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Bap Kennedy- The R.M.A. Tavern in Cromwell Road Eastney, Monday 13th December. Monday at The R.M.A. Tavern in Cromwell Road Eastney will be the unlikely venue for the appearance of the legendary Bap Kennedy, formerly lead singer with Energy Orchard. Joe D'Urso, who was scheduled to appear, is unavoidably unavailable due to a family illness, and Kennedy has stepped into the breach at the eleventh hour. Martin "Bap" Kennedy was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1962. A child who grew up amidst the troubles, Bap, as he was later to known, developed into a songwriter of haunting intensity as well as a fearless performer. During the '80s he toured and recorded with the band Energy Orchard. Popular in the United Kingdom as well as in the U.S. and Canada, Kennedy recorded five projects with them, "Energy Orchard" and "Stop the Machine", "Shinola", "Pain Killer" and finally their only live album, "Orchardville". Bap was making a name for himself beyond the pale of the band. He opened shows for the mercurial Van Morrison and even shared the stage with the moody Irish bard. One of Steve Earle's former wives brought Steve along to an Energy Orchard show after she had signed the band to MCA, and a friendship with the country maverick was soon forged. After Energy Orchard folded, Steve Earle signed Bap to his own label, and co-produced his debut solo album Domestic Blues, which was recorded in Nashville with a dream band, many of whom accompanied Earle on his classic Train a Comin' album. The band was Earle on guitar, Larry Atarmanuik on drums, Peter Rowan on mandolin, Jerry Douglas on dobro, and the late Roy Huskey, Jr. on upright bass. Other contributors include Nanci Griffith, whose singular voice graces both "The Ghosts of Belfast" and "The Shankill and The Falls;" and Nancy Blake, who weaves cello through the latter as well as the dreamy "I've Fallen In Love." The album is a spellbinding masterpiece of simple, sometimes idyllic originals Kennedy describes as "barroom philosophy with dobros." There are also two covers: Earle's "Angel Is The Devil" and Ewan MacColl's "Dirty Old Town," a raucous duet with Earle himself. This promises to be a storming gig, and to make it all the more perfect, entry is free! Bap Kennedy apears at The R.M.A. Tavern in Cromwell Road Eastney on Monday, 13th December. Also at the R.M.A. you can see The Peter Harris Blues Band on Saturday 11th December, and also the maestro blues guitarist Derrin Naeuendorf on Tuesday 14th December. Entry is free to all gigs.