Ken Whelan

Well Mr Bear, I think our album launch was a huge success.
Tolka Hot Club

Thanks to special guests aondotrio 🎷and to everyone who joined us tonight.
It was one of those special nights.

❤️🎶

Band on stage with details about album launch on Sunday 23rd November in Bello Bar Dublin.

We have an album launch night lined up for next month!
So excited to play these tunes again.

Tolka Hot Club
Sunday 23rd November
Bello Bar

Special guests - aondotrio

Delighted to say that it’s been featured on several shows on RTÉ lyric fm and I’d love to play it with an orchestra some day.
(Manifesting possibilities here but sure you never know…)

YouTube video by The Tolka Hot Club - Topic Valse Bohbel

I’ve posted several versions of this tune before, but this is the first time for the album version.
Valse Bohbel was written (by me) as a piece of incidental music that wouldn’t sound out of place in early 20th century Paris.

youtu.be/A_HVoA72P2k?si

Any chance we can pop you on our debut album (Tolka Hot Club) for a wee listen?

So happy that our debut album Tolka Hot Club is album of the week on Lyric FM Marty in the Morning

Thanks to Marty and all of the team who will be playing music from the album throughout the week.

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#thetolkahotclub

All good, album finally released and something happening next week!

Hope all is good with you.
Still rocking!

Ain’t it the truth!

We received some amazing news today.
Will share on Monday but it’s a big deal for us.
After so long shouting into the void, I feel the universe is actually listening.

It was a nice surprise, wasn’t
expecting to hear myself this morning!

I’ve become even more certain lately that Dublin is just an amorphous teleporting stop/go system trying to gain sentience.

They could have just finished the sentence at occasion and left it a bit more pleasant.

Our debut album, Tolka Hot Club, will be featured tonight and throughout the week on Blue Of The Night on RTÉ lyric fm
We would like to thank Bernard Clarke for his support in showcasing music by independent artists. Having the ability to reach a national radio audience is amazing.
Tune in!

Tolka Hot Club, by The Tolka Hot Club 11 track album

So, we’re a week on from the release of our debut album (Tolka Hot Club) and response has been great so far.

Why not have a listen and maybe buy a copy to support
independent artists.

thetolkahotclub.bandcamp.com/album/tolka-...

I detest having to walk in the wake of vape/smoke trails.
Turns my stomach.

It’s very welcome news indeed!

Hey, that’s us!

One of my favourites.

Tolka Hot Club, by The Tolka Hot Club 11 track album

thetolkahotclub.bandcamp.com/album/tolka-...

Tolka Hot Club, by The Tolka Hot Club 11 track album

We are unashamedly posting about it a lot, because sadly in the age of “chasing the algorithm” that’s how people get to see it.

We’ve done the thing!

thetolkahotclub.bandcamp.com/album/tolka-...

So, response to our debut album has been very encouraging.
Thanks to all who have bought one.
Every sale means so much to us.
We funded this all ourselves, no record company and honestly every time another album is sold it makes us feel like legitimate artists.

The whole building is a gem, it’s an oasis of art in a city that is seemingly becoming increasingly hostile to arts spaces. However parts of it are in need of refurbishment.

Tolka Hot Club, by The Tolka Hot Club 11 track album

Friday the 13th was quite a day.
We finally launched our long awaited debut album, simply titled Tolka Hot Club on Bandcamp.

Sure have a listen and maybe you might like to buy a CD.

thetolkahotclub.bandcamp.com/album/tolka-...

words of wisdom

I dip in and out (when I remember!)

Hello from Innsbruck. Playing at the accordion world championships this week. It’s been 12 years since I’ve been here, still as amazing as I remember it.

Holy moly, well hello again.

Mostly posting about music these days and the revolutionary concept of being nice to others where possible.

Staring at the night sky is one of the things that I take great pleasure in. It's like a time machine that is all around us.

I'm not from the UK but that number is seared into my brain from Saturday morning TV.

Around the same time as "medal" and "shutter" did I think.