This video was taken at The Scratcher Sessions, the night most of the singer/song writers from the Craicfest turned up to celebrate a wonderful and very magical night of amazing words and music. The Scratcher Bar, 209 East 5th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Ave) has been an East Village hang out for the last 12 years attracting locals, ex-patriots, musicians, actors, and a diverse range of NY visitors. Cozy, comfortable and affordable, with no TV's or Juke Box, The Scratcher is famous for good conversation and many impromptu sing-songs well into the night for many touring Irish acts, traditional and contemporary folk and rock musicians alike. The Scratcher Sessions is an ongoing Sunday evening music series. FairplayCollective member Brendan O' Shea and Scratcher owner Karl Geary (Sine Cafe) decided to legitimize the idea of live music in the bar starting June 8th at 7pm with two artists each playiing a 45 minute set. The room features good sound, an attentive audience, and is currently seeking to book artists who are promoting a record or have more than one to promote. Artists will be able to sell their CD's, along with any other available merchandise. We are looking for good evenings of music and joy for everyone involved.

Sensation by Michael Brunnock The Rockwood Music Hall June 17, 2006 Thanks to Paddy Glenon for the video

Michael Brunnock opening for The Frames performing The Cowboy Song at Webster Hall in New York City Thanks to happynote for the video

Michael Brunnock "Fallen Leaves" Live at The Red Lion 1-2-07 Thanks to Eric Katerle for this video

This song was captured at a Swell Season gig in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 1st. Glen asked Mark Dignam up to sing the last song of the night with them. Mark is supporting Swell Season with some of their North American tour. It's great to see that all those times singing together on Grafton Street in Dublin is finally paying off.

This interview is an in depth look at what Michael Brunnock has been up to recently and Michael talks to Suzanne about his latest CD, "Live in New York", his involvement with Fairplay Collective his musical background and influences, his current solo projects, and the reunion with his former band, Little Palace. Recorded September 2009 Please share this video with your friends. Place it on your myspace or facebook pages.

This is a snippet of a interview that will be uploaded very soon. Also it is a reminder for all Irish in New York to head to The Studio @ Webster Hall for The WeeCraicfest. Where Irish film and music join together for fun. Both Michael Brunnock and directly from Ireland, Mundy. Promises to be a good night.

These photographs were taken at the launch of 'So I do'. The recording of the night is now released as Live In New York.

This was videoed at The Scratcher Sessions May 31st 2009. We would love to hear your comments. And please post it on your pages.

This 3D FairplayCollective logo designed by Andy Woods.

This was filmed by the staff of bar169, while Mark was in New York, December 2006 www.myspace.com/markdignam www.myspace.com/fairplaycollective

Put together by Kara-mia and James. Some of the people at Brendan's release party at Arlenes Grocery 12/13/2006. Thank you guys for sharing these pictures with us all. www.myspace.com/brendanoshea www.myspace.com/fairplaycollective

Winter NYC directed by Karen Gehres. Taken for Brendan's second album "Be Here Still" Brendan is a legend here in the East Village and can be heard playing in various venues here in NYC. If he is playing in your town, he is a must hear. A true gem. Brendan O'Shea, from Killarney South West of Ireland, has written and recorded a beautiful bombshell of a record. It's understated in comparison to the power-pop rockers that command the airwaves but confidently delivers radio friendly, real deal songs that wrap around the listener, enticing them to contentedly hum along, shuffle their feet and smile. After leaving Ireland in the late 90's, O'Shea has by now become a veteran of New York's East Village songwriter scene. He's shared stages with The Cowboy Junkies, 10,000 Maniacs, Elliott Smith, Interpol, as well as with many Irish indie superstars on both sides of the Atlantic. With or without a guitar in hand, O'Shea excels at drawing people in, using a palate of warm colorful moods and phrases. Whether on his newest release, "Be Here Still", his follow-up to the well received 2003 debut, "In the Light", or on stage in a club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, he is the consummate host and creates no less than a menu of chorus laden delights. With it's supremely uncluttered production, courtesy of Ed Tinley, Karl Odlum, and Ike Reilly, "Be Here Still", recorded in Chicage, NYC, and Dublin is up there with David Gray's "A Century Ends", with its grounded stories of ordinary peoples' lives. It evokes images of candelit conversations with friends and lovers past and present. It's melodic, warm, and imbued with quietly rousing arms in the air of immediacy, thanks to a tight, yet dynamic rhythm section, and strings by Julia Kent and Rob Moose of Antony and the Johnsons. The opening track "Tired Eyes" is a sauntering tale that plants Irish immigrants in the hustle of NY yet firmly represents, not the lost, but the young, savvy, cosmopolitan Irish and their integration and advancing in the New World. Throughout this record, there appear touches of this new american home, with faint nods to southern roots songs, which seamlessly attach to hints of O'Shea's past musical affilliations. You'll see the shadows of Irish rockstars of late, Irish traditional melodies and the poetic flair of the countryside, as on the track, "Still", but it's not soaked with sentimentality and none of it ever wielded so much, as to hide the man himself. "Be Here Still" is like the jumper you always reach for first when the autumn comes around. It's all very late Saturday and into Sunday morning, when you've had your fill of all the fuss in the city; any city. It's inviting, familiar, yet quietly invigorating, like a slow motion dance of such power that it fixes you where you stand.... www . myspace . com/brendanoshea www . myspace . com/fairplaycollective

Filmed in and around Coney Island, NYC directed by Karen Gehres. Taken for Brendan's second album "Be Here Still" Brendan is a legend here in the East Village and can be heard playing in various venues here in NYC. If he is playing in your town, he is a must hear. A true gem. Brendan O'Shea, from Killarney South West of Ireland, has written and recorded a beautiful bombshell of a record. It's understated in comparison to the power-pop rockers that command the airwaves but confidently delivers radio friendly, real deal songs that wrap around the listener, enticing them to contentedly hum along, shuffle their feet and smile. After leaving Ireland in the late 90's, O'Shea has by now become a veteran of New York's East Village songwriter scene. He's shared stages with The Cowboy Junkies, 10,000 Maniacs, Elliott Smith, Interpol, as well as with many Irish indie superstars on both sides of the Atlantic. With or without a guitar in hand, O'Shea excels at drawing people in, using a palate of warm colorful moods and phrases. Whether on his newest release, "Be Here Still", his follow-up to the well received 2003 debut, "In the Light", or on stage in a club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, he is the consummate host and creates no less than a menu of chorus laden delights. With it's supremely uncluttered production, courtesy of Ed Tinley, Karl Odlum, and Ike Reilly, "Be Here Still", recorded in Chicage, NYC, and Dublin is up there with David Gray's "A Century Ends", with its grounded stories of ordinary peoples' lives. It evokes images of candelit conversations with friends and lovers past and present. It's melodic, warm, and imbued with quietly rousing arms in the air of immediacy, thanks to a tight, yet dynamic rhythm section, and strings by Julia Kent and Rob Moose of Antony and the Johnsons. The opening track "Tired Eyes" is a sauntering tale that plants Irish immigrants in the hustle of NY yet firmly represents, not the lost, but the young, savvy, cosmopolitan Irish and their integration and advancing in the New World. Throughout this record, there appear touches of this new american home, with faint nods to southern roots songs, which seamlessly attach to hints of O'Shea's past musical affilliations. You'll see the shadows of Irish rockstars of late, Irish traditional melodies and the poetic flair of the countryside, as on the track, "Still", but it's not soaked with sentimentality and none of it ever wielded so much, as to hide the man himself. "Be Here Still" is like the jumper you always reach for first when the autumn comes around. It's all very late Saturday and into Sunday morning, when you've had your fill of all the fuss in the city; any city. It's inviting, familiar, yet quietly invigorating, like a slow motion dance of such power that it fixes you where you stand.... Picture an Irishman, in New York, standing with arms open wide....telling you the kettle is on and he's got something he wants you t