Winter Blues weekend

From: November 5, 2009 to: November 15, 2009

Location: Bundoran Chasin Bull

Winter Blues Weekend @ The Chasing Bull, Bundoran. November 13th/14th.

Prepare to beat those Winter Blues with some great music at The Chasing Bull Music Venue. Friday night sees Greg Gorman’s Bluestack Jam Club take the stage. On Saturday, there is a double bill with the thrilling Mirenda Rosenberg hosting a night of jazz, blues, funk and soul with special guests Mark Black and Aine O’ Doherty and Oisin Cannon with support from The Rare Groove Funk Orchestra. In addition to celebrating roots music, the event also hopes to highlight some of the exceptional talent from the North West.

Mark Black
MARK BLACK is a folk blues singer songwriter guitarist hailing from Donegal in the North West of Ireland with over 15 years of gigging, recording and touring experience. Multi Instrumentalist Mark Black’s live show is not to be missed featuring a series of electric and acoustic guitars MB also incorporated lap steels, didgeridoos  and harmonica into his set. In the past 5 years he has toured the world with his music with gigs in Australia, USA, Singapore, UK, Ireland and Europe. About to release his second independent full length album ‘Alive’ under his own record label Dizzy Records which was recorded and Produced in his own studio in Donegal. In the past few years MB has played opening support slots for Mundy, Paddy Casey, The Walls, Jerry Fish and the Mudbug Club, Fionn Regan, Chris Difford (Squeeze), Hot House Flowers, Nathan Kaye (Australia), Clive Barnes, Aslan, Jinx Lennon, The Guggenheim Grotto.

Aine O’ Doherty

With a superb voice, this award winning songwriter has just played support to Imelda May with her new group NoLady. She has extensive touring experience in USA and Europe and has released her first album 'Secrets & Lies' released '08, on iTunes, 2nd album 'Little Diva' for release '09. Her songs are gutsy guitar-based tunes about love, sex, infidelity, small town life, and life on the road. Renowned for her superb powerhouse vocals, Onya is an excellent live performer.

MIRENDA ROSENBERG
She has just returned from a very successful stint at Cork Jazz Festival. A powerhouse singer from Washington DC, she has been entertaining since she was a small child. By the age of four years old, she was singing gospel solos in her church, and by the age of fourteen, she was singing in venues throughout the United States with the Maranatha Touring Choir. After settling down with her family in Letterkenny, she formed The Mirenda Rosenberg Band with guitarists Marc Geagan and Zac Drummond (ex Riverdance), bassist Emmet Brady and drummer Kevin Lowry. The band have supported the legendary Chuck Berry on his only Irish dates. They have just finished a busy summer schedule appearing at the Clifden Blues Festival, the Rory Gallagher festival and Derry Jazz Festival.

With TV appearances on RTE and TG4 as well as a stunning performance for BBC radio, Mirenda has become a national musical sensation. She now spends her nights performing in her trademark sexy and effervescent style. Her influences of jazz, blues, funk and soul are reflected in the bands exciting repertoire that includes songs by Billie Holiday and Tom Waits in addition to their original material.

THE RARE GROOVE FUNK ORCHESTRA
This North-West based ensemble is steeped in the fusion of heavy funk, jazz and musical friendships. The musicians have performed with an impressive array of artists and bands such as Kila, Asian Dub Foundation, Chuck Berry, Primal Scream and The Republic of Loose.

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