There is a good band locally called Tir Fada. The members are Greek and they play Irish and Scottish music to a very high standard. However, there is no session scene so my target is to 1) find a venue and 2) find a viable number of musicians. I am on two websites, www.tradconnect.com and... Continue Reading →
Introduction
The name of the blog is inspired by the Irish song from WWI called "Salonika". Irish regiments were stationed outside Thessaloniki (the Greek name for the city). The chorus goes: So right away, so right away, So right away Salonika, right away, me soldier boys. As you can see, I have changed “right” to “write”... Continue Reading →