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ACOUSTIC BLUES singer-songwriter Eric Bibb was born in New York in 1951 and grew up surrounded by the Greenwich Village folk music and literary scene which included Bob Dylan, Dave Von Ronk, Pete Seeger, Odetta, Judy Collins, and Joan Baez.

Ah yes, looking back on the Rhythm and Roots Festival and heading into day three. Sunday is the biggest day of the weekend, with 38 shows scheduled between 1pm and early Monday morning. That’s 38 opportunities for something to go wrong, but, miraculously there’s hardly a hitch all day and night. The closest we get to a crisis is one of the bands turning up 10 minutes late.

I think we may get used to enjoying the simple things in life for the next few years. There’s not much money about and, even if there was, it looks as if Icelandic volcanoes mean we won’t be able to get off this little island to fly to exotic locations for the foreseeable future.

Clive Barnes has committed to a long awaited gig in Cleere’s which will take place on Friday week February 17.

Insufficient ticket sales have put an end to a new outdoor, two-day music festival which was planned to take place in Thomastown this weekend, although organisers have confirmed they hope an indoor event will go ahead in its stead.

The final KilkennyMusic.com One Take Sessions of 2008 takes place with KilkennyMusic.com in Cleere's Theatre this Thursday night at 9:30pm.

A strong line-up of performers remains in tact for the proposed Dysart Festival, which had originally been planned for the grounds of Dysart Castle in Thomastown, but due to poor ticket sales has been moved to a city centre venue.

“THERE ARE only three white blues singers, and Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.” This praise for the American singer and guitarist came from no less a songwriter than Richard Thompson.

This weekend will see a jam-packed night of music take place in The Pumphouse in aid of the Uganda School Project.