Irish singer-songwriter/pianist Eamonn Flynn is making up for pandemic lost time with his recent performance schedule. He has crafted a show titled Dublinesque from his grooving, moving, tuneful Dublin tribute album, Anywhere But Home. I saw this lively, lovely and engaging performance in May at the Back Room in Berkeley with his musical partners Darcy Noonan, Autumn Rhodes, and Hector Brogado.

Now he is bringing an online, solo version to the Freight and Salvage on August 13. Flynn is no stranger to the Freight stage. He’s played there many times over the years with the Black Brothers, Elvin Bishop, and under his own name. The show is online because Flynn is playing and traveling in Europe this summer. Last week, he was in the house band for the 34th annual Poretta Soul Festival in Italy. From San Francisco, the Anthony Paule Soul Orchestra contained, according to Flynn, “an embarrassment of singing riches we are backing up: Omega Rae, Nona Brown, Larry Batiste, Salassie Burke, John Ellison, Mitch Woods, and Chick Rodgers.”

Flynn also spent time teaching kids at the 2nd annual United Irish Cultural Center Summer Camp in June. The wide-ranging program included hip hop dance, drama, coding, sport, improv, and lots of music. And he played music for the Bloomsday Celebration on June 16 at the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco.

Dublinesque is a soulful celebration of Dublin, its music, stories, and history. As Sean Laffey put it in his Irish Music Magazine review of Anywhere But Home: “Dubliners need have no fear. The well is not dry; Flynn is the bard to continue the canon of songs for Dublin because every generation needs its memories and melodies.”