Friday, May 14, 2010


SongWriter Sessions @ The Locke Bar
Thursday 20th May2010 9.00pm

The SongWriter Sessions@The Locke Bar, continues upstairs at The Locke Bar, George's Quay, Limerick 9.00pm May 20th with special guest Drea.

Special guest is Drea.

Drea aka {Damien Drea} began life in 2010.
The former Vesta Varro frontman has shared stages with Bell x1, Editors and Peter Green (Fleetwood Mac).
Drea comes from a musical family. His parents are professional musicians and he performed with them in the UK and the USA when he was younger .
The former Vesta Varro frontman has worked with Richard Rainey (U2) and Nick Seymour (Crowded House).
His past credits include penning "Hotpress song of the year" voted by Today FM listeners and songs featured on North American television .
Drea thinks like a band, works like a band but isn’t a band. Instead he has a floating ensemble of friends and contemporaries who contribute both live and in the studio .
Drea is currently working on his first solo album which is due for release in 2011 and will also appear at a number of festivals this summer. Drea plays a solo show at The Locke Bar Thurs the 20th May 9.30pm.


For further Information www.myspace.com/drea.official .

As usual all aspiring songwriters are invited to attend and play there songs in front of a live audience. All types of music and singers are welcome, a limited amount of instruments will be available for use on the night.

There will also be an opportunity for getting a YouTube video of your performance made free of charge and uploaded to our site. Performances will also be recorded and broadcast as a Podcast at a later date. Host for the sessions are songwriters Brian Connolly, Chris Wood and Sean Macleod. As the venue develops into a hot spot for new talent in Limerick, plans are a foot to invite recording artists, producers, managers and publishers, anyone who may be looking for fresh new songs. SongWriter Sessions@The Locke Bar is a regular feature of the live music scene in Limerick and takes place every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Thursday of the month.

If you wish to play contact Brian Connolly at limericksongwriters@gmail.com to book a spot or turn up on the night. Further details can be got at www.myspace.com/limericksongwriters or from http://limericksongwriters.blogspot.com

All are welcome those who wish to perform or just listen. Free admission and free finger food.

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Saturday, May 8, 2010

SongWriter session @ the Locke Bar Thurs.13th May 2010


SongWriter Sessions @ The Locke Bar
Thursday 13th May 2010 9.00pm


The SongWriterSessions@TheLockeBar, continues upstairs at The Locke Bar, George’s Quay, Limerick 9.00pm May 13th.

This weeks special guest is singer songwriter Peter Delaney.

Peter Delaney
comes from a folk music background and plays his own unique style, drawing on early Hawaiian folk songs and Alan Lomax field recordings as well as more contemporary musicians such as Joanna Newsom and Josephine Foster. Peter released his debut EP/Mini Album "Duck Egg Blue" in April 2007 and is currently working on a new album.
In November 2008 Peter joined Oscar winners The Sell Season as support act on the Irish leg of their European tour and has played alongside many popular folk musicians including A Hawk and a Hacksaw (USA), Phosphourecent (USA), Alela Diane (USA), Alasdair Roberts (Scotland), Juana Molina (Argentina), Sharon Krauss (UK), Thinguma*jigSaw (Norway) and Jozef van Wissem (Netherlands).

As Usual all aspiring songwriters are invited to attend and play there songs in front of a live audience. All types of music and singers are welcome, a limited amount of instruments will be available for use on the night.

The evening will features songwriters doing short sets of two or three songs. There will also be an opportunity for getting a YouTube video of your performance made free of charge and uploaded to our site. Performances will also be recorded and and available to download later. Host for the sessions are songwriters Brian Connolly, Chris Wood and Sean MacLeod. SongWriter Sessions@The Locke Bar takes place every 2nd, 3rd and 4th Thursday of the month.

If you wish to play contact Brian Connolly at limericksongwriters@gmail.com to book a spot or turn up on the night. Further details can be got at www.myspace.com/limericksongwriters or from http://limericksongwriters.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/limericksongwriters http://www.lockebar.com

All are welcome those who wish to perform or just listen. Free admission and free finger food.