POP/ROCK
Ham Sandwich
Set Theatre, Kilkenny 8pm €15
set.ie
They have been working round the clock on their new album, Stories from the Surface, so it's all set for Ham Sandwich's world domination campaign. From what we've heard of the album so far it won't be too long before small-ish venues such as this will be a distant memory.
PSYCHEDELIC GROOVE
All We Are
Cyprus Avenue, Cork 9pm €10
cyprusavenue.ie
A Norwegian, a Brazilian and an Irishman walk into a bar . . . Based in Liverpool (they got together at that city’s Institute for Performing Arts), this multicultural trio blend trippy disco, flexible psych-pop and early-morning grooves.
HOUSE
DJ Anna
Opium Rooms, Dublin 11pm €10/€8
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Over the last year, Anna Miranda has seen her profile rise and rise. While Brazilian tech-house connoisseurs knew her from a residency at São Paulo’s D-Edge Club, releases on labels such as Tronic and Turbo have really spread the word, with peers including Richie Hawtin, Carl Cox and Damian Lazarus giving her work the thumbs-up. Catch her now before she goes supernova.
JAZZ
Aengus Hackett's Irish-Turkish Project with Sanem Kalfa
Campbell's Tavern, Headford, Co Galway
Turkish singer Sanem Kalfa mixes jazz with the folk music of her homeland, and she won first prize at the Montreux Jazz Voice Competition in 2010, which was awarded by none other than producer Quincy Jones. Here she renews a creative partnership with guitarist Aengus Hackett and members of the innovative jazz-meets-trad group, Ensemble Éiru, including noted Galway saxophonist Matthew Berrill.
JAZZ
Linley Hamilton Quintet
Black Box, Belfast
Leading Belfast trumpeter and jazz evangelist Linley Hamilton’s current group is a powerful north-south collaboration, with Dublin-based pianist Johnny Taylor and guitarist Julien Colarossi adding their considerable voices to Hamilton’s hard-swinging sound.
THEATRE
The Good Father
Axis, Ballymun Until Mar 21 8pm €12-€15
axisballymun.ie
Christian O’Reilly’s 2002 debut gets a timely production at Axis Ballymun. This love story about strangers made intimate by an unplanned pregnancy has surprising political undertones. The play takes place in present-day Ireland: do they have any other option but to keep the progeny of their brief affair? There are melodramatic moments in O’Reilly’s plot, which would have worked more effectively as a character study. Still, Tim and Jane are recognisable contemporary kin. It is up to Emmet Kirwan and Nyree Yergainharsian to bring them to life.
