New Irish Music – Aoife Nessa Frances – Geranium Ahead of her album launch tonight, Aoife Nessa Frances has released a new video for her song Geranium, off her debut album Land […]
New Irish Music – Aoife Nessa Frances – Geranium
Album of the Week – 21/02/20
Album of the Week – 21/02/20 It’s a week for unusual music, with releases such as Wrekmeister Harmonies, Jan St. Werner and more besides! There’s also a new release by Agnes Obel […]
Summer Festivals Previews – Forbidden Fruit 2020
Summer Festivals Previews – Forbidden Fruit 2020 In the depths of February, we thought we’d give you something to look forward to! Now in its 10th, Forbidden Fruit returns to Kilmainham on […]
Live Music in Dublin – 17-02-20
Live Music in Dublin – 17-02-20 The official release party for Aoife Nessa Frances’ new album is this Friday in the Grand Social. It just so happens to be the same night […]
Album of the Week – 14-02-20
Album of the Week – 14-02-20 This week sees Huey Lewis & The News release a new album! I had no idea they were still together, but ‘Weather’ is released today. There […]
Body & Soul 2020 – Line Up Annouced
Body & Soul 2020 – Line Up Annouced How does dancing around a 35 foot Temple sound on the 21st of June? Well, that’s what Body & Soul offers this year with […]
IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards Winners
IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards Winners The IMRO Live Music Awards take place every year and celebrate the best of the Irish Live Music Scene. We all have our […]
Live Music in Dublin – 10-02-20
Live Music in Dublin – 10-02-20 If you’ve tickets to Fionn Regan this Thursday or Friday night, you can count yourself very lucky indeed! Otherwise, the great Explosions in the Sky are […]
Q&A with Spike: Cello Festival Curators – Mary Barnecutt and Lioba Petrie
Q&A with Spike: Cello Festival Curators – Mary Barnecutt and Lioba Petrie “Spike, Dublin’s unique, charming and provocative alternative cello festival, is back for its fourth installation with three days of cello […]
Album of the Week – 07-02-20
Album of the Week – 07-02-20 It’s a slow week for new releases, but there are still a few worth mentioning, with Nada Surf returning with their 9th album ‘Never Not Together’ […]
IMRO Live Music Venue Awards – Shortlist Announced
IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year Awards 2019 Shortlist Announced The shortlist for the IMRO Live Music Venue of the Year has just been announced. It’s a yearly event that celebrates […]
Priscilla Queen of the Desert – Bord Gais Theatre
Priscilla Queen of the Desert – Bord Gais Theatre 3 Feb 2020 – 8 Feb 2020 The film of ‘The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’ was released in 1994. It […]
Live Music in Dublin – 03-02-20
Live Music in Dublin – 03-02-20 This week seems quiet enough, but there are still a few gigs we’d highly recommend, even if they are mid-week ventures! The Black Pumas should be […]
Album of the Week – 31-01-20
Album of the Week – 31-01-20 Some great new sounds this week, with new music from the Drive-By Truckers and Frances Quinlan well worth checking out, but in the end it was […]
Live Music in Dublin – 27-01-20
Live Music in Dublin – 27-01-20 This is another great week for gigs around Dublin. If you haven’t got your tickets for Dan Deacon, he’s sadly sold out, but there are other […]
Humanist – Humanist – Album Review
Humanist – Humanist – Album Review by Killian Laher Humanist is the musical project of Rob Marshall, who has worked with Mark Lanegan on recent albums. Here he has teamed up his […]
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn – NCH – Live Reivew – 21/01/20
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn – NCH – Live Reivew – 21/01/20 Find out more about the NCH Perspective series here. Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn released their first album as a […]
Dakota Suite and Quentin Sirjacq – The Indestructibility of the Already Felled – Album Review
Dakota Suite and Quentin Sirjacq – The Indestructibility of the Already Felled – Album Review by Killian Laher The latest album from Dakota Suite is something of a mixed blessing. Mixed in […]
Live Music in Dublin – 20-01-20
Live Music in Dublin – 20-01-20 The main event in town this week is the Tradfest 2020 Festival (Jan 22 – 26) which will bring all sorts of interesting events to our […]
Kevin Murphy – The Cobblestone – Live Review – 17-01-20
Kevin Murphy – The Cobblestone, Dublin – Live Review – 17-01-20 by Killian Laher A cold night in January didn’t deter an eager crowd from a rare solo show from Kevin Murphy, […]
Album of the Week – 17-01-20
Album of the Week – 17-01-20 This week sees the release of albums by …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, Holy Fuck and Pinegrove, among others (all of […]
Beach Slang – The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City – Album Review
Beach Slang – The Deadbeat Bang of Heartbreak City – Album Review by Killian Laher Depending on whether you count James Alex’s detour into balladry, Quiet Slang, this is either Beach Slang’s […]
Gruff Rhys and More Added to St Patrick’s Festival
Gruff Rhys and More Added to St Patrick’s Festival The St. Patrick’s Festival continues to do things right with the announcement of Gruff Rhys, Mount Alaska and more! Already on the list […]
New Music – Reverend Baron – Overpass Boy
New Music – Reverend Baron – Overpass Boy There’s a few hints of M Ward and Calexico about this new release from Reverend Baron, and that’s not a bad thing. The album […]
In the Middle of… – Unitarian Church – 10-01-20
In the Middle of… – Unitarian Church – 10-01-20 Wed 08 Jan/ Thurs 09 Jan – 20:00 The Book Market, Kells Fri 10 Jan – 20:00 Unitarian Church, Dublin Mary Lavin is an […]
Aoife Nessa Frances – Land of No Junction – Album Review
Aoife Nessa Frances – Land of No Junction – Album Review by Killian Laher Singer-songwriter Aoife Nessa Frances was formerly in a band called Princess of which little evidence can be found […]
A Year in Music – 2019 – Danny Venzin (Nite Fields)
A Year in Music – 2019 – Danny Venzin (Nite Fields) by Killian Laher Let’s begin with 2019. What music have you enjoyed most this year? Kourosh Yaghmaei Do you think this decade has […]
Kaleidoscope Night – Bello Bar – Live Review – 01-01-20
Kaleidoscope Night – Bello Bar – Live Review – 01-01-20 by Killian Laher Find out more about Kaleidoscope here. What better way to start a new year/decade and avoid the ‘back to […]
Live Music in Dublin – 06-01-20
Live Music in Dublin – 06-01-20 A new year, and lots of new gigs around the streets of Dublin. It’s a quiet time of year but we do have a few festivals […]
No More Workhorse 