Mother Jones May Day Birthday Party
Sun, Apr 30
|Irish American Heritage Center
Featuring World Famous Irish Fiddler Liz Carroll Brendan and Siobhan McKinney Mother Jones performed by Brigid Duffy Karen White, NEA Deputy ex. director Others to be announced Huge Birthday Cake supplied by Bakers Local 1
Time & Location
Apr 30, 2023, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Irish American Heritage Center, 4626 N Knox Ave, Chicago, IL 60630, USA
Guests
About the Event
other speakers to be added
featuring
Liz Carroll, Irish Fiddler
Liz Carroll is an Irish fiddler, composer, and recording artist. She is the first Irish-American musician to be nominated for a Grammy, and the first American-born composer honored with the Cumadóir TG4, Ireland’s most significant traditional music prize. She has toured as a solo artist and with The Green Fields of America, the group Trian, as the duo Liz Carroll & John Doyle, String Sisters, and now as a duo with guitarist and pianist Jake Charron. Featured on fourteen albums and appearing on many more, her duet album with Jake Charron, Half Day Road, was released in February of 2019.
Brendan and Shiobhan McKinney on Pipes and Flute
We are delighted that Brendan and Siobhan McKinney will also join us for this event, on pipes and flute. The McKinneys are acclaimed musicians. They’ve both won the All-Ireland Fleadh, the most prestigious Irish music…