Shout Sister Shout

Anthony Griffin October 16, 2017

Shout Sister Shout, the legendary London wild, rockin' rootsy R'n'B band formed in 1988 hit the stage of the Thomas House earlier this month. A who's who of members featuring Andy Neal, Pete Farrugia, Chad Strentz, Lyn Boorer and Brian Nevill...who haven't these guys played with from Ronnie Dawson, Howlin' Wilf (James Hunter), Lee Thompson, Big Joe Louis, The Planet Rockers, No 9 and Paul Lamb and The Kingsnakes, to name but a few..?

A night of surprise guests and support by Donna Dunne and The Mystery Men.

Donna Dunne & The Mystery Men

Anthony Griffin October 16, 2017

Donna Dunne has been a fixture on the Dublin music scene since 2012 with her first single 'Woman in Black'. Not one togive up on becoming a touring artist with her own style of music, Donna has worked with some of the best musicians in Ireland and the UK throughout recent the years.

In August 2016, Donna signed with Diablo Records (UK) and released her first album 'Voodoo' February 2017.

Donna & The Mystery Men provided a powerful, energetic and expressive performance, delivered with a whole lot of soul supporting Shout Sister Shout in the Thomas House earlier this month and were joined on stage by Boz and Lyn Boorer.

Henhouse Prowlers

Anthony Griffin September 1, 2017

Saturday, 26 August and I flew the coop for a night with Chicago’s Henhouse Prowlers at the Thomas House, Dublin.

Ben, John, Aaron & Kyle, all tremendously accomplished musicians, treated the crowd to lightning hot, bluegrass pickin’, and ballads, including songs from Nigeria, Uganda and Kyrgyzstan. The Prowlers have worked with the US State Department from Sub-Saharan Africa to Russia, returning each time to bring back and share other culture’s folk music with a ‘bluegrassified’ twist.

Good-time music from real gents, all of whom were eager to mingle with the crowd between sets and after the show. When not travelling the world, the band are avid educators in terms of their respective instruments but also in the general area of Bluegrass, from an American cultural history point of view. Henhouse Prowlers regularly bring their bluegrass curriculum to elementary and intermediate schools in various US States.

The Queen of Oklahoma

Anthony Griffin July 23, 2017

With social media having such a prominent role in today's society, it's always great to see someone using one of my images as a profile picture.

This one, now since modified since its original, is of the Queen of Oklahoma, Carter Sampson who has adopted it as her Facebook profile pic at the time of this post.

Irish Central

Anthony Griffin July 19, 2017

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I'm on iTunes (kind of...)

Anthony Griffin July 4, 2017

One of my Billy Bragg photos does the rounds a great deal. Very happy to see it representing his profile on iTunes. I studied music in the past and while it's highly unlikely that I'll ever have an album on iTunes, I do now have a photo there at least! As a Billy Bragg mega-fan, it means a great deal. He remarked on the image the last time I met him, acknowledging that it gets used a lot. One of a small series available on his Press Page.