The Ivy Leaf CD Release Show

Traditional Irish band The Ivy Leaf will be celebrating their debut album release with a concert at the Irish Ceilidhe Club of Rhode Island in Cranston on Friday, March 30 at 7:30 PM. Tickets are free, and there’s no need to reserve.  CDs will be available for purchase and raffle.

The Ivy Leaf is a young traditional Irish quartet that came together through the Boston session scene.  Featuring fiddles, flute & whistle, concertina, vocals and bouzouki and guitar accompaniment, the group’s influences are a blend of the old and new, taking on centuries old dance music and giving it a modern vigor.  Among their influences are many of the local musicians who define the sound of Irish music in Boston and Providence.  Enriching that tradition is an intense curiosity for old, isolated, or obscure forms of music, arming the group with an array of tunes from jigs to polkas to hornpipes, along with songs of both Irish and American origin.

It was Lindsay Straw (bouzouki/guitar/vocals) who first reached out to Caroline O’Shea (flute/whistles/vocals) and Daniel Accardi (fiddle/concertina) to explore the older traditions of Irish music. After the addition of friend and fellow musician Armand Aromin (fiddle/whistle) in 2010, The Ivy Leaf was born. The group released their debut album “The Ivy Leaf: Traditional Irish Music” in March 2012, available on CDBaby and iTunes starting March 29, 2012.

Join The Ivy Leaf in celebrating the release of their first album and for an evening of traditional Irish music and songs at The Irish Ceilidhe Club of Rhode Island on March 30 at 7:30 PM. For information, call 401-944-3233, email info@irishclubri.org or visit www.irishclubri.org.

For more information on The Ivy Leaf, visit their website at www.ivyleafmusic.com or email ivyleafmusic@gmail.com.