Jimmy Crowley and Marla Fibish Sea Music Concert

Jimmy Crowley and Marla Fibish

Crowley and Fibish

News Release Date: October 19, 2010

Contact: John Cunnane, 415-561-7049

JIMMY CROWLEY AND MARLA FIBISH SEA MUSIC CONCERT: NOTED IRISH SINGER AND BAY AREA MANDOLIN VIRTUOSO TEAM UP

On Saturday, November 20 at 8pm, singer and instrumentalist Jimmy Crowley, on tour from County Cork, Ireland, and Bay Area mandolin virtuoso/ singer Marla Fibish will perform a sea music concert aboard the historic square-rigged ship Balclutha, berthed at Hyde Street Pier on San Francisco’s Fishermans Wharf. Experience Irish sea songs in this unique floating historic setting. Wheelchair accessible.

Tickets $14. Tickets: www.maritime.org/store/Tickets.htm. Also available at the Maritime Store: 2905 Hyde Street, San Francisco, located at the entrance to Hyde Street Pier. 415-775-2665.

Photos of the performers are available at: http://www.jimmycrowley.com/promo.htm (Jimmy Crowley, photo at top) http://www.threemilestonemusic.com/photo-gallery (Marla Fibish, 2nd row down from top, left) Jimmy Crowley has been a central figure in Ireland’s folk scene for over 30 years. He brings with him a host of rare songs of the sea from his native home of County Cork. “Jimmy Crowley is a musical icon in Irish tradition. He sings out from his own ground to a world of listeners. And the lift and lilt of his voice is the listener’s joy.” -Micheal O Sulleabhain, Irish World Centre, University of Limerick

Nobody plays Irish mandolin like Marla Fibish. Marla is a San Francisco native and a mainstay of the local Irish music scene. Well-known in the SF Bay Area primarily for her mandolin playing, she is also a fine singer and button accordion player. Marla has appeared in many groups over the years – in the duo Double Treble, in the vocal group Out Of The Rain, in The Frontmen with Rory McNamara and Stevie Coyle, and for many years with Heart Of The Roll. Her musical abilities are now drawing admirers far and wide. A member of the Irish music trio Three Mile Stone, the band’s eponymous CD is receiving rave reviews in Ireland as well as in North America. “Some of the best mandolin playing in Irish music.” -Dennis Cahill “Marla’s amazing mandolin playing sets the bar for all others.” --Stuart Mason, Fiddlefreak Folk Music Blog.
Marla and Jimmy performed together earlier this year in the San Francisco Festival of the Mandolin, and are currently recording a CD, due to be released in 2011.

San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park is located at the west end of Fisherman’s Wharf, in San Francisco. The park includes a magnificent fleet of historic ships, visitor center, Aquatic Park Historic District, and library. For more information about the park, or its public programs, please call 415-447-5000 or visit the park’s website at https://www.nps.gov/safr.
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