Kilkenny Roots Festival 2012
Kilkenny Roots Festival 2012
SMITHWICKS KILKENNY ROOTS FESTIVAL 2012 4th to 7th May 2012 OUR 15th YEAR! Tickets on sale from Fri 17th Feb at Rollercoaster Records, Tel: + 353 56 77 636 69 Info@kilkennyroots.com Tel 0567763669. International 00353567763669 Launched in 1998, The Kilkenny Rhythm and Roots Festival has been attracting some of the best names in the Americana genre; acts such as Giant Sand, Ryan Adams, Alejandro Escovedo, Mark Eitzel, Guy Clark, Chuck Prophet, Ray LaMontagne, Richmond Fontaine, Rodney Crowell and Calexico to name a but a few, if Country, folk, blues, bluegrass, rockabilly, Cajun is your thing then Kilkenny is the place to be this May Holiday weekend.
From midday to midnight audiences wend their way through the medieval streets sampling the huge range of music in the 30 plus venues, hosting over 30 acts from Ireland, USA, Canada, and UK, with over 80 ticketed and free shows. Ticket prices have been held at the same level for the last five years and the number of free gigs has been increased to over 60.
ALABAMA SHAKES (USA)
“A young female heir to the godfather of strange, Mr. Tom Waits.” Americana UK
“An album for our times.” 4 stars, Irish Times “The songs are both beautiful and disturbing, and are the work of an artist who deserves to be heard. I hope he sells a million copies.” Mary Gauthier.
“A swaggering country rock album that recalls The Rolling Stones’ greatest flirtations with the South’s soul and blues.’ Q Magazine, 4 stars.
“Country-soul greatness.” 4 Stars, Uncut.
DAN BAIRD & HOMEMADE SIN (USA) “A long time since people made albums as fun, as strong and as satisfying as this one.” Billboard WILLY VLAUTIN & DAN ECCLES (USA) “Willy’s songwriting continues to hit the spot and Dan’s guitar playing keeps getting better and better.” Bob Harris, BBC. “An album that grows more emotionally astonishing with each play, and, at 36 minutes, one that’s entirely too brief.” Austin Chronicle “Parr has been releasing enthralling albums with a minimum of fuss for the past decade.” 4 Stars Uncut. DANNY & THE CHAMPIONS OF THE WORLD (UK) “Thunderously exciting...in a word, Dan-tastic.” Word Magazine. An audience with Andy Kershaw - "Andy Kershaw, the greatest living English-language broadcaster." New Statesman.
Tel: 056 7763669 or 086 8146421
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