Stop that.
This morning.
Farmleigh House, Phoenix Park, Dublin.
The Troup Sisters – Elizabeth on cello, Marguerite playing trumpet and Christina on the French Horn – perform at the launch of the 2022 Feis Ceoil. Over 140 live competitions will take place at the RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4 and Wesley House from March 28 to April 8.
Sasko Lazarov/Photocall Ireland
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen as summer comes to a close in the west of Ireland 🌤️ pic.twitter.com/eSE1QnwbEj
— Patrick Dexter (@patrickdextervc) August 31, 2021
‘sup?
This morning.
Ruined by X Factor.
Rescued by Dexter.
Praise, hallelujah.
https://twitter.com/wickedfairysad/status/1398463585748201474
Ag Críost an Síol on cello from my cottage in Mayo pic.twitter.com/rSlrfkQENe
— Patrick Dexter (@patrickdextervc) July 2, 2020
Yesterday.
Labrador-soothing sounds.
Somewhere in Mayo.
Thanks Bebe
Belgian accordion/cello duo (they’re much better than than that description might suggest) Pierre Fontenelle and Cristian Perciun apply their busy fingers to a spirited medley of Bond themes: from John Barry’s iconic dum-di-di-dum-dum to Adele’s ‘Skyfall’, and Sam Smith’s ‘Writing’s on the Wall’.
Sillk – String-laden alt-folk from Cork
What you may need to know…
01. Sillk are a Leeside three-piece, and while at their heart a folk band, exhibit noirish/chamber-pop tendencies in places, due mainly to a dense undercarriage of cello and violin in their tunes.
02. The band’s debut E.P. Time is a Clock, recorded by Elastic Sleep/African Fiction man Chris Somers, releases this week on CD and digital download.
03. Streaming above is the video new single Switchblades Don’t Sleep, taken from the extended-player, directed by Eadaoin O’Donoghue and shot by Enrique Carcinero.
04. Launching tomorrow night at the Village Hall venue on Patrick’s Quay, Cork at 8.30. More info here.
Thoughts: A dichotomy of light-hearted play and heavy subject matter, balanced, bearing a wide, irreverent grin.
Virtuoso cellist and Star Wars geek Stephen Sharp Nelson versus himself.
With bonus wookie and Darth Vader accordion solo.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7bz1gFc2kg
Virtuoso cellists Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic get their Nirvana on.
Previously: the lads’ whomping covers of Welcome To The Jungle and Smooth Criminal.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AYEgwwCYWw
Virtuoso cellists, Stjepan Hauser and Luka Sulic follow their all-strings cover of Michael Jackson’s Smooth Criminal with this passionate rendering of the GnR classic.
Cellists. You know they’re only doing it to get laid.
