Note Productions present Mike Nielsen’s Crimo Trio

Ireland’s Zrazy blissfully combine silky and searing vocals with a stunning musicality of mature soul, pop and jazz-electronica. Musically sophisticated and lyrically smart, Zrazy inhabit a unique place in Irish contemporary music. 

Sunny music for summer! ​

​Enjoy t​he evocative melodies and grooves of ​music by ​​Brazil's most brilliant composers, including Jobim, Powell, Bosco, Nascimento, Joyce and more.

In 1918, out of the ashes of World War I, Berlin emerged as a cultural and socially cosmopolitan centre in Germany’s delicate new Weimar Republic. Central to this era were the fabulous music and famous cabaret performances which sprang up in new venues and theatres all over the city; these songs took advantage of the relaxation of censorship laws in inter-war Berlin and poked satirical fun at the political, economic and societal topics of the day…from which there were many to choose! However, within a few years of Nazi accession to power in 1933, this short but glorious subculture was suppressed and its greatest exponents fled Germany. Three of those Berlin artists, Kurt Weill, Friedrich Hollaender and Marlene Dietrich, later found great success in Hollywood and on Broadway and some of their well-known music – Lili Marlene, Mack the Knife, Falling in Love Again – features in this concert.

Free Trane is an exploration of John Coltrane’s music. The Trio featuring Julian Siegel on tenor saxophone, Alan Niblock on bass and Mark Sanders on drums will focus on some of Trane’s later works, such as Sun Ship and Peace on Earth, and will explore his world of improvisation, free spirit and structures from this period. The exploration of this project will allow the musician increased freedom to develop ideas for a better understanding of the forces within Coltrane’s musical universe.

The Boyne Music Festival take enormous pleasure in welcoming the acclaimed Chris Laurence Quartet to Townley Hall for the first time this summer. Saturday 4th August promises to be a truly memorable occasion when this hugely influential quartet comprising of renowned double bassist Christopher Laurence, guitarist John Parricelli, drummer Martin France and vibraphonist Frank Ricotti will make their Townley debut.

Punctuate the year ahead with a selection of seasonal Frank Sinatra interludes.

Lewis & Dav are back on the road for their second UK & Ireland tour in 2018, hosting a series of intimate and acoustic events in some of the most stunning venues the UK & Ireland has to offer.

Lewis & Dav are back on the road for their second UK & Ireland tour in 2018, hosting a series of intimate and acoustic events in some of the most stunning venues the UK & Ireland has to offer.

Emerging from John Coltrane’s groups of the mid-1960s, Sanders is known for his distinctive sound. His work embodies the spiritual foundation of avant-garde jazz and he has shaped his own sonic world that encompasses the primal wails and fierce energy of late Coltrane and the stomping R&B of his Little Rock youth, Asian modes and Moroccan grooves, while balancing his explosive improvisations with gentle ballads of sublime simplicity. Pharoah’s saxophone sound is unforgettable — deep, raw, humming with overtones and laden with fervent feeling and serene beauty.

Punctuate the year ahead with a selection of seasonal Frank Sinatra interludes.

Baltimore born jazz guitarist Bill Frisell has created a sound his own and his own place in music. Although steeped in the jazz tradition, his music includes shades of rock, country and bluegrass, among various other styles. His lyrical melodies combined with a unique sound, make him one of the most singular musicians of his generation.