Our first gig of the tour was in a cave. This was an amazing venue to play in, and one that we’ll never forget.

It was also wonderful to get back to Bochom and meet up with our favourite German family the Feuerstein’s. We spent about a week here touring around that area. Thanks to Guntmar Feuerstein for being our driver and sound man for the week. We are all looking forward to coming back again at some point in the near future.

The band played there first gig in Berlin at the Kulturhaus Centre Bagatelle. This was a great venue with a very lively croud.

Now a bit of time off. Over the next couple of weeks we will be working on new material.

Hopefully you will be there to hear it soon!

Seán

It was great to meet up with some friends of the band again. At the Old Songs Festival in Altamont, NY we played a joint concert with Matt and Shannon Heaton who we toured with in Germany during the Irish Heartbeat concert series. Also at Summerfest in New Bedford we had the pleasure of sharing the stage with James Keelaghan who we met in February in Memphis.

We finished our three weeks in America at Common Ground in Maryland. We spent our last week there teaching and playing at the festival weekend. During this time we met some great people, including fantastic musicians.

Our final week of the tour was spent in Italy. It was great to play in the beautiful towns and by the end of our time there we were almost getting used to the heat!

Next stop Germany. We hope to see some of you there!

Cheers

Seán

We had a wonderful time alongside the Belfast based band The Rapparees http://www.therapparees.com/

Boston duo Matt and Shannon Heaton http://www.mattandshannonheaton.com/

and the brilliant Kieran Jordan http://www.kieranjordan.com/bio.html

We are now looking forward to some more local gigs and a few festivals including Moniaive Folk Festival and Arran Folk Festival.

cheers

Paul

We had three performances during the event with our main showcase being held on the Saturday night. We really had a brilliant time, and it seemed that the crowd did too.

The experience was enhanced by all of the great people we met and the bands we got to see. Already we’re booked to go back over to the USA at the end of June and we really can’t wait. Hopefully we’ll get to catch up with some of the friends we made.

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Take Care

Paul McKenna Band