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KILLALOE singer/songwriter K1i- ernan McMullan will help launch a new night for local artists later this evening in Lahinch.
The up and coming east Clare art- ist, who last month signed his first professional contract with American based label One Eleven Records, will be joined on the night by Shan- non’s David Hope, Limerick’s Wal- ter Mitty and the Realists and Lynda Cullen from Cork.
They will all help to launch Clare’s newest free singer songwriter night, The White Horse Sessions, in Ken-
ny’s Village Inn in Lahinch. The evening is being organised by Clare singer/songwriter Louise McMahon and Kenneth Kenny from Kenny’s.
“We want to have a good mixture of acts in the White Horse Session and with Kiernan as well as the other acts I think we have achieved this. We don’t want to have all bands or all singer songwriters – we want to break it up,” said Kenneth.
“Clare has always been very good for musicians and at the moment there is something really good going on in Lahinch. There is a great lit- tle scene here, everyone helps each other out. People are crying out for
the music but they need a stage. Our real aim is to bring the music back to the west.
‘So we were thinking of something we could do here. We thought about an open mic but they’ve been done. We really wanted to get some real talent in, people who are really good. So Louise came up with the idea of the sessions and it has all snowballed from there,’ said Kenneth.
The aim is to create an intimate venue for candlelit sessions through- out the summer. The organisers hope to provides a stage and a listening au- dience for both the cream of up and coming and the established original
Irish and international artists.
The sessions will take place each Tuesday throughout the summer months with plans already being formed to continue the gigs into the winter if the demand is there.
Meanwhile, the next month looks set to be a busy one for Kenneth. Be- sides working on the new album, he plays the Sugar Club in Dublin next Tuesday, June 10, and will be the second artist in