Posted online: Aug 3rd, 2010

A little bit of local history will be made tomorrow night when a traditional music concert taking place in Inishowen will be streamed online.

Frankie Gavin & Dé Dannan will take centre stage for the concert with a difference live from McGrory’s of Culdaff which will be able to be viewed all over the world for free on www.LiveTrad.com.

The event is the latest in a series of free webcasts which have been streamed on www.LiveTrad.com throughout the summer, with support from Discover Ireland. The website, which was launched on St. Patrick’s Day of this year, regularly broadcasts traditional Irish music concerts and sessions to thousands of viewers around the world.

The web session will begin at 9.00pm sharp (4.00pm EDT, 1.00pm PDT) and will bring the fiddle legend that is Frankie Gavin and his group to a new online audience. For those heading to the venue to the concert, doors open at 8.00pm and tickets are priced at 20 euro.

Since launching the new Dé Dannan at the World Fleadh in Castlebar last year, Frankie Gavin & Dé Dannan have been seen and heard all over the world, and earlier this year were invited to perform for US President Barack Obama.

The group, which also features Damien Mullane (accordion), Eric Cunningham (percussion, flutes and whistles), Mike Galvin (bouzouki and guitar) and Michelle Lally (vocals), are now connecting with an interactive online audience.

Speaking ahead of tomorrow night’s concert Frankie said the idea of playing an intimate set to a worldwide audience was “a great idea.”

He added: “It’s a terrific way of getting the music out there to your audience. There are only so many gigs we can play in any given year, so having the gigs streamed on the web means you reach many more people than can turn up for the concerts.”