This week's Ruby Tuesday is the well travelled and respected Jimi Cullen who has arrived on my radar in the last weeks. Stated on his site: "It all began with Jimi hitchhiking around Ireland to his first gigs until he could afford a car at which time he started playing wherever he could and has since played some of Irelands finest stages with some of Irelands top acts like John Spillane, Paddy Casey, Declan O Rourke, The Revs, Aslan, David Kitt, Jinx Lennon, Mary Coughlan, Eleanor Mc Evoy, Roesy and the list goes on. His debut e.p. "Anthems [...]
Let's do a check list here for Gareth Brannigan: Pleasant Voice ...... Check! Male/Female Harmonies ........... Check! Strumming Guitar Rift........... Check! Piano chords complimenting the sound ........ Check! Meaningful Lyrics............ Check! Gareth is a young [very young] singer songwriter from Co. Armagh and has released a very good 4 track EP called Walk With Me. I have listened to the tunes many times and I'm hugely impressed by the quality here in the basics. He is now currently promoting his EP as a solo artist in various venues around the country and has [...]
The Le Cheile Festival is starting to take shape in the form of line-ups for the Oldcastle based festival. I think I'll have to go to a few of these gigs myself! June 13th Oldcastle Launch - Gary Dunne & Henrietta Game Creans 9pm FREE July 30th Lucky Dip Music & Arts Creans 9pm €5 July 31st Jason Byrne Oldcastle House Hotel €18 [...]
Here's a special June bank holiday mixtape featuring Irish artists who are out & about gigging in various locations across the country! Wallis Bird - Moodsets [Oxegen, Mitchelstown] MySpace The Minutes - Ukraine [Mitchelstown] MySpace Angel Pier - Brothers & Sisters [CastlePalooza] MySpace Fred - Keep Me Clear [Sea Sessions, Skibbereen, Mitchelstown] MySpace Ian Whitty - Fallen Stars (in late night bars) [Skibbereen, Mitchelstown] [...]
Nell Bryden is touring in our neck of the woods so there's a good chance you will be hearing more from this Dixie Queen. I seen Nell live in Whelans last year and she was massively entertaining, with great vocals and stage pressence. Her new album has just been released into the shops and I'm sure Nell will pick up many friends on her journey through the land! Here's a mini bio of Nell on http://www.goodseedpr.com : "NELL BRYDEN caused a stir in the press last year when she funded her career with a [...]
Such beautiful music here:
Whelans has hit the milestone of 20 years and is celebrating with a series of gigs in the coming months starting tonight with the first of Mundy's three gigs. I predict Friday night will be mad in Whelans with Mundy downstairs and Groom in the upstairs venue. There's no doubt that Whelans is a special little venue that has accomondated many of Ireland's best artists as well as some of the very best International acts. The list includes Jeff Buckley, Townes Van Zandt, The Arctic Monkeys, Bloc Party, The National, David Gray and hundreds more. Here are my own personal [...]
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Recently I was listening to a recently purchased Irish artist compilation album in the car when I heard 'Wanted Something'. You know the moment you hear a song that is near perfection at that moment in time? 'Wanted Something' was that song for me and led me to seek out it's creator; Peadar King. 'The Nature of Flaws' is the debut album by Peadar King released last July. I am reviewing this album here now because I have this hunger to tell [...]
Declan O'Rourke is set to start work on his third album in the coming months. Following an extensive Australian tour, Declan shed some light on the year ahead. "Australia is my second home. I loved every minute of it. I spent a month there touring, and the whole thing was a bit of a creative explosion for me, which is fantastic. "I'm very excited about recording my third studio album. I'm working on new material all the time, so I've got a busy year ahead of me." After [...]
Here's a little plug for in my opinion Irelands best Music PR company Good Seed PR based in Dunboyne, Co. Meath. With the wonderful Linda Coogan at the helm, Good Seed PR have some great International and Irish clients at the moment who no doubt you will hear more about in the future. International Artists: Nell Bryden With four major tours in the last 12 months and more than 180 gigs performed in 2008 (totaling almost 500 in just [...]
Any fan of music blogs will notice that for the next few days it will seem like St. Patrick threw up all over the musical blogsphere. And that's great! I don't want to be adding to mix of Pogues and Dubliners mp3s just yet. The sevens tunes I have chosen today are songs I think sum up the Ireland of today and to me they represent current modern Irish Culture. Ian Whitty & The Exchange - Fallen Stars [In Late Night Bars] Mp3 MySpace Alphastates - What Are You [...]
Wow in recent months and weeks we have read about excellent music bloggers calling it a day and now I find out the excellent online resource Fabchannel.com is to close. You only have a couple of days to watch a 2002 concert from The Prayer Boat , two concerts by The Frames , Damien Rice or Declan O'Rourke gigs! http://www.fabchannel.com/
Irish born Rock & Soul singer and former member of the Dublin Gospel Choir, Padraig Rushe, will release his debut album 'GreyWorld' this March 6th with a gig in The Sugar Club. Padriag is a member of the Dublin Gospel Choir performing in the past with the likes of Paddy Casey, Declan O'Rourke and Liam Ó Maonlai. His debut is a fusion of funk, soul and rock with vocals somewhere between Jeff Buckley and Bill Withers. I'm really looking forward to the album launch. http://www.padraigrushe.com/ http://www.myspace.com/padraig rushe [...]
As a lover of Irish Music I still think Hot Press do a great job with their magazine every two weeks. However, I was a tad annoyed at the current failure to feature any news of Mark Dignam's homecoming gigs as guests to The Swell Season next Thursday and as headliner in Whelans on the 8th Feb with very special guests. Now I know I'm at risk of flooding the blog with Marky news so I do apologise but I wanna focus on who those special guests might be! Remember we are talking about Very Special Guests! [...]
..... yes Meath is fast becoming the gig capital of Ireland in a mountain going to Mohammad move for our most loved artists. If your experiancing negative equity in The Naul, the Seamus Ennis Centre has relief.... Thursday 5th Feb: SINGER/SONGWRITER SHOWCASE – TADHG COOKE & Q (Colm Quearney) Hailing from Dunboyne, Tadhg Cooke began his musical adventures at fourteen with the purchase of a guitar and a few lessons. His jazz-tinged acoustic pop has been described as "eminently likeable, utterly enviable" by The Irish Times. [...]
First, before I delve in further, just a disclaimer: I am not claiming these songs were posted NEW over the summer...some of them I just found for the first time over the summer, and for all I know they have been up online since one Christmas past. So it may show my cunning to find cool stuff online, or show that I am slow to the draw and some other bloggers beat me to the punch. First off, some tracks I am fairly certain were new this past summer, and these were posted online on [...]
This is a Mixtape4melfi repost written about the Saturday I had at the Hot Press Music Show in the RDS. Yesterday I had the pleasure to spend the day at the Hot Press Music Show in the RDS. Over this weekend it was a convention to showcase the best of Irish music, the best music stockists, record companies, seminars, galleries etc etc! This weeks themed mix celebrates the best of the weekend's music. First up and [...]
Choices galour for the last big Friday before the Christmas present buying rush! There's the gig above with two of Ireland's most promising acts. Declan O'Rourke is pleasuring many in the Olympia. I'm from Barcelona are in the Acadamy and Ireland's adopted son Josh Ritter is in Vicar Street. Oh and new pop teen stars Iglu and Hartly are in Whelans! I'm stuck bringing my Mother to a community Christmas party! Have a great Friday if you are going to any of the above!
The Deer Tracks - Christmas Fire Fireflies - X-mas Song Declan O'Rourke - Christmas Wine (Acoustic) * "If you give a little love, you can get a little love of your own." Noah and the Whale - Give a Little Love Badly Drawn Boy - Donna & Blitzen [...]
Another mix of Irish Musicians and Bands for the blog today. The mix begins with Declan O'Rourke's exceptional Last Night In A Dream recorded live for songs from a parlour. Next is a singer getting massive amounts of interest Wallis Bird. Recently reformed Lir and mega stars The Cranberries are also included. New artists are represented by Ian Whitty and The Hot Sprockets. To finish is the recently disbanded Leya with a rocking Frames like tune. Declan O'Rourke - Last Night In A Dream MySpace Wallis Bird - Counting To [...]
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