One band is usually something for the One Take Sessions, now in its fourth full year, but tomorrow night sees four bands descend on Cleere’s Theatre for what promises to be one of the busiest, and loudest, nights of the popular music series for the past few months.

This Friday, it seems, lives up to intentions for the 2010 series with Kilkenny’s The Wooden Dolls and The Morning Thieves joining Carlow’s Beef Supreme and Wexford’s Ripcord 64 on a packed bill to kick off the weekend.

The Wooden Dolls are no strangers to the local music scene and are back on the scene following a return show to Kilkenny over the Easter bank holiday weekend. The band are gearing up to record a new album over the summer months and have most recently been joined by guitarist Peter Flynn, a familiar face on the local music scene as both an engineer and musician.

Carlow’s Beef Supreme really need no introduction at all. They were a treat to behold at the Rhythm & Roots Festival this past May bank holiday weekend and make a welcome return to Kilkenny for their first appearance at the ‘Sessions. The band had worked with Kilkenny Music last year as part of the Kilkenny 400 Busker 2009 competition but in the time since have released their debut album to great acclaim, they’ve built up a strong army of followers for their “hillbilly trashcan” style of music and they’ve been spreading their sound around, picking up new followers along the way.

Ripcord 64 are making their way up from Wexford for a Kilkenny debut. Formed in 2008, the trio of Ollie Dempsey, Bryan Barnes and Steve Tierney bring with them an original blend of rock and acoustic tracks including You You and Nobody Else, Last Man Standing and Talk To Me, all of which are available to listen on the groups MySpace and via KilkennyMusic.com.

The Morning Thieves trio have been performing together for many a year (albeit with Peter Burns aligning himself to Australia for the best part of the last twenty), aligning themselves more on the traditional side of music between vocal, guitar and mandolin – while their name is a new one, the older guard of the Kilkenny music scene may remember Peter Byrnes and co. who make up the ‘Thieves. All will be revealed on Friday night.

Doors open in Cleere’s at 9pm with a 9:30pm scheduled start. Video coverage from the April ‘Sessions is now available via KilkennyMusic.com along with previews of all of this Friday night’s acts. There is no cover charge.

Cobbled together from article that appeared in this week’s Kilkenny People, Section 2, Up Close & Personal