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Athlone based singer/song writer Fergal Cox will launch his debut EP Devil’s Island in the Passionfruit Theatre, Athlone on Friday August 27 at 8.30pm, admission €10.

“Come with me, I’ll guarantee you the best time you’ve ever had,” growls Chris Smither enticingly on the first line of ‘Don’t Call Me Stranger’, the opening song from his latest album ime Stands Still.

Cajun music developed in Louisiana among the French setters who moved there from Quebec after the British took over Canada.

Having played many times with Scottish folkie James Yorkston and the late great John Martyn, Mayo man Seamus Fogarty’s music pedigree is in no doubt, but you can check out this singer-songwriter’s self-described “mongrel breed of folk, country and blues” for yourself in Cleere’s (tonight) Friday February 26 at 9pm.

Galway native Noelie McDonnell is coming to Kilkenny next week for a mid-week-special gig on Wednesday night.

I was going to give the ‘Bravest Man in Ireland’ accolade to Ramie Leahy, but I think I’ll make it a joint award and include his son Enda. Ramie has long held the notion of hosting a big music event at his Dysart Castle venue and the dream is about to be realised on August 8 and 9.

A number of exciting opportunities exist for paid and voluntary stewards at next weekend’s Dysart Festival which will be held at Dysart Castle, in Thomastown.

Music fans will be saddened to hear of the passing of Kilkenny- based folk singer, John Martyn.

Smack-bang in the middle of a hectic festival season, Monaghan indie-kids The Flaws are still high on their Glastonbury experience as they prepare for a crack at Kilkenny’s new addition to the carousel, Thomastown’s Dysart Festival.

Around these parts we may be used to getting spoilt when it comes to exciting events planned over the summer months to keep us occupied but does it get much better than this in Kilkenny?