Rosin Up That Bow

Seven years ago, the Irish fiddle player Oisin Mac Diarmada came to Martha’s Vineyard to play with his newly formed group Teada. It was the band’s first concert in the United States. Islanders in attendance that evening were rewarded with not just an outstanding evening of traditional Irish music. They also witnessed the birth of a band that would go on to earn top ten album honors of 2006 by MOJO magazine.

Mr. Mac Diarmada’s fiddle playing has been described as “lonesome magnificence,” by the Irish Times. He has won the title of all-Ireland fiddle champion and with his band, Teada, has played concerts all over the world.

This Saturday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m. he will be making a rare solo appearance at the Katharine Cornell Theater in Vineyard Haven.

It is an evening not to be missed.

Cost is $15 in advance and $20 at the door. Children are fee. Tickets are available at Aboveground Records, Alley’s General Store, Island Entertainment, the Scottish Bakehouse, the Oak Bluffs General Store or online at ticketsmv.com. For more information, call 508-693-6237.