Not a singers session, but I do have a link to
a radio archive audio file on Joe Heaney if you are interested.
It is on this page:
http://my.montana.net/aliceflynn/Alicemusic.html
Some other links are near the bottom of this page:
http://my.montana.net/aliceflynn/music.html
I'm very interested in seeing your web site.
Alice Flynn
--- In traditionalirishsinging@yahoogroups.com, Christopher Brennan <
cristoir@r...> wrote:
> Singers,
>
> First, allow me to introduce myself. I am the founder and host of the
> Rochester (N.Y.) Singers' Session, affiliated with the Tom Finucane
> Branch of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann. For those to drop in, we meet the
> third Sunday of each month at Johnny's Irish Pub, 1382 Culver Road (near
> Merchants) in Rochester. We get underway at 5:00 p.m. "Irish time."
>
> Second -- and the real reason I am bothering you -- is I am trying to
> compile a "Traditonal Singing" web page. When complete I hope to have
> useful information for those new to the genre -- what it is, who are the
> classic proponents (Paddy Tunney, Joe Heaney, Len Graham, Sarah Makem,
> et. al.), festivals etc.
>
> What I would like people's assistance with is compiling a list of
> Singers' Sessions. It doesn't matter where the session is located,
> although I would like to concentrate on sessions primarily in the US and
> Ireland (although if you are in Britain, Japan, etc. I would still like
> to hear from you).
>
> If you want to send your contribution on- or off-list that is fine. What
> I would like in reply is answers to the following questions:
>
> Name of Session
> Name and Address of meeting site -- for example "Johnny's Irish Pub,
> 1382 Culver Road, Rochester, New York 14609"
> Contact Name
> Phone #
> Email Address (if there is one)
> Web site for the session (if there is one)
>
> When the session meets (date and time -- for example, 3rd Sunday of the
> month at 5:00 p.m.) and fee (our session has none, although I know some
> do charge so they can afford to bring in guest singers occasionally). If
> you want to pass on any comments you think people ought to know about
> the session (for example, "No guitars, please"), I'd appreciate hearing
> that as well. I will pass on the URL to the page when complete so people
> can check for accuracy.
>
> BTW, the "No guitars" comment is not a rule at our session, although I
> did see it on another sessions web page. Thanks for your help and hope
> to hear from you soon.
>
> Chris Brennan
> cristoir@r...