Gerry O’Connor and Martin Matthews
Thu, 31 Jan
|Tyneside Irish Centre
Promoted by the Tyneside Irish Cultural Society
Time & Location
31 Jan 2019, 19:30
Tyneside Irish Centre, 43 Gallowgate, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4SG, UK
About the event
Doors open 7.30pm Show 8pm
Gerry O’Connor has long been marked out as one of the great fiddle players of his generation. A winner of numerous All Ireland and Fiddler of Oriel titles, he has been rightly noted for his rich, fluid, lyrical fiddle playing.
He formed Lá Lúgh (Sony Music) and Skylark, recording four CDs on the Claddagh label, and has toured and recorded with members of Planxty, Bothy Band, De Danann, Boys of the Lough and The Chieftains.
Winner of Album the Year in 1996 (Irish Music magazine) and album of the year 2004 (The Irish Times), Gerry has produced many critically acclaimed recordings. In 2010 he recorded CD’s with the trio Jig away the Donkey, The Irish Rovers and, a duo recording with Cathal McConnell charting the traditional songs of Ulster.
November 2018 saw the release of his long awaited second solo album