I've already posted my Top 10 here but I thought I'd shine a light on the other 30 songs which enlightened my year! 1. Jukebox Gypsy - The Month 2. I Draw Slow - Goodbye Beulahland 3. Declan O'Rourke - Be Brave and Believe 4. Lisa Hannigan - Paper House 5. Autumn Long - Ten More Reasons 6. The Gorgeous Colours - It's OK to be [...]
I wasn't going to do a Halloween mix but seeing as this is an Irish festival which has gone global it seems only right to share some spooky songs with a loose Halloween connection! The Cranberries - Zombie: Zombie Live by The Cranberries The Brad Pitt Light Orchestra - Devil & Me: 03 Devil & Me by bplo [...]
The ethos of The Spirit of Folk festival which took place last weekend on the grounds of Dunderry Park near Navan was about Folk in all it's spiritual formats. It was billed as a festival which would bring together folk music with folklore, storytelling with archaeology and arts with spirituality. The Spirit of Folk festival brought all these aspects of Folk to life and enabled the igniting of a wonderful rustic community not normally found at festivals. For this review I can only write about the bands I seen. I wasn't able to attend [...]
Last night David Hope became the last music act confirmed for the very last music festival in Ireland; The Spirit of Folk festival running from 23-25 September in the stunning grounds of Dunderry Park, Co Meath. David was the successful winner of the What The Folk? competition that was run on Monday evenings in The Workmans Club, Dublin. Here's one of the song's David performed last night: 'See The Ghost' See The Ghost by David Hope [...]
The Workman's Club presents… What The Folk? Semi-final, Tonight at 9PM and Free In! featuring Lou McMahon David Hope Miriam Donoghue Miss Paula Flynn The winning acts from tonight's Semi-final go through to the grand final on the 12th September also taking place in the Workmans Club. The winning act gets a spot on the first Spirit of Folk festival: Here's a wonderful tune from Miss Paula Flynn's [...]
David Hope is a singer-songwriter hailing from County Clare who in his musical career has released two critically acclaimed records; his debut album, A Picture , in 2007 and the 7-track EP Daybreak Someplace in 2009. A strong vocalist and performer, David Hope has in the last two years performed with a variety of shows across Europe. Some of which include numerous appearances at festivals in Switzerland, Germany and Sweden encompassing tours with The Duke Spirit, Belgian singer Sophie Hunger, highly respected [...]
Quality first single from the recently formed group David Hope & The Henchmen The rootsy folk inspired band are made up of David Hope - Vocals & Guitar & Banjo, Eoin Jordan - Bouzouki & Mandolin & Guitar, David Murphy - Pedal Steel & Guitar & Dobro and Kevin Jones - Drums. Their sound could be described as an Irish Calexico! I'm a big fan of David Hope's solo material from 2007 - 2009 but being backed by a band of [...]
Performing at The Glor Sessions tonight is Marc O'Reilly who has just released a decent album 'My Friend Marx' through the Waterford based record company 'Salt and Shake Records' 05 La Question by Salt and Shake Records Listen to the album in full here: http://soundcloud.com/salt-and -shake-records/sets/marc-oreil ly-my-friend-marx Billed as the greatest Glor Sessions ever the full line-up for tonight includes: Poets: Colm Keegan: [...]
Here's a rundown of all the events tickling my musical tastebuds! St Patrick's Eve in Vicar Street is the place to hear music to enlighten the soul and the Gaelgoir inside of you! Republic Of Loose - You Know It by djilo ................. The 3rd Inspirations Gig in aid [...]
David Hope & The Henchmen are about to embark on an intimate Irish tour with the very promising Swiss artist Baum . Tour details are here: Having scooped my 'Song of the Year' choice in 2009 for Daybreak Somewhere, David joined up with his Henchmen for a rootsy folk direction. I can't wait to catch both Baum and David Hope live in concert! http://www.facebook.com/davidh opeandthehenchmen
This last week has been very good for me in the music world. I got to see Ani DiFranco in The National Concert Hall and wrote about it here! I got to see David Ford for the first time on Monday night along with Teddy Thompson. I've been checking out new music by Iron & Wine, Owensie and the lovely sounds of Duncan Maitland! Here's a few events which are worth plugging! See live acts like Dervish, Paddy [...]
Some reasons to be happy about 2011 .... The Digital Socket Awards take place on Feb 3rd in The Grand Social! I am delighted to be part of a new exciting Music Blog 4FortyFour! The new year sees some wonderful gigs on the horizon: Feb 24th - ALIVE at Boyles features Jezzebelle, David Hope & from Switzerland Baum. Jan 14th sees the return of Clockwork Apple's sessions nights upstairs in Whelans featuring [...]
What a great poster for David Hope & The Henchmen's Tour around Halloween. David's bluesy voice is complimented by an array of excellent musicians. Check out the videos below!
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In the week where we will reach 1000 posts on the blog I'll be counting down the best 25 songs I've discovered during the lifetime of the blog. 5 tracks a day in which my part 5 of the list hopefully being post 1000! Most of the songs will be available for download through Soundcloud 1. Terry Sutton - The Laughter So yeah Terry's wonderful tune 'The Laughter' gets top spot. I suppose I'm highlighting the [...]
Tues Apr 13 • Belfast Venue: Auntie Annie's Doors: 8pm £5 at the door / £3 for students with valid ID £8 for a wristband Judged: 09:00 – The Varionis (Belfast) 09:45 – Here Comes the Landed Gentry (Derry) 10:30 – Froud (County Monaghan) Not Judged: 11:15 – Brazen Angelz (Toronto / Ireland) 12:00 – Darlings of Chelsea (Toronto, Canada) 12:45 – Sixteen Layers Wed Apr 14 • Dublin Venue: The Twisted Pepper Doors: 6pm €6 at the door €10 for a wristband 07:45 – Belfast winner (not judged) Judged: 08:30 – Simon Fagan (Navan) [...]
This year there are many Irish artists to check out in the many gigs around the city: James Vincent McMorrow Clive Barnes The Ben Reel Band The Rye The River Valley Band David Hope and the Henchmen Tupelo Jezzebelle Here's Jezzebelle performing 'In The City' The full line-up can be found here: http://www.kilkennyroots.com/b ands.asp
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This week [Monday - Friday] I'm counting down my Top 50 artists in my humble opinion at this moment in time. The artists are to have released an album/ep or played a gig since Jan 2009 in order to qualify for the list. 11. Mark Dignam It seems strange writing about Mark's music again because it was something I did every few days when I started the blog. Inspired by Dylan, Cohen and Waits Mark writes the kind of songs which help [...]
Happy 2010 to you all. Much appreciation to you the reader for kind words and comments which only help to encourage the progression of this blog! How was 2009 for you? Top 3 Song of 2009 1. Daybreak Somewhere by David Hope 2. Frozen Lake by Iain Archer 3. Bobby D by Lisa O'Neill Top 3 Albums of 2009 1. Declan DeBarra - A Fire To Scare The Sun 2. Lisa O'Neill - Has [...]
It does only seem like last year when there was a debate in the media about what to call this decade. I've really enjoyed reading the various 'best of ...' lists in the media and on the blogsphere. This post aims to outline my perspective on the Irish Music Scene over the last decade! By the year 2000, we had accumulated a wealth of disposable income which in the main resulted in more of us attending gigs, more of us learning to play instruments and more [...]
That institute in the blogsphere Nialler9 is asking for people to nominate their top 10 albums of the year and top 10 songs of the year. All the details are here: http://www.nialler9.com/2009/1 2/09/vote-top-irish-albums-son gs-2009/ Here are my lists which I'm going to copy onto the comment section of the above post; Top 10 albums of 2009 1. Declan DeBarra - A Fire To Scare The Sun 2. Lisa O'Neill - Has An Album 3. Martin Finke - Make Daylight 4. [...]
2 U I Bestow
Rarities, B-Sides and Other Stuff
Childish Gambino
The Shins: “September” (b-side of “Simple Song” 7”)
St. Vincent - 'Cheerleader'
Jay-Z & Kanye West - Ni**as In Paris (Explicit)
OK Go - Needing/Getting - Official Video![Niki & The Dove - The Fox [OFFICIAL VIDEO]](http://cdn.elbo.ws/youtube/l2f6UbMnlq4_130.jpg)
Niki & The Dove - The Fox [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
Music Singles Chart #95
Nicki Minaj - Young Forever (Prod. Dr. Luke)
Tonight We're Going To Give It 35%
Whitney! ♥
