Can there be a better way to spend the Friday before Halloween than in the company of Lisa O'Neill's haunting folk sounds in Whelans of Wexford street. She'll be with a full band and supported by the under-loved Barry McCormack & excellent Bunnoscoinn. More details here: http://www.whelanslive.com/ind ex.php/archives/5107 Here's a great tune from Lisa's 2009 debut album called 'I'm Gonna Get Me to the Road' Lisa O Neill - Im Gonna Get Me to the Road by [...]
Whelanslive.com presents two intimate nights of wonderful folk music with Barry McCormack Upstairs In Whelan's 7th September (solo show) + support from Gary Fitzpatrick 14th September (full band show) + support from Minnie & The Illywhackersin support of his latest album 'Small Mercies' I've been really enjoying listening to Barry's new album Small Mercies on Soundcloud. The former Jubilee Allstars frontman has a wonderful dark intimate voice which carries his thoughtful lyrics to great effect. [...]
Barry McCormack is one of Ireland's best songwriters and consistently releases brilliant albums. Barry was a Jubilee Allstar who had built a decent following in Ireland for their Americana folk sound and great tunes. In 2003 he released his debut album 'We Drank Our Tears' which is still an album I regularly come back to time and time again. One of the best tracks is the beautiful sublime and tragic love song 'On A May Morning' On a May Morning http://www.myspace.com/barrymc cormack [...]
The challenge for Ireland and many millions around the world is to sharpen our senses and focus in on the wonder of this world. Spring arrives amid massive emotions of depression, embarassment, shame, sadness, pain, darkness etc .... Favourite Sons - The Tall Grass Mp3 MySpace Wallis Bird - Blossoms in the Street Mp3 MySpace Jeff Martin - The Promise Mp3 MySpace Shaz Oye - The River Wild Mp3 MySpace [...]
This feature picks a theme with seven related tunes and offers them as sample Mp3s with the hope you find inspiration and buy music from the artist. Yesterday I posted about the upcoming gigs in Whelans. Here are seven Mp3 samples of artists and bands you can go see live in the next few weeks. Juliet Turner - Vampire 09/12/08 Juliet Turner in Midleton, Co. Cork at The RealMusic Club, McDaids bar 16/12/08 Juliet Turner in Dublin at Whelans [...]
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