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Honor Heffernan in Kilworth on August 7.

In the early 70's, Honor Heffernan started out singing folk and then went on to sing rock, blues and contemporary music. It was in 1983 that she began singing jazz and have done that almost exclusively since then, recording two albums along the way.

Dick Farrelly helped her assemble a group of musicians with which to record an album and so 'The Other Side' came to fruition.

Honor says the musicians were perfect and so enthusiastic it was a happy crew and company and we had many great laughs as well as making some great music!

She would later go to record her second album 'Fire And Ice'. Cormac Larkin, writing in The Sunday Tribune, had this to say of her first album: "Sobriquets like the first lady of Irish jazz can be a bit of a millstone for a singer like Heffernan. There are certainly few to touch her as a jazz vocalist- but her proclivities range further. Here, she explores her roots in blues and folk with a thoughtful set of tunes (J J Cale, Joni Mitchell etc) produced by guitarist Dick Farrelly with a first rate band. There is all the craft and depth you would expect from the singer, as well as a feel for this more rootsy material that suggests Heffernan could be the first lady of anything she fancies."

Honor is delighted to be back in Kilworth on Thursday, August 7 and will no doubt, explore the songs of Ella Fitzgerald, Peggy Lee and Billie Holiday to name but a few and bring you some really cool and sophisticated jazz.

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