PETTIGO COMMUNITY CENTRE ANNOUNCES A CONCERT BY IRISH TRADITIONAL GROUP SLIDE ON FRIDAY 3 NOVEMBER

"Slide successfully combined the qualities of Traditional Irish music with contemporary musical ideas," Dónal Lunny

Already described by the Irish Times as 'a powerhouse quartet of traditional musicians with attitude', the Irish traditional music group Slide featuring vocalists and multi-instrumentalists Daire Bracken, Éamonn de Barra, Mick Broderick and Aogán Lynch, will hit the road on a special Music Network concert series in November. There will be a concert with Slide on Friday 3 November at Pettigo Community Centre at 8pm. Tickets, ¤12/¤10 concession, are available from 071 9861945. This concert is promoted by Pettigo Community Centre and Music Network.

Since their début performance in 2000, Slide has toured extensively from Scandinavia to Italy and from Estonia to Baltimore, and to festivals such as Beo 2003, Ireland to L'Orient, France, and Dranouter, Belgium. They have recorded two critically acclaimed albums The Flying Pig and Harmonic Motion. The group was named Best Newcomer 2001 by Irish Music Magazine and are former winners of Young Musicwide 2005 - Music Network's professional development award scheme for young musicians.

Daire Bracken (fiddle/guitar/vocals) began performing and touring at a young age with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann. He was an original member of Danú, has toured with the Niamh Parsons Band and Stockton's Wing, and has recorded a CD with box player David Munnelly and Gavin Ralston called "Swing".

Born in Dublin, Éamonn de Barra (piano/flute/bodhrán/whistle/vocals) comes from one of the most musical homes in Dublin, where his family has a long tradition of music par excellence. Éamonn won the Young Traditional Musician of the Year Award in 2000, and has toured in Europe, the USA, and Japan.

TG4 Young Musician of the Year 1999 Aogán Lynch (concertina/whistle/vocals) hails from Cork and was exposed to a wealth of music by his well-known Begley relations and has also performed with his father and immediate family in the Donachadh Lynch Band. He has recorded an album with fiddle player Michelle O'Brien and his cousin and guitarist Gavin Ralston.

One of the Brodericks of east Galway, Mick Broderick (bouzouki/mandolin/vocals) has performed extensively on the Dublin and European scene and has emerged as one of the most competent and innovative bouzouki players of his generation.