“It's hard to find a more fruitful meditation on American music than in the compositions of guitarist Bill Frisell.” - New York Times "Between them (Hayes and Cahill) they have deconstructed the material to create a vast spacious soundscape, aching with the celebration of centuries, soaring with the slow-burning dynamics of modern classicist's, like Pärt and Gorecki."  - The Independent, UK   In 2006 Note Productions invited trad virtuoso Martin Hayes to create a new project who expressed his interest in working with the great American guitarist Bill Frisell. Discussions with Frisell revealed a long-term admiration for the work of Hayes and Cahill. We are delighted to bring these artists together for this exclusive one-off collaboration. Bill Frisell is one of the most sought-after guitar voices in contemporary music arguably best known for this explorations beyond jazz with the Grammy-winning releases Unspeakable (Nonesuch) and the world music project The Intercontentinentals. Frisell made his debut with a series of acclaimed releases on ECM including In Line and Rambler. His subsequent releases Before We Were Born, Have a Little Faith, Quartet, Nashville, Gone, Just Like A Train, The Willies (with Dave Holland and Elvin Jones) and East/West, all on Nonesuch, have marked him out as one of music’s most adventurous guitarists and composers. Yet this is a career committed to a continual process of collaboration. Over the years, Frisell has contributed to the work of collaborators such as Paul Motian, John Zorn, Elvis Costello, Loudon Wainwright III, Van Dyke Parks, Vic Chesnutt, Vinicius Cantuaria, Marianne Faithful, John Scofield, Jan Garbarek, Lyle Mays, Hal Willner, David Sylvian and numerous others. Hayes and Cahill's highly innovative approach to traditional music is at the heart of the popularity. Audiences savour their virtuosity, and the different influences of classical and jazz that they weave into their arrangements. Their releases Live In Seattle and The Lonesome Touch are regarded as masterpiece traditional recordings.  Over the years they have collaborated extensively in the traditional world and beyond. ...... Ticketing: Friday 11th May, Glor, Ennis. Tickets: 25 Euro from Glor Telephone Bookings: 065 6843 103, credit card bookings are subject to booking fee of 0.60C per ticket. Doors 7.30pm; Show starts 8.00pm Saturday 12th May, Vicar Street, Dublin. Tickets: 30 Euro from Claddagh Records and usual Ticketmaster outlets. Bookings:  0818 719 300 (Ticketmaster) and online. Telephone and internet bookings subject to a maximum 12.5% service charge, agents €2. Doors: 8.00pm; show starts 8.30pm. Sunday 13th May, Cork Opera House Cork. Tickets: 25 Euro from Cork Opera House. Telephone Bookings: 021 4270022, telephone bookings are subject to booking fee of €2.50 per ticket. Show starts 8.00 pm