Roy to support Jeff Finlin

Our own Roy Thompson is no stranger to guitar players and singers in the locality, and to lovers of the kind of music he makes.

He's also big into trees, even little ones, as the kids at Scoil Bhride found during National Tree Week earlier this year. (We had to remind you of that, because this is the only picture we have of him in the files.)

And the next time you can hear him gig is Monday 29 August, in the Ballymore Inn. With his beloved Martin guitar, not the tree ...

Roy is looking forward to it himself, as he's playing support to no less than the great Jeff Finlin, the Irish-American singer-songwriter whose albums include Epinonymous (2004), Somewhere South of Wonder (2002), Live From Nowhere (2002), and Original Fin (1999).

There are not many, if there are any at all, better options for Monday night.

Brian Byrne.