Recording studio
The Kitchen Sink
The Kitchen Sink
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Armed with a tattoo of Woody Guthrie and narratives of folks at crossroads in their lives, Ellis Paul’s songs are a combination of humor, improv, and poignancy. He emerged from the Boston folk scene at a time when contemporary folk was just cracking the mainstream. In the three decades since, he’s played 150 to 200 shows annually; released 20 records, a documentary film, a book of poems and short stories, an award-winning children’s book project; and contributed to numerous film soundtracks. He’s a regular at the Newport Folk Festival, played the likes of Carnegie Hall, and is a staple at the Woody Guthrie Festival in Guthrie’s birthplace of Okemah, Oklahoma. “I’ve got a car with over 475,000 miles on it, and it’s my third road vehicle,” he declares. “There isn’t a town in the country where I won’t find a friend. I’m a nomad. And I’m gonna write and play until I’m gone.”
Saturday, March 22, 2025 - Doors@7:00pm / Show@7:30pm
Sunday 23, 2025 - Doors@1:30pm / Show@2:00pm
The Limeliters - Concert / Live Album Recording
Tickets $20.00 - 100% of the proceeds go to the Artists
Friday, March 7, 2025
Tommy and Saundra O’Sullivan - IN CONCERT
Doors@7:00pm Show@7:30pm
Tickets $29 advance / $35 door - BUY TICKETS
Sunday, February 23, 2025
Ellis Paul - IN CONCERT
Doors@7:00pm Show@7:30pm
Tickets $25 advance / $30 door - BUY TICKETS
There is no event parking available at the studio. Parking is available in nearby Guadalupe Street parking lots, in the municipal lot next to Allsups gas station, and ample parking is always available across the street from the studio at the DeVargas Mall.
One of the most musically accomplished & tasteful purveyors of traditional & contemporary Irish music, the husband-wife duo of Tommy and Saundra O’Sullivan own, run and book the famous O’Sullivan’s Courthouse Pub, smack in the middle of Dingle, Ireland, home to many of the island’s best musicians. Prior to opening the esteemed establishment in 2011, Tommy was a full-time touring musician. As a member of Sliabh Notes he recorded three albums. He also toured for years with Irish piper Paddy Keenan with whom he recorded a duet album, The Long Grazing Acre. He has recorded two solo albums, Song Ablaze and Legacy. Tommy & Saundra’s paths crossed when she attended an annual traditional Irish music retreat in Midlothian, Texas, where Tommy was an Irish guest instructor on guitar and vocals. As they explored singing together, they discovered her alto harmonies to be a perfect match to his tenor vocals. The two married in Houston in 2010 and now live in Dingle, where their pub which has earned a reputation for world-class traditional Irish music. In 2015, National Geographic cited O’Sullivan’s Courthouse Pub as the go-to pub for traditional Irish music on Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way.
Saundra, who hails from Texas, brings to the table a strong background in choir and folk singing, skills put to great effect on Tommy & Saundra’s first duet album, Safe Home, which they released in 2018 on both sides of the Atlantic. The next year they enjoyed a visit from Casey Driessen & family to record a session with Casey’s Global Music Exploration Project. A track from this session is now available on the Grammy nominated Otherlands: One (see video below).
During the Pandemic Tommy & Saundra took part in Janis Ian’s Better Times Project. They also did a fine fine recording for Southwest Roots Music’s Shelter in Place Sessions (see below). For their Facebook Live Sessions, Tommy & Saundra and many musical guests held forth every Sunday for 18 months during the pandemic, recording over 75 hours of smoking Irish sessions. Recently the duo was involved in two Traditional Irish Festivals in Ireland as well as playing and presenting music five nights a week at O’Sullivan’s Courthouse Pub. We are proud to again be a part of their annual American winter tour.
Since 1959, The Limeliters’ best albums have been recorded live.
Now, you can be part off their newest live album.
Join us for one (or both) of these very special concerts and be part of Folk History!
The Limeliters launched their career in 1959 at San Francisco’s famous "Hungry i" nightclub and emerged as one of the dominant voices of the early 60’s folk music scene. They’ve been delighting audiences worldwide ever since, with their soaring vocal blend, eclectic repertoire and rousing live shows. Time Magazine summed up their appeal with the following memorable quote: “If the button down scrubbed looking Kingston Trio are the undergraduates of big-time folk singing, The Limeliters are the faculty.”
Over the course of seven decades, The Limeliters have never deviated from the iconic sound that they pioneered. Combining beloved, timeless folk songs with new tunes, arranged in the classic style, current members Andy Corwin, Daniel Boling and Steve Brooks --- all three of whom are award winning songwriters in their own right --- remain as exciting an act as the genre has produced.
Now more than ever, the surging vocals, thrilling harmony, and screwball sense of humor of this unique trio continue to earn them their title as…“The 'Fabulous' Limeliters”.
Presented
in collaboration with
Southwest Roots Music
and Santa Fe Performance Exchange