Amidst a busy autumn tour season with Cherish the Ladies, fellow band member Kathleen Boyle and I will be squeezing in a few tour dates of our own as a duo this November. We’re excited to be covering a lot of ground in a short space of time, hitting the west coast, Midwest and east coast. Kathleen will be playing both piano and piano accordion, and we’re looking forward to debuting some new arrangements of tunes as well as playing some sets from our respective solo albums.

Hope to see you out at one of our concerts!

Friday, November 4.
Tualatin, Oregon
First Friday Ceili Mór with Johnny Connolly (accordion) and Matty Sears (bodhrán)
For more information, please visit: http://sandairishentertainment.com/

Saturday, November 5.
Tualatin, Oregon, workshops and concert
Workshops [space still available]
11am, Kathleen, piano accompaniment
12:30, Gráinne, fiddle
2pm, Kathleen, mixed instrument group workshop
3:30, Gráinne, advanced fiddle
Concert, The Wee Ceili Room, 8pm [SOLD OUT CONCERT]
For more information, please visit: http://sandairishentertainment.com/ and/or contact Sam Keator at sam.keator@frontier.com or 503.691.2078

Sunday, November 13
St. Paul, Minnesota
The Celtic Junction
Concert, 7pm
Tickets $12 advance/$15 door (advance tickets available through The Celtic Junction)

Tuesday, November 15
Boston College, 6:30-8:30pm
FREE Concert as part of the Gaelic Roots series directed by Séamus Connolly, Sullivan Artist-in-Residence
Brighton Campus, 2101 Commonwealth Avenue
Please visit the Irish Studies webpage for further details.

New review of Gráinne’s new album on liveireland.com.

The May 2010 issue of Irish Music Magazine also reviews the album.

Thanks to everyone who made the CD launch party at Arlene’s Grocery a great evening. What a lovely crowd and a lovely venue! Check out the new gallery and video pages for photographs and videos from the party.

Gráinne’s Short Stories album has been featured recently on the radio in the U.S. and Ireland. Thanks in particular to Brian O’Donovan for featuring the album on his show “A Celtic Sojourn” on WGBH in Boston, to Bill Margeson of WDCB, Chicago Public Radio, to Ellen Cranitch of RTÉ Lyric’s “Grace Notes” program in Ireland, and to Joan Hanrahan and Rónán Burke of “The West Wind” on Clare FM, in Clare, Ireland. Gráinne was also interviewed by Rónán on a recent program.

CD launch party for Short Stories album to be held at Arlene’s Grocery in the Lower East Side on Sunday, April 18th from 7:30-11:30 p.m. Gráinne will be performing with guests from the album, The Pride of the Subway Ceili band, and other special guests. Will be a blast — hope to see you there! Cost = FREE.

We are pleased to announce that Ossian Records will be selling Gráinne’s new album from its fine online music store.

The album is also available from CD Baby and, in digital form, from eMusic, iTunes and Amazon (see “purchase” link above).

Visit tg4.tv and click on Cláir Eile – Cartlann, then Féilte USA.

(26:15 – 28:45)

Irish fiddle player Gráinne Murphy launches new website. This site will become a resource for upcoming gigs, for bookings, and for purchasing her new album.