Time is flying by at a terrible rate and the Summer festivals are upon us again already! The ‘First of the Summer Wine’ in Tramore and the ‘Clancy Brothers Festival’ in Carrick-on-Suir have already passed, and coming soon we have  Clonmel’s ‘Junction Festival’ followed by Waterford’s ‘Spraoi’.Some highlights of the Junction festival include Robin Williamson, the great Scottish harper and storyteller and founding member of the Incredible String Band; Cathy Davey, whose new album ‘The Nameless’ is getting a whole lot of attention from the media; the festival also features Mick Flannery, Gavin Glass, Kila, Republic of Loose and the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble among the many events planned. At the end of July, Spraoi will take over the city of Waterford with music and colourful parades.

Soon Oxegen will be upon us, then we have Michelstown’s Indiependence festival to look forward to and before we know it it’ll be time for Electric Picnic again and very soon after that it’ll be back to school time.

Where is the time going? Have a read of ‘The New Policeman’ by Kinvara based author Kate Thompson for a theory on the lost time involving music, fairies and Tír na nÓg among other things…

Ormy is a musician who plays regularly all around the country, both as a solo performer and as part of the popular Cork-based band “The Darktown Strutters”. By day he teaches guitar, runs a busy guitar repair business in Lismore, and actively promotes live music all around the South East. See www.sounds.ie for more information.

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