Update -- found out last nite that the Kilkenny House ITM session will run next Wed. Dec. 30 from 8-11 pm, 112 South Ave. East in Cranford New Jersey. . . last nite brought out flutist Jane Kelton and accordionist/fiddler Tom Dunne from Manhattan plus a stirring vocal rendition by Steve Wickins of "Christmas Lullaby", and we rocked for 3 straight hours. . . don't know who next week's host/hostess will be, but the tunes will be there all the same.
And if you're in the NYC area, you gotta check out uilleann piper Danny McLaughlin, who's living in Queens these days. He came to Glen Ridge NJ and led the session at Fitzgerald's 1928 last Thursday, and it was tremendous. I was fortunate to sit next to him all nite and just drank it in, great-sounding pipes and a beautiful fluid style.
http://www.dannymclaughlin.comBest,
L.E. McCullough
http://www.lemccullough.com