Rosie Shipley and Gerry O'Bierne Saturday, June 16th 2007  8:00 PM      $10.00 (Children under 12 admitted free)

Rosie Shipley grew up in Baltimore, Maryland, surrounded by traditional Irish music and dance, and in rural Nova Scotia, Canada, home of the famous Cape Breton-style of Scottish traditional fiddle playing. Rosie had her first violin lesson at age three and when she was eight, began to learn traditional tunes from fiddler Brendan Mulvihill. Along with her brothers, Rosie spent a portion of her summers when she was a teenager in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, at the Gaelic College of Celtic Arts and Crafts where she studied fiddle with Sandy MacIntyre and piano with Ryan MacNeill. Rosie has toured with The Willow Band (with Gerry O'Beirne and EJ Jones) and as a guest with Cherish the Ladies. Today, she tours with singer-songwriter Gerry O'Beirne and as a duo. When she is not on the road, Rosie teaches fiddle to students young and old at her popular music studio in Baltimore. In addition to her two albums on the Shipwhistle label, Rosie has done a lot of recording as a highly sought after session musician. Gerry O'Beirne, renowned singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (6- and 12-string guitars, tipple, ukulele, and lots more), was reared in his native County Clare and in Ghana (That's right.  Maybe he'll tell us about that.). Gerry has been a member of Patrick Street, The Sharon Shannon Band, The Waterboys and has toured with Irish fiddle legend Kevin Burke, Andy Irvine, the great Clare fiddler Martin Hayes, Andy Stewart. He has opened for The Grateful Dead (awesome, huh?), appeared on Prairie Home Companion, and even performed at the White House.  Gerry is also sought after as an arranger and producer. His compositions have been recorded by many Irish singers, including Maura O'Connell and Mary Black. His solo album, Half Moon Bay, was included in Songwriter Magazine's "12 best independent releases" list and won accolades from Folkworld, which placed the album among its top 10 of the year. To learn more about Gerry, visit gerryobeirne.com

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh has been forced to cancel at this show due to illness.

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