Audience with Frankie Lane
Don't miss this unique opportunity!
Frankie Lane will lead the Words and Music Workshop at Hopkins Youth Programme 2010. Don't miss this unique opportunity for an audience with a real master of the art of songwriting at Hopkins 2010.
This year, Conor Mahony will have Frankie Lane at the Words and Music Workshop during the Hopkins 2010 Youth Programme.
One of Ireland's best-known performers and traditional musicians of international renown, Frankie Lane, the original front man of the legendary Fleadh Cowboys will lead the Hopkins Songwriting Workshop during the Hopkins Festival 2010... Frankie's live performances were famed for being fun-filled. The Fleadhs gathered a huge fan base at the Olympia Theatre (pioneering "Midnight At The Olympia") and went on to support legendary performers such as Bob Dylan, U2, The Pogues, Emmylou Harris and B.B.King
Awards
January 2004: Nominated for a prestigious Meteor Music Award in the Country/Roots category
1993 nominated for the I.R.M.A. music awards for his album of the time " Dobro " released on the Gael Linn label
Frankie has toured extensively with ex- De Danann singer Eleanor Shanley in Ireland , Holland and Denmark to immense critical acclaim. As one critic described his last album,
' Full of risks and riches it is a life's work realised in magnificent fashion, a unique outing from a true gentleman.
Check out Frankie Lane's website for CDs, Reviews and more!
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Read reviews of Frankie's Music here
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