Robert Blake – Irish Tour Wednesday October 26th, 8 pm, Toner’s of Baggot Street, 6 euro Robert Blake Anaïs Mitchell + Agitated Radio Pilot American folk singer, Robert Blake, returns for another exhaustive Irish tour before playing in Wales and then returning to the States for more gigs. Blake’s bewitching, storytelling songs and machine-gun guitar playing set him apart from other songwriters. His ability to engage an audience from the first bar has won him many friends and followers on previous tours here and abroad. Vermont-born Anaïs Mitchell makes her Irish debut in Toner’s. She grew up on a sheep farm with her novelist father and community activist mother before moving to Boston, where she puzzled frazzled commuters with her finely honed revolutionary folk songs. Mitchell probably didn’t vote for George Bush. Agitated Radio Pilot has had many guises since its birth over a decade ago but this time it will likely be more folk than metal. Robert Blake Irish tour dates: Oct 12: De Burgo’s, Galway, with Kerbside Oct 13: Hughes’s, Mullingar, with Kerbside Oct 15: The Stables, Mullingar, opening for The Blizzards Oct 16: Skelly’s pub, Ballymahon, Co Longford Oct 18: Wexford Song Club, with Kerbside Oct 21: The Green Room, Limerick Oct 23: Club 1, Cork, with Jinx Lennon Oct 26: Toner’s, Dublin, with Anaïs Mitchell + Agitated Radio Pilot Oct 27: The Shack, Athlone, with Anaïs Mitchell Wales: Oct 28: Jimmy Willy’s Nite Spot, Builth Wells, Powys Oct 29: CARAD, Rhayder More about Robert Blake - www.sameroomrecords.com, www.desertedvillage.com Tunes - http://www.sameroomrecords.com/RobertBlake/lovers.html haroldholtmusic@yahoo.co.uk