There is an extra feature tonight for all budding songwriters! Si Kahn 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 along and discuss their … Continue reading Songwriting workshop with Si Kahn tonight
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A new Cork Song about Mother Jones
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 Nà Chárthaigh who sang her own composition which she had worked on for some time after reading about the life … Continue reading A new Cork Song about Mother Jones
Previously unrecorded song about Mother Jones surfaces in the US
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 Mountain. It won't be released until August … Continue reading Previously unrecorded song about Mother Jones surfaces in the US
Our performers – Hank Wedel
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 City and Mallow, Co. Cork in the … Continue reading Our performers – Hank Wedel
Details of lunchtime concert (August 1st)
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 will include:- Cork Memory Lane GroupCork Shakespearean … Continue reading Details of lunchtime concert (August 1st)
The Death of Mother Jones – Gene Autry
Great song / video about Mary Harris Jones from the famous cowboy singer of the 1930s & '40s, Gene Autry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EDVqPxqW0KA?rel=0&w=560&h=315
