood in her native Uibh Ráthach, in Kerry. I support without reservation her determination to carry these songs across the seas.Mick MoloneyGlobal distinguished professor in the Irish Studies and Music Department at New York University, USA

Clár shows excellent skill and musicality as well as a deep love and respect for the traditional music of her childhood.Máire Ní Chéileachair. Gradam Ceoil TG4 Singer of the Year award in 2018 and Winner of Corn Uí Riada in 2018.

Clare Horgan is a musical, clever and imaginative musician and singer who could undertake many different musical projects.Is amhránaí maith í Clár Ní Argáin. Tá sí cliste, ceolmhar agus lán de shamhalaíocht agus ábalta ar tabhairt faoi mórán éagsuil saghasanna ceoil.Peadar Ó RiadaComposer, Musician, Director of Cór Chúil Aodha, Cork. Son of Seán Ó Ríada

She has a lovely personality and will travel far to bring this unique and under exposed music to audiences at home and abroad. I am certain that her audiences will gain immense pleasure from the songs and from her very personal delivery of these.Máirtín Tom SheáinínPresenter on National TV and Radio RTE TG4, IrelandWinner of the Oireachtas competition Corn Uí Ríada

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Master-Singer of Connemara style sean-nós. 1983 1988“What particularly impresses me in Clár’s rendering of the sean-nós songs of her native peninsula of Uíbh Ráthach/Iveragh, is her faithfulness to this tradition, now almost no more”.Breandáin O Cíobháin, International expert scholar in Irish language and folklore.

“Clare is a versatile and polished performer with a particular and natural talent with the sean-nós songs, with which she was born and reared”.Jim Welsh. Director of the Cork Folk Festival and the Cork Singers Club

Feedback from fansAs I was listening to her Stolen Child album, I again enjoyed the beauty of her voice. Whether it was Jazz, Blues or Folk songs, the purity of her voice is constantly there. There is no exposition of virtuosity, no overacting or in any other way, aiming for effect. Clare remains instead very focused on the song. Her work is strong yet fragile and always beautiful.Jan Peter Bats,Baritone Classical singer who attended a concert of Clare’s in Tech Amergin, Co. Kerry, July 2010

Having heard Clare play a number of gigs at the Cahersiveen Arts festival in 2013, we invited Clare Horgan to come and perform for us in Germany. One weekend in early 2015, in the Lower Rhine area of Western Germany, with venues in Mönchengladbach, Wegberg and Dusseldorf, she left audiences delighted. Clare read her audience well, connecting immediately to their mood with her sense of humour and her ability to lose herself in the song, while delivering an eclectic twist on traditional Irish singing, with a voice to break hearts and heal them just as quickly.Hanns-Georg Rybak,Professional Jazz and Blues clarinettist and fan of Irish TraditionalNiederkruechten, Germany.

Clare, I am buzzing since last night. Please know that you are incredible. Really know it...in your heart. Your performance in Dillons last night gave me a totally new appreciation of 'the voice'. Your talent awakened something in me, something that was 'stuck'. Innate talent aside, your passion for music and song is infectious. Your personality is witty, colourful and beautiful. And finally, your respect, appreciation and encouragement for other performers/singers is something quite special. You have it, by the bucketful! Thank you!... for one of the best, most memorable nights ever. Mgt.Anne. XMargaret-Anne

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A member of the audience, (a semi-professional singer) in Dungarven Singers Club, on 16th February 2015.

Clár Ni Argáin- US Tour itinerary 2019/20www.clarehorgan.com. 3479683059 clarniargain@icloud.com

May 2019

Thursday 9th Paddy Reilly’s, 2nd Ave NY-8PM

Monday 13 Landmark, Hell’s Kitchen NYC- 8PM

Thursday 16th O’Neill’s House Concert, New Paltz-8PM

Friday 17th High Meadows School, High Falls-6PM

Sunday 19th 11th St Bar, East Village-Tony Demarco’s session-

Thursday 23rd Garvan’s Gastro Pub, New Paltz

Sat 25th/Sun 26th May Memorial Day Festival East Durham

June 2019

Friday 31st Irish Cultural Center of New England Canton, Mass

Traditional Songs workshop and session-7PM

Sunday 2nd Burren Backroom Series Boston Mass- 5PM

Wed 5th East Jefferson Library, New Orleans-7PM

Friday 7th Highlands Coffee House, LSU, Baton Rouge,

Sat 8th Calmes House Concert, Baton Rouge LA

Wednesday 12th Dunnes Pub White Plains, NY

Saturday 15th Irish Arts Center, Sean-Nós Songs Workshop, NYC

Mon 17th Landmark Hell’s Kitchen, NYC-8PM

June 20th Halfway Line, Woodside, NYC

Fri- 28st-30th Old Songs Festival, Voorheesville, NY

September 2019

Monday 23rd Landmark Tavern Hell’s Kitchen, NYC

October 15

Thursday 10th Paddy Reilly’s, 2nd Ave NY-8PM

Sunday 20th Grandstand Bar and Restaurant, Elmhurst, NY

Fundraiser for Bangkok Orphanage. 4-9pm

Sunday 27th McConnell Family Benefit, Yonkers, NYC Moriarty’s McLean Ave, Yonkers, NYC-2.30

Clár Ni Argáin- US Tour itinerary 2019/20

www.clarehorgan.com. 3479683059 clarniargain@icloud.com

November

Saturday 2nd Mercy Center Bangkok Fundraiser. 7-10.30pm Irish Center Long Island City, NYC

Sunday 3rd St Malachys Church, Philadelphia, 2pm

Friday 8th & Sat 9th Tin Pan Alley, Provincetown, Mass.- 7pm with Terri Conti Accordionist and Pianist

Saturday 16th House Concert, West Newton, Mass. 7.30pm (Contact Clare see above, for further details)

Monday 18th Zeitgeist Theatre, New Orleans 7pm

Zeitgeist Theatre & Lounge6621 St. Claude Ave. Arabi, LA 70032

Tel (504) 352-1150http://www.zeitgeistnola.org rene@zeitgeistnola.org

Wednesday 20th East Jefferson Library, Metairie, New Orleans, LA 7pmJefferson parish Library,

Napoleon Avenue, Metairie,

New Orleanswc.smith@jefferson.lib.la.us

Thursday 21st, Café Americain, Jefferson Highway, Baton Rouge 7pm Cafe Americain Restaurant

7521 Jefferson HwyBaton Rouge, LA 70806

dwalker@corporations4sale.com/225-924-9841

Saturday 23rd New York Trad Fest with Tony Demarco Connolly’s Club 45, NYC

Mon 25th - 9th December Residency at Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Annaghmakerrig, 16

Co. Monaghan, Ireland

December 2019

Thursday 12th Paddy Reilly’s, 2nd Ave NY

Sunday 15th Songs from the Kerry Hills at the Kerry Hall, 305 McLean Ave, Yonkers, 10705. 7-10pm

Clár Ni Argáin- US Tour itinerary 2019/20www.clarehorgan.com. 3479683059 clarniargain@icloud.com

2020

January Friday 17th An Beal Bocht Cafe, 445 W 238th St, Bronx, NY 9pmFebruary

Saturday 22nd People’s Voice Cafe,

Unitarian Church, 40 E35th St, NYC 8pm

Wednesday 26th Dunnes Pub with Brian Conway, White Plains, NY

March 2020

Monday 9th Landmark Tavern, Hell’s Kitchen NYC

Wednesday 11th Dunnes Pub White Plains, NY

Friday 27th March Glucksman Ireland House NYU, NYC

April 2020

Anchorage Alaska Tour- Traditional Irish Songs Workshops and Concerts:

Sunday 5th Irish Club of Alaska Thursday 9th Out North Art HouseFriday 10th Middle Way Café Saturday 11th McGinley’s Pub

Wednesday 15th Aubergine Café Concert, NYC Thursday 16th Paddy Reilly’s, 2nd Ave NYC

To be re-scheduled: Folk Music Society of New York, Traditional Irish Songs workshop,

Pinewoods, Jackson Heights. (PM for further details)

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