Calexico – Seasonal Shift – Album Review by Cathy Brown The alternative Christmas album is becoming de rigour for a variety of indie and folk artists so here is Tucson duo Calexico […]
Calexico – Seasonal Shift – Album Review
Top 10 Albums of 2020 (Part 1)
Top 10 Albums of 2020 (Part 1) by Killian Laher We asked each of our regular music writers to give us their Top Ten Albums of the the year. You can see […]
Looking Back: Free – Free
Looking Back: Free – Free by Killian Laher When you think of the band Free, it’s likely their massive hit single All Right Now might spring to mind. The type of ‘Adult […]
New Irish Music – 01/12/20
New Irish Music – 01/12/20 It’s the 1st of December so we’re feeling festive around these parts! Fear not though, as there are no sleigh bells in this selection of new Irish […]
Interview with Peter Milton Walsh (The Apartments) – Part 3
Interview with Peter Milton Walsh (The Apartments) – Part 3 by Killian Laher Peter Milton Walsh has been recording and touring under the name The Apartments for more than 40 years, on […]
King Pallas – We Pause EP – Review
King Pallas – We Pause EP – Review by Killian Laher Irish artist King Pallas, the recording name for Patrick O’Brien of Windings, released a debut EP a month or so ago. […]
How Beauty Holds The Hand Of Sorrow – Ane Brun – Album Review
How Beauty Holds The Hand Of Sorrow – Ane Brun – Album Review by Cathy Brown When I reviewed Ane Brun’s last release, After the Great Storm, I called it ‘her most […]
Arab Strap – New Album and Gig Details
Arab Strap – New Album and Gig Details Vicar Street, Dublin – 27 November 2021 Picture it, you’re in a venue packed with other punters waiting for the main act. The lights […]
Other Voices Announces Full Line-up
Other Voices Announces Full Line-up 2nd – 6th December If Other Voices always sounded exciting but just that bit too far away, this year you have absolutely no excuse as the full […]
New Irish Music – 24/11/20
New Irish Music – 24/11/20 To be featured on this slot, please contact us on “nmwhIrishMusic@gmail.com”. This week we have three interesting new releases, including the great Soda Blonde, a new release […]
Interview with Peter Milton Walsh (The Apartments) – Part 2
Interview with Peter Milton Walsh (The Apartments) – Part 2 by Killian Laher Peter Milton Walsh has been recording and touring under the name The Apartments for more than 40 years, on […]
Album of the Week – 20/11/20
Album of the Week – 20/11/20 We’re possibly past the point of any big names releasing anything other than a Christmas album! Most of the ‘Top 10 Albums of the Year’ lists […]
New Music – Tunng Presents...DEAD CLUB
New Music – Tunng Presents...DEAD CLUB Tunng return with their 7th/ 8th studio album, depending on whether you include “Magpie Bites and Other Cuts” which was released last year. Their first album […]
New Music – Boa Morte – By The Time
New Music – Boa Morte – By The Time by Killian Laher Boa Morte have returned with indecent haste (for them) with a new single ‘By The Time’. The lads usually take […]
Interview with Peter Milton Walsh (The Apartments) – Part 1
Interview with Peter Milton Walsh (The Apartments) – Part 1 by Killian Laher Peter Milton Walsh has been recording and touring under the name The Apartments for more than 40 years, on […]
Albums of the Week – 13/11/20
Albums of the Week – 13/11/20 Lambchop have a new album of covers called TRIP, which includes songs by Wilco, Stevie Wonder, George Jones, Mirrors, James McNew and The Supremes! There’s also […]
Juliana Hatfield – Bed – Album Review
Juliana Hatfield – Bed – Album Review by Killian Laher Juliana Hatfield released the album Bed in 1998. It was a strange time for her, her ‘moment’ had well and truly passed, […]
Album of the Week – 06/11/20
Album of the Week – 06/11/20 It’s another slow-burning week, with a release from Heather Trost of A Hawk and A Hackshaw fame called Petrichor being one of the highlights. There’s also […]
Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy – Cover Versions Album?
Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy – Cover Versions Album? Could this be the start of a folk/ low-fi supergroup? Who knows. So far, Bill Callahan and Bonnie Prince Billy have covered […]
New Music – Basciville – Calvary
New Music – Basciville – Calvary If you haven’t heard of Basciville by this stage, you really haven’t been paying enough attention! Basciville are brothers Cillian & Lorcan Byrne from Wexford and […]
Interview with Mark Lanegan
Interview with Mark Lanegan by Killian Laher No More Workhorse was lucky enough to catch up with Mark Lanegan, who is now living in Ireland to find out how he’s getting on. […]
Album of the Week – 30/10/20
Album of the Week – 30/10/20 This week sees a Christmas tinged album from Andrew Bird (Hark!) along with a new release from the Eels (Earth to Dora). There’s a look back […]
After The Great Storm – Ane Brun – Album Review
After The Great Storm – Ane Brun – Album Review by Cathy Brown It’s been half a decade since Ane Brun released an album of her own work, but it seems that […]
The Online Cauldron of Smithfield
The Online Cauldron of Smithfield Oct 31st from 5.30pm Yes, another online happening to keep you entertained this Halloween! It actually takes place in Smock Alley but will be broadcast straight to […]
Waiting For Another War – A History of The Sisters of Mercy Volume I: 1980-1985 – Book Review
Waiting For Another War – A History of The Sisters of Mercy Volume I: 1980-1985 – Book Review by Killian Laher Find out more about the book – Waiting for Another War […]
Jeff Tweedy – Love Is The King – Album Review
Jeff Tweedy – Love Is The King – Album Review by Killian Laher The title of Tweedy’s 2018 album Warm summed him up as a solo proposition. That’s what he does, warm, […]
Keaton Henson – Monument – Album Review
Keaton Henson – Monument – Album Review by Cathy Brown Listening to Keaton Henson’s new album Monument feels a little bit like eavesdropping, as if Henson made it but never intended for […]
Interview with Trevor Ristow – Waiting for Another War – Part Two
Interview with Trevor Ristow – Part Two by Killian Laher Trevor Ristow has written a book, Waiting for Another War, covering the early days of seminal 80s indie band, the Sisters of […]
Album of the Week – 23/10/20
Album of the Week – 23/10/20 This week has an insane number of quality new releases! Adrianne Lenker gets into the spirit of things by releasing two albums (kinda)! There is also […]
No More Workhorse 