
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. [...]
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There are many people out there who are saying wonderful things about David Hope. Stephen James Smith for one was tweeting and bulletting about David's gig in Whelans a few months back. Mary Coughlan [musician I assume!] says many good things and Dave Redfern who plays guitar for Odi passed this EP onto me for a review. There are seven tunes on the EP. The Cuckoo's Return is a bluesy instrumental which sits in the middle of the seven tunes. The title track is one of the best song's I've heard this year. The lyrics [...]
So the big news of today is that U2 are trying to get the kids to love them again by doing Glastonbury! Here's my tip for next year Emily's Eldest doing a very decent job of One! I heard this song at The Glor Sessions tonight and it's a special tune! Check this out! My favourite song at the moment is this tune by David Hope. The sound here is a [...]

Apologies for the significant lack of updates recently. Something's come up that is taking priority for the moment and will last the next week or two. This means posts will be patchy and that annoys me! I have many reviews to do including the albums of Odi, The Swell Season and Eps by David Hope and Heritage Centre. Anyway .... Competition Time! I am growing a moustache for Movember to join the fight against prostate [...]

It does seem in Ireland that this year's Halloween is being celebrated like never before and I'm loving it. Here's an Irish Halloween mixtape! Some of the tunes are technically not written about Halloween but are included for atmospheric qualities. 1. And So I Watch You From Afar - Set Guitars To Kill 2. Ham Sandwich - Running Up That Hill [Live] 3. Pearse McGloughlin [...]