One Take Sessions

The March 6th One Take Sessions have been booked out, with just one slot remaining also for March 27th.

The booking form has now been updated completely, the new menu for dates giving you an indication as to how many slots are left available on any given date.

The new One Take Sessions website launches this week and tonight, you can tune into KCLR 96FM (or here on the web) to hear Ken chat about the ‘Sessions.

The booking form currently online for One Take Sessions dates has been updated to reflect the 2008 calendar. We are currently taking bookings for the entire year. Slots are strictly limited to 4 acts per night and must be booked in advance.

At present we are booking for our 2008 launch night. Please see the booking form (link above) or email sessions@kilkennymusic.com to book your slot for Thursday March 6th.

Here’s the dates for the One Take Sessions series for 2008. If you would like to book a space at any of the ‘Sessions up to December, please email sessions@kilkennymusic.com with your details and a link to your MySpace. The One Take Sessions is an alternative acoustic night, open to solo acts and bands, taking place every third Thursday in Cleere’s Theatre, Kilkenny. There is a limit of four acts per night for 2008.

• Thursday, March 6th 2008
• Thursday, March 27th
• Thursday, April 17th
• Thursday, May 8th
• Thursday, May 29th
• Thursday, June 19th
• Thursday, July 10th
• Thursday, July 31st
• Thursday, August 21st
• Thursday, September 11th
• Thursday, October 2nd
• Thursday, October 23rd
• Thursday, November 19th
• Thursday, December 4th

More details will be published this week on OneTakeSessions.com.

OneTakeSessions.com will also be getting a bit of a facelift this week, keep an eye out on the site for more details!

We’ve locked down all the dates for the 2008 One Take Sessions and we’ll be publishing the full list tomorrow.

That said, we can tell you that they’ll be returning to their home in Cleere’s Theatre from Thursday March 6th and will conclude for 2008 on Thursday December 4th.

You can make bookings now or put your name on the shortlist by emailing sessions@kilkennymusic.com.

Keep an eye on the site tomorrow as we publish the complete list of dates. The One Take Sessions website will be overhauled in the coming week, in similar fashion to the new-look Sound System Podcast and you’ll be able to grab the full set of dates, view the calendar in advance and use our new online booking forms right here on OneTakeSessions.com.

The last One Take Sessions of the year are on later tonight with

• Ken McGuire
• Jimmy Trigger
• Jack O’Leary
• Clive Barnes

All on the bill. Full details are also available in this week’s Kilkenny People and Kilkenny Advertiser (both entertainment sections in each). We’re starting at 9:30pm promptly and will be sitting down during the week to sort out the 2008 dates as we resume towards the end of next January.

The One Take Sessions returns again this week for the only November outing and brings along

• Jimi Cullen
• West Of Eden
• Ro Tierney
• Dave Nolan (Video above)

Drop into Cleere’s Theatre in Kilkenny this Thursday night (tomorrow) with music starting at 9:30pm. As always there is no cover charge on the One Take Sessions and we’ll be recording the show for podcast 33 next week.

Come along!

The 30th Sound System Podcast has gone live on SoundSystemPodcast.com and features the highlights from the One Take Sessions last week which took place on Thursday night (October 25th).

You’ll get four tracks - one from each of the acts - with music coming from Eamonn O’Connor, Emer Dunne, Diarmuid Comerford and Jimmy Trigger. We’re back with the One Take Sessions again in Cleere’s on Thursday November 15th with West Of Eden, Ro Tierney and Jimi Cullen taking to the stage but for now, enjoy the podcast, more free music for your listening pleasure.

Photos from the night are also available in the gallery.

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The 15th One Take Sessions hits Cleere’s in Kilkenny tonight featuring

• Diarmuid Comerford
• Jimmy Trigger
• Emer Dunne
• Eamonn O’Connor

Music starts at 9:30pm with a collection on the door going to the Rockfall Festival.

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The One Take Sessions returns after a forced break since the end of August and comes back for the Rockfall Festival here in Kilkenny on Thursday October 25th (this coming Thursday). Rockfall itself kicks off on Wednesday and runs to Monday, the longest the festival has ever been and we’re delighted to have a number of night’s included in the festival calendar - especially the One Take Sessions.

The significance for us is that the following week sees the One Take Sessions mark one year on the live music calendar and we’ve got four fantastic acts lined up for this week in advance of the birthday celebrations.

Diarmuid Comerford, Emer Dunne, Eamonn O’Connor and Kilkenny’s Jimmy Trigger will be taking to the stage in Cleere’s Theatre, Kilkenny, from 9:30pm on Thursday night. We’re hoping too that this Thursday will in fact be videod for KilkennyMusic.com (as will November 15th and December 6th).

There’ll be a collection made on the door on Thursday night with all proceeds going to The O’Neill Centre here in Kilkenny (as is the case for the entire Rockfall festival). Come down and enjoy some new music from four more fantastic Irish acts and re-immerse yourself in the One Take Sessions.

After a series of unforeseen changes to the One Take Sessions calendar, thanks largely in part to us moving venue over the summer, the Sessions return on Thursday October 25th to their regular slot of every third Thursday in Cleere’s Theatre.

Our apologies once again to the acts that were scheduled for tonight, all of whom have been contacted over the last fortnight or so.

October 25th’s lineup, along with that for November (slot remaining) and December (fully booked, featuring Clive Barnes) will be revealed over the next week or so.

In a new twist, we hope to be recording the three remaining ‘Sessions of the year in HD video, with the possibility of streaming the sets online through KilkennyMusic.com, all to be revealed.

It’s been a long wait since August but hopefully you’ll enjoy what’s in store for the rest of the year!