Bluegrass

I met some colleagues downtown at the Ha'Penny Inn's pub for some bluegrass music. Well, this Irish band (The Sick and Indigent Song Club) was quite talented (guitar, mandolin, ukelele, harmonica, accordion, whistles, etc.), but it gave me a feel of being 1950's style American bluegrass. Indeed, this was an odd feeling, coming all the way to Dublin in the 21st century to listen to an Irish band playing American bluegrass from the 1950's...
Yup, when I looked them up on the web, they are described as "Old timey, folk, trad, blues and vintage pop."

Meawhile, the Ha'Penny Inn pub is great! It's a cozy place upstairs for music, with comfortable little tables, stools and couches, well lit and fresh (unlike the dark, crowded bar downstairs). It sits right on the River Liffey (which is lovely to walk along at night), across from the Ha'Penny pedestrian bridge (built 1816). The bridge got its name from the half-penny toll that one used to be charged to cross it; the toll was dropped in 1919.