This event on Tuesday is a wonderful idea and I hope it goes well for Hamlet Sweeney & co! Taken from the facebook event: http://www.facebook.com/event. php?eid=169719486415342 BIG WARM ACOUSTIC TUESDAY! Donate an instrument or pay just €5 for a superb gig to help kids in need get musical instruments to learn on. ...The Grand Social, Lower Liffey St (at Halpenny Bridge) 8pm (first act starts early, last act finishes in time for buses home) ***IF YOU HAVE [...]
GREAT gig to raise funds to bu musical instruments for local kids whose families can't afford Santa this year. *** Copied from Facebook Event Page *** Crawddaddy, Harcourt st Monday 20th Dec, 8pm (FIRST ACT ON at 8.15) Tickets: Was €10, no it's pick your own price, as long as it's above €5! ... LINE-UP ANNOUNCED: Adela & The Meanits Quirky, fun and melodic. They played Electric Picnic, have been described as a cross between Madness, Sultans Of Ping & Lily Allen and a recent review said: "one of the best, [...]

I'll try to bring some alternative news to the Irish music blogsphere now! A Murder Plan with humour! " Murder Plan are a vaudeville alternative blues band who wink a hint of chaotic mania. With songs & styles encompassing rock, tangos, Balkan gypsy sounds, blues & jazz, they mix & match motifs like a drunken arsonist in a Parisian police line-up. The band is made up of Stephanie O' Keeffe (vocals), Dara Melinn (guitar), Paddy Lynch (drums), Donal Melinn (bass) and Cathal Melinn (piano). None of the Melinns are related to each [...]