There is an extra feature tonight for all budding songwriters! Monday 28th July: Spirit of Mother Jones festival Si Kahn song writing workshop at the Maldron Hotel at 8pm. Open to all songwriters, singers and people interested in how to pen songs, all are very welcome to come […]
On Tuesday evening 31st July at the “gathering” for the Mother Jones Festival at the Maldron Hotel, the Cork Singers Club were singing songs to honour Mary Harris/Mother Jones. Among the contributors was Teresa Ní Chárthaigh who sang her own composition which she had worked on for some […]
A previously unrecorded song about Mother Jones, written in 1902, has surfaced in the United States where it was written to welcome Mother Jones to a gathering of miners in Iowa. On the Appalachian activists listserv, Marat Moore heard about a new CD on the Battle of Blair […]
Hank Wedel has been part of the music scene around Cork City and County for over 20 years with his eclectic mix of folk, country, jazz and rock and other music styles. Singer-songwriter Hank Wedel was born in the USA in the 1960s, grew up in New York […]
Thanks to Richard T. Cooke for organising the lunchtime concert which will take place as part of the Cork Mother Jones Festival on Wednesday, 1st August 2012. This will be a free concert starting at 1.00pm and the venue will be the Firkin Crane centre in Shandon. Performers […]
Great song / video about Mary Harris Jones from the famous cowboy singer of the 1930s & ’40s, Gene Autry
Mother Jones And Her Children is a 52 minute long documentary which outlines the extraordinary life and activities of the most famous Cork woman in America. Produced by Emma Bowell and Eddie Noonan of Cork based Frameworks Films (www.frameworksfilms.com) in cooperation with the Cork Mother Jones Committee. Highly recommended. DVDs (€10 each) are available from Jim Nolan at 22/23 Shandon Street, Cork. DVDs incl.package and postage within Ireland are €12 each. Package and postage to UK, Europe or USA €14 each. For bulk purchases, contact Jim on 086 1651356. Send postal order or euro draft or euro cheque payable to Cork Mother Jones Committee to above address.
