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Vinnie Kilduff please make another great whistle Album!
Target: Musicians of the World
Sponsored by: Traditional musicians of Ireland
This petition aims to ask the great Irish Musician Vinnie Kilduff, a master of Uilleann Pipes and Tin Whistle to make a Whistle and Uilleann Pipe CD from the vast store of tunes in his head.
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Vinnie and Steve Cooney play The Unitarian Church, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin on Thursday the 1st of September @ 8pm

The Steeple Sessions present traditional Irish music concerts in its purest form and are geared towards those who seek the genuine, elusive musical traditions of Ireland. Held in the beautiful surroundings of a candle-lit church in Dublin, the line up of renowned musicians/performers changes nightly throughout the Summer, ensuring each concert is unique and fresh. Audiences will hear pin-drop unaccompanied sean-nos songs in the Irish language, alongside dance music and airs performed acoustically on traditional instruments.

The church was built and opened for public worship on Sunday 14 June 1863. Four years later Dublin's other Unitarian congregation at Eustace Street merged with St Stephen's Green to form one church. The top of the spire is 97 feet from the street, with the main body of the church being 58 feet long by 46 feet wide. The design brilliantly fulfills the requirement that in a non-conformist church the emphasis should be on the pulpit, unlike in established denominations where the focus is on the communion table or altar. Everyone in the St.Stephen's Green church can hear and see the preacher, emphasizing the importance of the spoken word to the Unitarian congregation.

Vinnie and Steve have collaborated on numerous occasions and have produced some great works together. This promises to be an evening full of Wonderful Music in Beautiful Surroundings.

VINNIE, ARTY McGLYNN AND STEVE 2005

On the 1st of July 2010 Vinnie was invited to play for President McAleese in Aras an Uachtarain.
On the Day he brought his old friend Steve Cooney with whom Vinnie has collaborated with on numerous occasions and produced some great works. Born in Melbourne, Australia, Steve started his professional musical career at the age of 17 playing for a while in the US before returning home, where he was in a number of rock bands.

In 1981 he bought a one-way ticket to Ireland, from where his ancestors had come from. Since then he has popped up all over the place. With major contributions to many Bands and artists he has also played with Chuck Berry, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour and Sinead O Connor.
His technique is excellent, and his understanding of traditional music and accompaniment is attested to by the number of traditional albums he has contributed to.

Check Vinnie and Steve out on this Video:

Produced by Vinnie in December 2010 this track has the hallmark sound of Vinnie's Studio skills and draws you into the track from the first note.
With Patrick Bergin's chilling spoken voice [an Art he is World famous for] and Elenor Shanleys gorgeous voice that captures the strength, love, vulnerability, loneliness and hope contained in the song it all adds up to a wonderful Production.

Malaika is a Traditional African folk song [a song of identity] which Patrick translated into English. It is sung by young African Boys chatting up Swedish girls on the beach. Vinnie recorded this track before with Patrick, Ide Tynan and Vinnie's band The Rocking Chairs for the Famine concert "The Gathering" which went out to millions of viewers throughout the World in 1997.

My Angel also features the haunting whistle playing of Vinnie Kilduff.

Rendezvous353 Launch London
While the Social Network Film has been proving popular in cinemas a new success story is in the making as the Irish Facebook goes from strength to strength. Over 75 people an hour are signing up to Rendezvous 353.com a new social and business network for Irish people and the Diaspora which launched in London on the 25th of November 2010.

The site created by Terry McLoughlin and Richard O Donnell debuted in February 2010 and was first introduced in New York in May 2010.

Vinnie and Tim Edey Launched the event in the Irish Centre in Hammersmith with a varied set of appropriately chosen Irish pieces and some from around the World. The Sounded like they had been playing together for 20 years but the truth is they had never played together before.

Tim Edey is 31 years old and is regarded by many to be one of the finest multi-intsrumental players of his generation in the Celtic music folk scene worldwide, from a rich musical heritage of both Irish & Scottish and English folk and classical music with his Mother's Irish side his Father a guitarist/singer and also a direct family link to the acclaimed and hugely respected English composer Edmund Rubbra, music was therefore in life from an early age.

Rendezvous353.com co-founder Terry McLoughlin is
pictured right with Vinnie Kilduff, Leo Moran of the
Saw Doctors, Catherina Casey of the Irish Cultural
Centre, Hammersmith. Photo: Malcolm McNally

Check out Rendezvous353 here.

A beautiful tale told through Music, Story and Visual Art.

The traditional tale of the blind Seal is told through visual arts, music and acting. As TG4's Darach O'Tuairisg reads the story, Grammy-winning musician Vinnie Kilduff (best known for his work with U2, The Waterboys and Clannad) creates an evocative soundtrack and artist Dara McGee rapidly paints a series of illustrative oil-paintings. When the story reaches its shocking climax, McGee arranges the four canvasses together to reveal a totally new picture. A really simple idea, wonderfully executed.

"They've been sporadically touring this brilliant show around arts festivals recently and will continue to do so in 2010. Catch it if you can". - Hot Press.

FRIDAY 23rd SEPTEMBER 2011: LEUVEN UNIVERSITY, LEUVEN BELGIUM.
FRIDAY 25th NOVEMBER 2011: TEATERKJELLEREN, OSLO NORWAY.

It Might Get Loud is a documentary by filmmaker Davis Guggenheim. It explores the history of the electric guitar, focusing on the careers and styles of Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White. The Track Tomorrow by U2 is on the soundtrack of the Movie and features Vinnie playing Uilleann Pipes. This Track is used in the scene where The Edge describes the writing and the recording of the War album. The film received a wide release on August 14, 2009 in the U.S. by Sony Pictures Classics. It tackles the electric guitar's impression on the lives of three generations of musicians. The look is an intimate one, and a rare one especially in the case of Page, who has been famously guarded with the press.

The Edge and Vinnie

The film documents the varied playing and recording styles of guitarists Jimmy Page, The Edge, and Jack White. Dubbed as a documentary on the electric guitar from the point of view of three rock legends, "It Might Get Loud" was put together by an impressive team, among them the producer behind Dark Knight.

The Song "Tomorrow" as featured in the Movie!

On this significant evening of music Vinnie joins Christy Moore, Mary Black and a host of Irish musicians to celebrate the Genius of one of Ireland's most influential & much loved musicians and poets, Steve Cooney.

Originally from Melbourne, Australia, it was 1981 that Steve bought a one-way ticket to Ireland. His intension was to re-trace the land; the music, and the language of his forefathers. He has lived in Ireland ever since.

For over thirty years, Steve has made a significant contribution to traditional Irish music, on hundreds of recordings, as well as performing with international artists including Chuck Berry, Mark Knopfler, David Gilmour and Sinead O Connor.

It was in the 90's, while living in the Gaeltacht of Dingle, west Kerry that Steve paired with singer and button accordionist Seamus Begley. Begley & Cooney became one of the most popular traditional acts of the 90's. Their incredible energetic performances excited a thriving traditional music scene, which to this day has rarely been matched. They both went on to win Ireland's prestigious National Entertainment award for Traditional Music

More recently Steve has just completed a Master of Literature in Education degree at UCD in Dublin. With his acclaimed thesis, Musical Notation and Theory in Early Learning: A Case for Intuitive Holistic Inter-Cultural Models, he has developed a ground-breaking approach to teaching music in primary schools.

For one night only, Steve brings together some of his many friends he has performed with over the years. With a band especially assembled for the occasion, we will hear the music and poetry of this remarkable man. Vinnie has worked with Steve since the early 19080s. They have produced many great works to-gether.

Vinnie and Steve Late Late Show

Vinnie takes to the stage for a guest appearance at the EBN Congress on the 29th - 31st May in Derry one of Europe's largest and most prestigious business events with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Sir Tim Smit as headline speakers._* The European Business Network (EBN) Congress annually boasts international decision-makers, investors, and business angels amongst its high-powered audience, is this year open to a local business audience. Hosted by The Northern Ireland Business and Innovation Centre (NORIBIC) in association with Invest NI, it will take place over three days at the Millennium Forum and a number of other venues around the themes "Digital, Cultural and Social Innovation"

Speaking in Northern Ireland for the first time Steve Wozniak, has been a Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist for more than thirty years. In 1976, Wozniak co-founded Apple Computer Inc with Steve Jobs, helping to shape the computing industry with his design of Apple's first line of products. "EBN Congress Speakers": http://www.noribic.com/ebncongress/speakers/ Vinnie will be joined by John McCartin [Guitar] and Rod McVey [Keyboards]

VINNIE WITH CLANNAD [Fonn Mharta]

It is the first time this major programme of events will take place in Northern Ireland, and one of the first times it will be in the UK. Past host cities during its 22-year history have included Budapest, Naples and Toulon. Last year it was in Lappeenranta in Finland. The event was attracted to Northern Ireland this year in part because of Derry~Londonderry's status as UK City of Culture as well as NORIBIC's long-standing involvement in the European Business Innovation Centre Network. EBN Congress 2013 will include a series of events and exhibitions, including the Digital, Cultural and Social Innovation networking Villages, and promises to provide a significant economic boost to the city due to the spend by delegates, who will come from all over Europe, as well as the positive image of Derry~Londonderry it will present to influential people.

Vinnie visits his home town to join Ronan McDonagh, and Anna Louise Costello, for a Musical Evening to be held in the Church of the Holy Family, Kiltimagh to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of the Church.

Ronan McDonagh is a Musician and Composer of Church Music and will be joined by his Choir, Fuaimlaoi. Formed in 2006 the group comprises of talented and committed singers and instrumentalists who strive to promote and develop liturgical music that is rooted in the Irish tradition. In recent years Ronan has become widely known as a composer of liturgical music. Many of his compositions have been published in Ireland by Veritas and Carmelite Publications, while GIA (Gregorian Institute of America) has published some of his choral works in the United States.

Anna Louise Costello is a versatile, Irish Soprano and holds Distinctions in an MA Vocal Performance (Royal Academy of Music, London) and a BMus (DIT Conservatory of Music, Dublin). A finalist in NI Opera's Festival of Voice 2012, She has worked with Kathryn Harries (National Opera Studio) and David Gowland (Royal Opera House).

The Evening, entitled God's House Our Home will take place on Saturday, October 12th at 8.30pm and will trace the history of the Church in music, song and drama. The three special guests, all of whom were born in the parish, have been invited to perform and local groups will also contribute to the occasion which promises to be a night to remember.

VINNIE WITH CLANNAD [Loch Na Cailli]

Click here to watch the Event live

Nowhere in Ireland are people as dependent on and as aware of the sea than on the off-shore Islands. The volunteers of the Aran Islands Lifeboat have been saving lives and fighting the fury of the Atlantic for 80 years. The RNLI established a lifeboat station on the Aran Islands in 1927. The lifeboats were moored at Killeany Bay. A small boat house was built at the side of the harbour. A new boathouse has now been constructed on this site.

The Aran Lifeboat Collection
Two CD Set featuring Music, Song & Poetry from and for the Aran Islands includes original Tracks featuring The Waterboys, Patrick Bergin. Frankie Gavin, Vinnie, Pat Joe Jack, Steve Cooney, Brendan O'Regan, Sean Smyth, Sean Watty Flaherty, Mairtin Flaherty, Dara Costello, Joe O'Brien, Fovea, Mick Flynn and many more.

Click Here to Buy and Support the RNLI

The Lost Tapes of Inish Mor
While living on Inis Mor during the 1980's musician, songwriter and producer Vinnie Kilduff was so impressed by the local and visiting musicians and Sean Nos singers on the Island that he and Irene Keogh, the former manager of Windmill Lane Recording studios, held many recording sessions on the island in a bid to capture the music of these extrordinarly talanted performers.

What emerged was a well recorded wealth of music from a variety of excellent musicians, some of whom have since passed away.
Content in the knowledge that he had captured on tape some special and unique performances Vinnie put the tapes into safe storage until his busy schedule would allow him the time to bring this music to a wide audience.

Several suggestions were made as to how this music could be used when Vinnie had the idea to publish the recordings in a way that would keep the link with Inis Mor and in the process benefit the most important lifeline to the Aran Islands, The Lifeboat.

SUPPORT A WORTHY CHARITY THIS FESTIVE SEASON:

1. UNICEF:  -  https://www.unicef.org/

2. WORLD VISION:  -  https://www.wvi.org/

3. CHERNOBYL CHILDREN:  -  https://www.chernobyl-international.com/

4. RED:  -  https://www.red.org/

5. CMRF CRUMLIN:  -  https://cmrf.org/

6. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL:  -  https://www.amnesty.org/en/

HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS …..

Threshold, the national housing charity, will bring glitz and glamour to Galway next month when it holds its annual Midsummer Concert in a bid to raise funds. The concert will feature live classical and traditional music performances, and will take place at the Aula Maxima, NUI Galway, on Tuesday, 10th June, at 8pm.

Founded in 1978 Threshold are a registered charity whose aim is to secure a right to housing, particularly for households experiencing the problems of poverty and exclusion.

Most importantly this event is also a way for the people of Galway to support the vital work undertaken by Threshold every day. In 2013, thousands of people contacted Threshold for help with their housing problems. We work with some of the most vulnerable people in Galway who are at serious risk of losing their home. Every day Threshold helps prevent two families from becoming homeless.

Vinnie along with Carl Hession [Irish composer, arranger and pianist] will be among the performers which include the Tribal Chamber Choir; The Corrib Quartet; poet, songwriter and dramatist, Pete Mullineux; and rising star Sani McNally.

Click to see the Threshold Concert Line Up

Created by Vinnie Kilduff Parakeet is a fresh, simple, and innovative system of learning music. It makes the learning process fun an easy, an enjoyable experience. Unlike the majority of other tutors and music theory methods, Parakeet emphasises all the sensory aspects of learning music – sound, vision, and feel and an expanding online catalogue of unique audio-visual learning materials and products catered to every learning style. Parakeet provides a complete package, unique to each instrument, which is designed for both teachers and students alike.

Parakeet is for everyone. It is a simple, intuitive system that teaches the user to play and make music without having to get bogged down by reading notes, following complicated structures and theory. It takes the struggle out of learning music, enables the student to play what they want and focus on the enjoyment of making music.

The system is based on the concept of associating notes and chords to colour. It is adapted to a fast-paced mobile world, spanning beyond colourful notes, integrating mobile and online platforms, instruments and accessories, and building experiences in an online community. In a nutshell, Parakeet promises to disrupt and deliver colour to the status quo of music tuition, as we know it.

Visit us here: http://parakeetplay.com

ABSOLUTE RADIO ANNOUNCES EXCLUSIVE U2 DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Absolute Radio has commissioned its biggest ever documentary series in conjunction with TBI Media in the form of U2@40, a four-part exclusive celebrating 40 years of the Irish rock legends, Music Week can reveal.

The series charts U2's rise to international stardom from their Dublin roots as teenagers, through to selling over 170 million albums and winning more Grammys than any other band in history.

Absolute Radio content director Paul Sylvester said: Absolute Radio is proud to lead the commercial radio industry in commissioning and creating original content through this landmark documentary series; Working with production companies like TBI Media allows us to partner with some of the best talents in our industry, bringing them into our award-winning team of producers and presenters.

The Edge and Vinnie

The series features interviews with those closest to the band, including legendary former manager Paul McGuinness; DJ Dave Fanning, the man credited with giving the band their first break; Steve Lillywhite who produced U2's first three albums and Vinnie Kilduff who has worked and played with the Band.

The series is narrated by Irish film, television and stage actor Andrew Scott and includes famous fans such as Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Sting and Hozier who also feature.

The Song "Tomorrow" features Vinnie playing with U2:

The second instalment of this four-part U2@40 can be heard on Sunday, November 20th at 8pm GMT on Absolute Radio LISTEN LIVE

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