Artist: Pearse McGloughlin

Dreamy folk pop from Sligo's Pearse McGloughlin and his new band Nocturnes. After a bit of a hiatus in 2011 where he was focused on writing and recording a new album, Pearse McGloughlin has released the first single 'Bright Star' as a free download: <a href=" http://pearsemcgloughlin.bandc amp.com/track/bright-star-sing le-edit">Bright Star (single edit) by Pearse McGloughlin and Nocturnes</a> 'Bright Star' is a return to form for an musician and composer I rate very highly. It's a gorgeous [...]

Have you got to the stage where you hate Christmas songs? Are you at the point that if you hear one more Shaken Stevens or Shaken Shane MacGowan you'll go mad? Well this list is for you. Here's the best ten tracks from Irish artists released before 2011 that I think fits the Christmas mood. These are reflective songs with thought provoking lyrics that should be heard by the masses! 1. Pearse McGloughlin - Passion Song [...]

The Brownbread Mixtape have joined forces with Bodytonic and The Twisted Pepper to present a super special Mixtape on November 18th showcasing the finest performers in Dublin's contemporary arts and music scene. And all this for a mere 10 EURO! SPOKEN WORD Colm Keegan | http://theblogsthejob.blogspot .com/ MUSIC EleventyFour | http://eleventyfourmusic.wordp ress.com/ Pearse McGloughlin and Nocturnes | http://pearsemcgloughlin.bandc amp.com/ [...]

Pearse McGloughlin at CFCP (with Sweeney Lee and MC Kalle Ryan) August 6th will see songwriters Pearse McGloughlin and Sweeney Lee play an evening of mellow music in the CFCP. As well as working on several side projects and collaborations, Pearse has been focusing on new material for his forthcoming second album, the follow up to 2009's acclaimed 'Busy Whisper'. The night will be MC'ed by the multi talented Kalle Ryan, performance poet, writer and organiser of The Brown Bread Mixtape. Admission is [...]

Here's a beautiful new tune from two of Ireland's best songwriters Enda Reilly and Pearse McGloughlan. Ag Ól Ag Ól Ag An Garbhóg by endareilly Here's the nicely worded press info anout the song; "Pearse McGloughlin and Enda Reilly have co-written a new song in Irish called 'Ag Ol, Ag Ol ag an Garbhóg'. The name of the song comes from the Garavogue River on which Sligo is built. Sligo so ripe with folklore and history, is [...]

• endareilly - Ag Ól Ag Ól Ag An Garbhóg

It's been far too long since my last 4 The Turnstiles post but I'm aiming to get back writing about folk music on a regular basis. In a new direction for an interview I asked Sligo born singer-songwriter Pearse McGloughlin if he'd be the Guinea pig for the first interview through the median of Google Chat. What you see below is the [almost] unedited thirty minute chat between Pearse and myself. Peter: [...]

This is part 8 of my rundown of the Best 50 Irish Acts out there at this moment in time. 50. Clockwork Noise 49. The P Affection 48. The Elective Orchestra/Nick Carswell 47. TKO 46. Pete Courtney 45. Friend? 44. EleventyFour 43. Norabelle 42. Mark Black /with The Roots Orchestra /with The Trips 41. [...]

• Fling - Shady Grove
• James Vincent McMorrow - From The Woods
• Youth Mass - Tony Don't You Worry

This is part 7 of my rundown of the Best 50 Irish Acts out there at this moment in time. 50. Clockwork Noise 49. The P Affection 48. The Elective Orchestra/Nick Carswell 47. TKO 46. Pete Courtney 45. Friend? 44. EleventyFour 43. Norabelle 42. Mark Black /with The Roots Orchestra /with The Trips 41. [...]

• Preachers Son - Born Another Time
• The Dirty 9s - Something Better

Part 4 of my series examining the best of Dublin Session nights: [Much of this post appears here: http://4fortyfour.wordpress.co m/2011/03/01/for-the-turnstile s-dublin-music-sessions-featur e/#more-991 ] The Glor Sessions Poet and host Stephen James Smith kindly answered a few questions about The Glor Sessions. When and where is The Glor Sessions? Every Monday in the basement of The International Bar, 23 Wicklow Street Dublin 2: http://www.international-bar.c om/ [...]

I got a wonderful surprise this morning when I checked twitter and discovered that this blog finds itself in some good company on the list of five shortlisted music blogs in the running for 'Best Music Blog' at this years Irish Blog Awards! Best Music Blog 2uibestow.blogspot.com nialler9.com bbc.co.uk/blogs/stuartbailie harmlessnoise.wordpress.com state.ie I'm delighted that fellow DSA organiser, blogger buddie and passionate music fan Nay McArdle is also [...]

Here is the full list! There's a three way tie for first place because I forgot about 2 great tunes which I had to include. Also I've heard many great demo tracks through-out the year which are not included here. 1 [A]: Resurrection Fern - Brothers This warm and charming folk track is a slice of beauty. It's taken from a wonderful debut album which I'm privileged to [...]

Pearse McGloughlin will be releasing the follow up to his well acclaimed 2009 album 'Busy Whisper' in January 2011. It's a delightful EP and a real breath of fresh air. It's been over a year now since I first heard and fell in love with Pearse's melodic indie sounds of 'Busy Whisper'. Even now I regularly go back to that album to listen to songs like 'Monkey's Paw' 'Partings' and the masterpiece 'Passion Song'. Pearse has released the follow up through Bandcamp for [...]

Fingertips of the Silversmith is a polished, professional and personal album of real quality. However for some reason it fails to ignite passion in me and at times falls flat. Tiger Cooke is a really good songwriter with a pleasant pure voice that I could listen to for days. The best songs on the album are the single 'Out of Reach' which wouldn't be out of place on Ray Lamontagne's Trouble and the uptempo opener 'Rid of Her'. I also really like the Americana [...]

It's becoming a rare sight these days to see a Singer-songwriter book Whelans. Galway's Fia Rua will be upstairs in Whelans on November 2nd with Pearse McGloughlin in support. Their new singles are available for free from Bandcamp .... or from the widgets below! Falling Time by Fia Rua Morning Mist (The Birds) by Pearse McGloughlin

The Blue Choir play Whelans upstairs tonight with support from Wyvren Lingo and the sublime Pearse McGloughlin playing tracks from his widely anticipated Twine EP http://www.myspace.com/theblue choir Calliphora by The Blue Choir If there's an opportunity to share this I'll take it! [...]

In the round gig by four of Irelands best performers. Aisling Kavanagh, Pearse McGloughlin, Aoife Moriarty and Enda Reilly are sharing the stage at The Cobblestone this Saturday night. €8 in and it goes to Concern for the Pakistan Emergency Flood Appeal. Check out these wonderful tunes by Pearse and then by Enda! Pearse McGloughlin - Passion Song by 2uibestow [...]

The Blue Choir release their new single "Calliphora" on the 19th of September in Whelans(Upstairs) with support from Pearse McGloughlin. http://www.myspace.com/theblue choir Speaking of Pearse this video for the song 'Lespoir des Revenants' taken from Pearse McGloughlin's debut album 'Busy Whisper' appeared on youTube the other day and it's very good! http://www.myspace.com/walkper son

Pearse McGloughlin who is almost ready to release an EP of new material is going to be playing some fine gigs in the next few weeks. Here's the brilliant video from The Dead Flags for the song Anymore! Pearse has begun a Sessions night in the intimate space that is Sweny's Pharmacy made famous by James Joyce in Ulyssis: http://www.sweny.ie/ [...]

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 6. Brian Canavan - Nightclubbin' It's a pain in the arse being too alternative for mainstream and too mainstream to be considered alternative! [...]