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Having been established almost seven years ago
by an Irish musician passing through this fair city,
our Irish sessions have become filled with enthusiastic
players of all playing levels and styles in the Celtic
tradition.
Starting as a once a month journey led by John O'Malley
and Mike Mullins, it has become a once a week tradition.
Hosted by Jerry Moloney for the past four years, and
featuring an ever-growing number of talented participants
from the St. Louis Area, the sessions get better and
better with each passing week.
Almost all traditional and nontraditional instruments
are represented here. Uillean pipes, hammered dulcimers,
fiddle, banjo, harp, guitar, flute, penny whistle, mandolin,
bones and bodhran are all constants at our sessions.
Beginners are more than welcome at the sessions with
Jerry and all the other players eager to help. Any newcomer
to the group should check out Jerry's page in Yahoo
Groups: stlirishsession
before attending. There you will find a pdf file: Help
for Newcomers. Also Jerry and some of the session players
have a group called SLISP (St. Louis Irish Session Players)
that play around town. You just might want to check
them out.
So if you would like to practice your jigs and reels,
learn a little about Irish culture and a lot about the
music. Head on down to Music Folk every Wednesday between
7:00-9:00P.M. Ask for Jerry. You'll have more fun than
trying to kiss the Blarney Stone.
Mark Byrnes
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