Vladimir and Olga’s Classical Concert – Sol y Sombra Killorglin (7th March)

Vladimir Jablokov is a Slovakian violinist renowned for his classical take on modern music. Since arriving in Ireland back in 2004 he has forged a solid following for his own unique genre of ‘Classical Twist’. His normal set-list usually encompasses everything from Bach to Bowie. But on the 7th of March, accompanied by his sister Olga on … Continue reading »

Villagers – INEC 18th March (Photo Gallery)

Corner Boy – Morning Morning E.P.

Bluegrass, folk, a big double bass and an ole banjo thrown in for good measure. Sound familiar? Of course it does! Corner Boy are relatively new kids on the tweed covered block, can a block be covered in tweed? We’ll it was only a metaphor, but disprove me if you must. The ‘Irish Folk Rockers’ formed under … Continue reading »

Introducing: Rohan Healy

Rohan Healy is an Australian born singer songwriter currently based in his ‘ancestral home of Dublin’. To date he has recorded no less than 10 solo albums and somehow manages to fill the remainder of his free time as an author, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, blogger and professional music producer. Rohan has written and published two books, … Continue reading »

Introducing: Madeline Mondrala

The Introducing section is starting to fill up nicely here on my blog. Over the last few days I’ve received some albums and EP’s from a number of exciting Irish and International artists who I will be featuring in the coming weeks. But first, here’s something I was sent last month. Singer, Songwriter, Pianist and Composer, … Continue reading »

Cold Blood – Hannes Fischer Edit

I stumbled across this back in November and it’s  been stuck in my head ever since. And so to answer the two questions that nobody is asking. What is this mysterious track that has taken up permanent residence in your head? and Why have you waited this long to post it on your blog? Both are very fine questions … Continue reading »

Womens Murder Club @ The Yard Sessions

This is what happened when the guys from Womens Murder Club headed up across the border to record a live session in Cloud Nine Studios, Banbridge. Yes I know it is incredibly lazy writing a blog post that’s less than fifty words, but there really is nothing else to say on this occasion. If you … Continue reading »

Disney’s Paperman

Have you seen this yet? Paperman is Disney’s Oscar Nominated short film/animation. They have only just made it available on their official YouTube channel and it is most certainly worth watching. For those of you too lazy to go to YouTube, don’t worry, I have it below. Ironically enough, the retro, almost hand drawn style … Continue reading »