Fleadh Cheoil gig for Coscán

COSCÁN, the traditional Irish music group will play a headlining show at the Fleadh Cheoil na hEireann on Friday next, 21st August in Tullamore. They will headline the concert on main stage on the Friday night in the town.
The band plays traditional and folk music and includes three men from the Slane area: Gerry Doggett on fiddle, accordion and tin whistle, David Nevin on bodhrán, percussion, keyboards and vocals, and Harry Long who plays low whistle, tin whistle and vocals; as well as John Shankey from Nobber who plays guitar and vocals.
They will also play in Malones in Kingscourt on Saturday 12th September at 10.30pm, and two shows in the Oldcastle House Hotel on Saturday 29th August and Saturday 26th September.
Coscán recently launched their new album 'Dinnseanchas' (Lore of Places) in Doyle's of Slane. They just played the Ballyshannon Folk Festival which was an amazing success for the band. They also performed at the Celtic Fusion International Music and Arts festival in Belfast and at the Fiddler's Green International Music Festival in Rostrevor, Co Down where folk singer Tommy Sands also launched their new cd. They have played in McKennas in Kilmainhamwood and in Dee Local in Nobber over the last two weekends.
'Dinnseanchas' will be available to buy from the bands website www.coscan.net and at the gigs. The album is available for download through Itunes.
David Nevin says that the tunes and songs on the album are associated with places from Tara to Spain, to local areas like Ballinlough and Stackallen and then to South America and so on. The traditions and lore of these places, which is what the word Dinnseanchas means, is what is captured in this album.

http://www.meathchronicle.ie/plus/goingout/articles/2009/08/19/390431-fleadh-cheoil-gig-for-coscn/

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