‘The Irish Rover’ opens Martini Bar’s outdoor stage2 min read

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Photo by Ashley Wintermute 

The Mac Sēoin Band opens the outdoor stage at the Martini Bar for the warmer season with a performance Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m.,

Led by Karl Jones, the band welcomes drummer Conor Madden, fiddler Jonathan Miller and belly dancer Habib.

Jones, “The Irish Rover” was raised in Dublin, Ireland. A long-time Sedona area musician, Jones has released two albums, “1916: The Best of Karl Jones” and “Dublin Soul.”

He regularly plays in Sedona, Flagstaff and the Phoenix area, and most recently performed at the Sedona St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

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The Mac Sēoin Band opens the outdoor stage at the Martini Bar for the warmer season with a performance Saturday, April 12, at 7:30 p.m.,

Led by Karl Jones, the band welcomes drummer Conor Madden, fiddler Jonathan Miller and belly dancer Habib.

Jones, “The Irish Rover” was raised in Dublin, Ireland. A long-time Sedona area musician, Jones has released two albums, “1916: The Best of Karl Jones” and “Dublin Soul.”

He regularly plays in Sedona,

 
Photo courtesy of Emily Caldwell

Karl Jones leads the Mac Sēoin Band with former Cirque du Soleil violinist Jonathan Miller, The Knockabouts’ drummer Conor Madden and Sedona belly dancer Habib.

 

Flagstaff and the Phoenix area, and most recently performed at the Sedona St. Patrick’s Day Parade.

Madden plays the bowrawn, a traditional folk drum, for the Knockabouts, a Flagstaff Irish band.

Miller is a classically trained violinist who played for Cirque du Soleil before settling down in Phoenix.

Habib began studying Middle Eastern dance in 1993 in Seattle. She won the 2004 Southwest Belly Dance Superstars star search preliminaries, was also honored with the title of Belly Dancer USA 1999 Peoples Choice, appeared on “The Late Show with David Letterman,” at Lollapalooza and numerous belly dancing videos.

The Szechuan Martini Bar is located at 1350 W. Hwy. 89A, West Sedona, Suite 21.

For more information, visit www.karljones.net.

Christopher Fox Graham

Larson Newspapers

Larson Newspapers

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