This is the first of three 'Top 10' countdowns I'm planning for the Christmas season! Here are in my opinion the best 10 original Christmas tunes by Irish artists [excluding the very obvious Fairytale of New York!]. 10. Bill Coleman - Sit With Me Thanks to Aidan from Golden Plec I was introduced to this today and it's a great tune. Sit With Me is a heartfelt Christmas song which [...]
Peter Doran is playing The Spirit Store in Dundalk on August 5th with Bill Coleman and Arrow in the Sky in what has to be one of the best free gig line-ups out there! Here's a wonderful tune from Peter's album 'Sleepless Street' released last year! The Composer by PeterDoran
The Garden Sessions 2011 will take place in August Monday to Wednesday 8-10th, which is also during the town festival Birr Vintage week and Arts Festival. Held in a garden in the back of The Chestnut pub in Birr, theses intimate gigs, have a chilled feel, with all proceeds go to the Offaly Hospice, tickets are 25 euro. Full ticket for the three days are only €60! Doors opening at 6.30 pm and music starting at 7 pm. [...]
Here is the Best 50 Irish Acts out there at this moment in time in my humble opinion. 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. Fox. [...]
Here's an interesting gig to go to on Sunday April 17th: This is a fundraiser for The Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami Fund Appeal in association with The Irish Red Cross. The event will have a Japanese theme, with performances of traditional Japanese music and dance. Feel free to dig out your kimono!! :-) All proceeds go directly to the Irish Red Cross for their much needed work in Japan. Acts include: Circus Cat Bill Coleman Nelson Mandola [...]
The line-ups for the next three Ruby Sessions were announced: Tuesday, Mar 8 @ 9:00 PM Little Green Cars, Heroes In Hiding, Briana Corrigan, Marc O'Reilly Tuesday, Mar 15 @ 9:00 PM Jamie Lawson, Fiach, The Light Parade, Bill Coleman Tuesday, Mar 22 @ 9:00 PM Kev Fox, The Toby Reiser Quartet, Cocophone, Stephen Walker Here's a song from the wonderful Cocophone! Cocophone - Special Offers 01 [...]
Axel : Trizzy my man, I've been waiting in this car for 10 minutes now, what's going on? Train : Just had to run upstairs to grab this mixtape so that we can get our car-rock on son... Axel : What are we listening to? Train : Just drive, you know I got you covered... Yeasayer - Crazy (Seal cover) Adele - Last Nite (Strokes cover) Alex Winston - The Cave (Mumford [...]
Luan Parle, Ultan Conlon, Bill Coleman, Carosel, Twobit Melody and Flann Mc Morrow were all sortlisted to be used on the new Glenisk advertisement. Listen to some of the entries here: Easy by Carosel Vessel by Ultan Conlon Sunlight by Bill Coleman Sunlight by bcoleman Twobit Melody
The best song I've discovered this week is this Kanye West cover by Bill Coleman called Runaway. I adore Bill's version which went onto Soundcloud this Wednesday. Cover - Runaway (Kanye West) by bcoleman Bill has been added as support for Jamie Lawson's Irish tour beginning next month: 2nd March - Whelans - Dublin [Sold Out] 3rd March - Set Theatre - Kilkenny 4th March - Forum [...]
Starting today, Wednesday, and running for the next four days is Whelan's Ones To Watch Festival. More than 30 Irish bands will take to various Whelan's stages to show everyone just how strong 2011 is going to be. Some bands you may be familiar with, and more you will never [Read more]
Tickets are priced at a mere €10 for all four nights or €5 for a single night. Band lists copied from: State.ie WEDNESDAY JAN 13TH Whelans Main Room (Doors – 7:30pm) Lisa O'Neill Ivan St John Owensie Home by Ivan St John Owensie: Dark Place by OOAL Wednesday [...]
Part Five of my series of lists, where Irish acts pick their favourite albums of 2010. Today's entries come from A Northern Light, Bill Coleman, Peter Doran, Groom, and Herm.
Part four of my best albums of 2010 counts down numbers 40 to 31.
1: Burning Codes - Burning Codes 2 Northern Ireland Indie band Burning Codes released the album of the year. It's full of indie pop tunes which make me want to sing, nod my head and put a smile on my face. It's a complete album where every song seems to fit together seamlessly. The writing is inspiration and some of the gospel-esque melodies are simply superb. Buy The Album [...]
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 [...]
The top 10 Irish EPs of 2010.
Bill Coleman has made a great second album in which every song hits home with melodies and messages. The 'story' of the album should be an inspiration to every aspiring new artist. Way back in the 'Heyday' of Irish singer-songwriters of '02 - '03, Bill Coleman releases a debut EP which includes one of my favourite songs ever in 'Don't Suffer in Silence' followed in 2007 with a fine debut album. Bill was gathering a fan base and a [...]
There's never been a better time in recent history to need motivational music and messages which will help us to just keep going. I need positive inspirational messages. These ten songs contain some wonderful messages and I'm going to share them with you! Please hit the artists link if you like the tunes. Dr. Millar - Feel Everything and Love Yourself Dr. Millar - Feel Everything And Love Yourself by [...]
I can't wait for this gig. Bill's second album has been out a few weeks now but I've held out on reviewing it until I buy the album from him at Boyles tomorrow night. Also playing tomorrow night is Canadian sensation Joel Plaskett. This will be some special gig! JOEL PLASKETT - Through & Through & Through by Triad Publicity
2 U I Bestow
Audio Muffin
4fortyfour
The Point Of Everything
Swear I'm Not Paul
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Download: Lissy Trullie - "It's Only You, Isn't It"
