Josephine Marsh, accordion (Ireland)
Declan Corey, bouzouki, mandolin (Ireland)
Guto Dafis, melodeon (Wales)
Gareth Westacott, fiddle (Wales)

"Really enjoyable, urging me to dance to the dance tunes and join in with the songs...
you can breathe in the smell of woodsmoke and wine."

Taplas Folk Magazine on Toreth

"Loose, free, spiritual, simple, light, joyous, flowing."
Folk Roots on Josephine Marsh

Music Network's traditional music tour this season unites two wonderful duos from opposite sides of the Irish Sea in a unique celebration of Celtic music. The Hibernian songbook has no more enthusiastic champions than acclaimed accordionist Josephine Marsh and her regular band-member and virtuoso mandolin/bouzouki player Declan Corey (three times former All-Ireland banjo champion). Both play with great passion and effortless virtuosity and Josephine's highly eclectic and distinctive style, distilled from the musical influences of East Clare, has a remarkable ability to lift the spirits.

Gareth Westacott and Guto Davis, a.k.a. Cardiff-based group Toreth, have in recent years unearthed a veritable treasure trove of traditional Welsh dance music and songs varying in mood from dry humour to romantic melancholy. Guto Davis' strident melodeon is usually a lone counter-foil to Gareth's fiery fiddle-playing and it will be a revelation to hear this pair playing alongside two of the today's most exciting Irish traditional musicians. All in all, this promises to be a magical evening.

This performance is sponsored by Cultural Co-operation and Touring @ Temple Bar & Aberystwyth Arts Centre, which is part-funded by Ireland Wales INTERREG programme. It is an initiative of the Theatre Shop and Aberystwyth Arts Centre and in Ireland is managed by Temple Bar Properties.

Tour Dates
Wed 14 Sept Bray Mermaid Arts Centre, 8pm
Tickets: €14 (€11 conc.)
Booking: (01) 272 4030
Promoted by Mermaid Arts Centre

Thurs 15 Sept Limerick Belltable Arts Centre, 8pm
Tickets: €12 (€10 conc.)
Booking: (061) 319866
Promoted by Limerick City Council Arts Office

Fri 16 Sept Listowel St. John's Theatre & Arts Centre, 8pm
Tickets: €12 (€10 conc.)
Booking: (068) 22566
Promoted by St. John's Theatre & Arts Centre

Mon 19 Sept Clifden Alcock & Brown Hotel, 10pm
Tickets: €12 (€10 conc.)
Booking: (095) 21206
Promoted by Clifden Arts Society

Tues 20 Sept Mohill, Co. Leitrim Clarke's Hotel, 8.30pm
Tickets: €12 (€10 conc.)
Booking: (071) 962 4703 / 087 636 7825
Promoted by South Leitrim Arts

Wed 21 Sept Virginia, Co. Cavan Ramor Theatre, 8.30pm
Tickets: €12 (€10 conc.)
Booking: (049) 854 7074
Promoted by Ramor Theatre

Thurs 22 Sept Dublin Coach House, Dublin Castle, 8pm
Tickets: €14 (€10 conc.) or €35 family
Booking: (01) 671 9429 or
Opus II, South Great George's St,
(01) 677 8571
Promoted by Music Network

Fri 23 Sept Ashbourne Cultrlann na Cille, Gaelscoil na Cille, 8pm
Tickets: €10 (€7 conc.)
Booking: Tickets Available at Door
Information: (01) 824 0000
Promoted by Meath County Council Arts Office