04/12/2013 – This night found me heading into the city center to a pub I’d never been to before, called Arthur’s Pub on Thomas Street. The Pub is two floors, with the bottom floor having large windows, a fireplace and bar flanking the inside wall. The people inside looked happy with the food they were eating, and seemed to be having some nice chats. What I was interested in, however, was up the staircase – an upper bar area with a stage at one end.

While I didn’t stay the entire night, as the gigs started way too early (7pm) and I had an appointment somewhere else, I did get to see two bands. One of them was a brother and sister acoustic group called Taylor’s Lane. Harmonizing cool folksy music to a guitar and ukelele, Shane and Jackie Hennessy are very talented for their youthful age. They come from Dublin, and you can tell that they’ve been singing together for a while now as these type of harmonies don’t happen overnight. I see that they’ve played a few gigs around the city, and look forward to seeing this pair develop. Their first LP is up for release in early May 2013.

For more information on where they’re playing next, check out their facebook page here.

For more pictures from the evening, checkout my flickr site here.