New Irish Music: Pretty Happy by Killian Laher Cork band Pretty Happy are a new name to No More Workhorse. Made up of Abbey Blake (guitar), Arann Blake (vocals, bass) and Andy […]
New Irish Music: Pretty Happy – Salami
Set Theatre, Kilkenny – Live Streams
Set Theatre, Kilkenny – Live Streams Have you been following the Set Theatre’s list of live performances? If so, you’ve permission to feel smug and ignore the rest of this post.
Album of the Week – 29/01/21
Album of the Week – 29/01/21 January is drawing to a close and I don’t think too many are complaining about it! The days are ever so slightly longer and is there […]
Interview with James Yorkston – Part 2
Interview with James Yorkston – Part 2 James Yorkston has just released a very fine new album called The Wide, Wide River, which is currently our album of the week! We caught […]
Anna B Savage – A Common Turn – Album Review
Anna B Savage – A Common Turn – Album Review by Cathy Brown The debut album from Anna B Savage is something of a contradiction. It is an album mired in uncertainty […]
TV Picks of the Week – 26/01/21
TV Picks of the Week – 26/01/21 It’s a Sin – Channel 4 Have you been watching? And if not, why not? The most talked-about show of the year (ok, it’s only […]
James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra – Album Review
James Yorkston and the Second Hand Orchestra – Album Review by Killian Laher James Yorkston has been releasing music on his own and with various collaborators for nearly 20 years. For his […]
Interview with James Yorkston – Part 1
Interview with James Yorkston James Yorkston has just released a very fine new album called The Wide, Wide River, which is currently our album of the week! We caught up with James […]
Album of the Week – 22/01/21
Album of the Week – 22/01/21 Another week in a cold and dark January, but fear not noble reader, as we have sounds to keep you amused. Sounds! Despite the month not […]
Interview with Kyle Bobby Dunn
Interview with Kyle Bobby Dunn Kyle Bobby Dunn is an ambient music composer from Canada. No More Workhorse recently had the chance to ask him some questions about life during the lockdown […]
New Music – What The Fog – Allred & Broderick
New Music – What The Fog – Allred & Broderick Despite some mild confusion over the release date of this album (possibly on our part), we can confirm that the new album […]
Album of the Week – 15/01/21
Album of the Week – 15/01/21 January is usually a slow month for new music, but this week we’ve more than a few to keep you entertained! There are new releases from […]
New Irish Music – 14/01/21
New Irish Music – 14/01/21 Some new Irish sounds for the new year! Paul Melia has just released a new single called “Tripping At The End Of The Start” and it’s a […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Peter Broderick
A Year in Music – 2020 – Peter Broderick We asked a number of our favourite artists/ musicians to talk about the extraordinary year that was 2020. You can see what Peter […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Cormac Gahan (Boa Morte)
A Year in Music – 2020 – Cormac Gahan (Boa Morte) An extraordinary year in many ways. How did it affect you specifically? In late February, just two weeks before the first […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Paul Page (ex-Whipping Boy)
A Year in Music – 2020 – Paul Page (ex-Whipping Boy) An extraordinary year in many ways. How did it affect you specifically? 2020 will be remembered as a lost year – […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Myles O’Reilly
A Year in Music – 2020 – Myles O’Reilly “Myles O’Reilly is a musician, composer and filmmaker from Dublin, Ireland. Since first lifting a camera in 2010, multi tasking O’Reilly has filmed, […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Ben Vendetta (Author)
A Year in Music – 2020 – Ben Vendetta (Author) by Killian Laher We asked some of our favourite artists/ musicians/ writers to tell us about their year. You can see Ben’s […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Varo
A Year in Music – 2020 – Varo We asked some of our favourite artists/ musicians about their year. You can see the thoughts of Varo below… Varo are Lucie Azconaga (vocals, […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Susan O’Neill
A Year in Music – 2020 – Susan O’Neill We asked some of our favourite artists/ musicians to tell us about their year. You can see what Susan had to say below. […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Trevor Ristow (Author)
A Year in Music – 2020 – Trevor Ristow (Author) by Killian Laher Photo Credits – For the cover photo: © 1985 Ulf Berglund You can read our interview with Trevor in […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Pat Barrett
A Year in Music – 2020 – Pat Barrett by Killian Laher We asked some of our favourite artists/ musicians about their year. You can see Pat’s thoughts below… An extraordinary year […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Fraser McGowan
A Year in Music – 2020 – Fraser McGowan (Caught In The Wake Forever / Smalltown Boredom) We asked some of our favourite musicians/ artists about their year. You can see what […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Tolü Makay
A Year in Music – 2020 – Tolü Makay We asked some of our favourite artists about their year. You can see Tolü’s thoughts below. You may have seen Tolü on New […]
Albums of 2021
Albums of 2021 by Killian Laher I’m not going to attempt to answer the question of gigs this year, but albums? As touring is off the cards for the next few months, […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Chris Hooson (Dakota Suite)
A Year in Music – 2020 – Chris Hooson (Dakota Suite) An extraordinary year in many ways. How did it affect you specifically? Being autistic, the first flushes of the pandemic […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Ane Brun
A Year in Music – 2020 – Ane Brun An extraordinary year in many ways. How did it affect you specifically? Well, where do I start? First, I ended up spending most […]
A Year in Music 2020 – Niamh Regan
A Year in Music 2020 – Niamh Regan An extraordinary year in many ways. How did it affect you specifically? Extraordinary is one word for it I guess. I was lucky enough […]
A Year in Music – 2020 – Sun Collective (Caimin Gilmore)
A Year in Music – 2020 – Sun Collective (Caimin Gilmore) We asked some of our favourite artists/ musicians about their year. You can see the results below… An extraordinary year in […]
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