Rocking the Strings and Buttons

Many years ago, Brendan Begley read the following horoscope in a Dublin newspaper: Follow your heart. A moment of madness is better than a life of logic. Mr. Begley promptly quit his job as a Dublin schoolteacher and headed back to Dingle to start making music.

This Saturday, Oct. 23 at 7:30 p.m., Islanders get a chance to witness the result of this moment of madness. Mr. Begley is a singer and a button accordian player in the Irish tradition. He is teaming up with CaoimhínÓ Raghallaigh, a fiddle player. Mr.Ó Raghallaigh descibes himself this way. “I am, I suppose, a traditional Irish fiddle player, a curious one, though: what happens if I let go those strings which hold me in place?”

The duo are playing a rare house concert at Focus at 450 Lambert’s Cove in West Tisbury and hosted by Susie and Woody Bowman. The event is the final one this year in the KCT concert series.

Ticket prices are $25 for adults, $10 for children and are available at ticketsMV.

For more information and reservations, call 506-693-6996 or 508-560-2109.