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Friday Music Video- Duke Special with the Inishowen Gospel Choir, Freewheel

This is an automated post, as I’m away in France this weekend.
Things are going very well for the Inishowen Gospel Choir. BBC Norn Irn came to McGrorys in Culdaff to shoot a special piece of the choir for an upcoming show on Duke Special. On the 17th October they will appear with Duke Special on the Late Late Show for Special’s new album launch. On the 18th October they appear in HMV Dublin, then they shoot up the M1 to appear in HMV Belfast. Then, and I believe this is an exclusive to Caricatures Ireland, they play a secret gig in the Oh Yeah Building in Belfast. Keep it to yourself, yeah?
The following week, the 25th October, they’re back in Belfast for Urban Hymns with Foy Vance, Bronagh Gallagher, Ciaran Gribben, Ken Haddock, Réa Curran, Burning Codes, Gabriel Makamanzi plus special guests.

Tags: Friday Music Video, inishowen gospel choir, youtube by Allan
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Inishowen Gospel Choir in Sligo, and a wee trip to Glencar!

On the way to Dundalk on Saturday (I went via Ardee) I spotted a sign for Derry- 163km. I suggested to the New Muse (who’s been accompanying me to one or two gigs) that it would be quicker to go to Donegal after the wedding than drive back to Galway, and we could make a night of it (Carndonagh is the craic central of Inishowen). I rang The Voice to see if we could stay with her and The Drums, but they were en route to Sligo for an Inishowen Gospel Choir gig in the Clarence Hotel.
The New Muse and I had a quick bite (of food!) in Dundalk and hit the road for Sligo. We took the scenic route from Castleblaney to Clones and then on to Enniskillen, Manorhamilton and finally Sligo. We saw donkeys and ruins and pockets of an Ireland thought long dead: dwellings resting at crossroads with sunken glass in deep windows and walls made of ivy.
We arrived in Sligo in plenty of time for the gig. I got shot in a drive-by waterpistolling as we walked to the venue, I started to give chase and I was catching up when I realised I’d survive as they missed all my vital organs and it probably wasn’t worth it. (Video and pics below the fold).

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Tags: Inishowen, Sightseeing, Sligo, fun, inishowen gospel choir, music, myspace, personal, photographs, wedding choirs, weekend, youtube by Allan
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Don’t let the Halloween costumes put you off! This is the Inishowen Gospel Choir from the incredibly talented Inishowen Peninsula (ahem!). I’ll admit it’s populated by several of my mates but I saw them last year in McGrorys and they blew the roof off the place. Since then they’ve gone from strength to strength, recently supporting the likes of Duke Special and the Harlem Gospel Choir. They have a Facebook page and will soon have audio clips up.

The good news is they are available for weddings! You can contact them by email at inishowengospelchoir-at-gmail-dot-com or ring Kathryn on 086 6094275.

Tags: gospel choirs for weddings, inishowen gospel choir, music, wedding choirs, wedding music, wedding singers by Allan
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