As usual there's plenty of gigs 2 go 2 but here are IMO the pick of the bunch: Indie Week - Tonight until the Live Final on Saturday 27th April Listen to the bands here: http://2uibestow.blogspot.ie/2 013/04/mix-indie-week-ireland- 2013.html Full schedule here: http://www.indieweek.com/downl oads/IWI-Brochure-2013.pdf Must see band: The Rusty Fixtures - Sweeneys Ground Floor Thursday 11.30 - 12.00 ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ----------- [...]
'Broken Conversations' is the debut album from Cork band 'The Hard Ground' which is being released on Fifa Records on April 12th in Ireland and in the UK on Fish Records on the 19th April. It's a solid folk-rock album with contrasting male/female vocals throughout. The Hard Ground is a four piece band from Cork consisting of two main songwriters Pat Carey and Marlene Enright who share the vocals and wrote five songs a piece on [...]
Emerging from the core of the duo Berries Blue , Marlene Enright and Pat Carey decided to they wanted to add a fuller layered sound to their music, with Dave Duffy and Dave Ryan whom they met while studying music in University College Cork the newly formed quartet set out to record their debut album Broken Conversations . Their aim was realised as the resulting recording is indeed multi-layered and faceted using a broad palette of musical influences and instrumentation (including harmonium, glockenspiel and kazoo, the band also acquired the services of [...]
Chillin' and chattin' in the caf(é)... Earlier this week, I was delighted to be asked by the wonderful Vanessa Monaghan aka "Nessy", who hosts music and arts show Culture Café over on 2XM , to come on for a bit of a gab about what's happening down Leeside-way these days. The same show also featured an interview with The Hard Grounds 's Marlene Enright and music from Trumpets of Jericho so it's a very Cork-centric piece [...]
Who's up for getting down and dirty... It's all about The Pavilion this week as the Carey's Lane venue dominates the gig listings. The third annual Dirty Weekender serves up an eclectic plate with electro ( Nialler9 's Mmoths -headlined Friday), rock (Saturday: Rest 's unveiling of new studio record I Hold The Wolf accompanied by Hope Is Noise and [...]
FIFA free-for-all in The Pav... Cork indie label FIFA Records are set to host a banquet of newly signed talent on Carey's Lane on Monday night with the entry charge set at a very reasonable €0. The Vincents , Saint Yorda and The Hard Ground were all recently announced as newcomers to the FIFA stable with The Vincents first out of the blocks in 2013 with the release of [...]
The Mandolas The Cork Music Show was only thrilled to welcome back folkariffic foursome The Mandolas as guests for the second time in the new Cork City Community Radio studios, located in Douglas Shopping Centre. Colm, Michael, Dorian and Paddy - promoting their new single 'Marianne' - were only too eager to select a trio of tracks from their favourite Cork bands which turned out to be John Blek & The Rats , The Hard Ground [...]
Seti The First - Triskel, 8th November The Cork Music Show was thrilled to bring listeners in the Cork area another hour full of original music moulded right here on Leeside. The full playlist for November 4th : 01. Seti The First : La Bassinette Noir 02. Superblondes : Kill Some Time 03. Lamp : Blades And Ladders 04. The Great Balloon Race : Grog [...]
Here's another batch of new bands who've made themselves known to me over the last few days! Tujacques http://tujacques.bandcamp.com/ Tujacques are based in Dublin, Ireland and their music is tagged as alternative with twists of punk, gospel, Americana, roots and alt.country. The musicians of Tujacques (pronounced 'two-jacks') include Matthew Causey, originally from Louisiana, on guitar, keyboards and vocals. Matthew Nolan, who is co-founder, composer and guitarist for Dublin’s 3epkano, plays bass. Bryan 0’Connell of Si Schroeder fame plays drums and singer-songwriter Rhiannon Clark, adds backing vocals. The band are [...]
Enjoyable debut EP from Cork artist Foxglove which suggests she has a long and fruitful career ahead of her. The first I heard of Cork artist 'Foxglove' was earlier this year when her song 'Winter' was included on an all female Irish compilation album Cafe Irlandaise. I wrote in the review that 'The compilation flows onto another epic song from Foxglove with vocals from Niamh Murphy. Their sound fuses folk, pop and electronic [...]
Emerging band The Hard Ground are pleased to announce the release of ‘Pawn’, the lead single from their debut studio album, Stolen Conversations . Formed from the core of the Bantry duo known as Berries Blue, The Hard Ground are a Cork-based five-piece who have come together to create a beautifully rich and layered sound, weaving together ambient arrangements and beautiful orchestration. Named after the powerful book of poetry by legendary singer-songwriter and composer Tom Waits, The Hard Ground, whose sound can best be described as folk-rock with strong undercurrents of blues, are [...]
Formed from the core of the Bantry duo known as Berries Blue , The Hard Ground came together when Marlene Enright and Pat Carey decided they wanted their music to have a richer and more layered sound. Joined by Dave Duffy and Dave Ryan, whom they met while studying music in University College Cork, and often by session musician Hugh Dillon, the Cork-based quartet soon got to work on a feast of songs, weaving together ambient arrangements and beautiful orchestration. After much deliberation, they decided on the name The Hard [...]
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