Former member of the critically acclaimed Wexford band Salthouse, in 2009 Niall Colfer released his first solo album, entitled Finds , on legendary independent Dublin label 1969 Records. This was followed by a period of gigging to promote the album with acts such as The Proclaimers (who he supported on a memorable night in Dublin’s Read More
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Track Of The Day: Irish Rockers ‘Brake Loose’ tear up the rule book on new single
Perhaps one of the most unconventional Irish rock bands of today. Led and formed in 2021 by reckless Venezuelan singer and poet Alejandro Murillo, they’ve established themselves as a notable force on the Irish rock scene having sold out The Workman’s Club twice in the past two years and playing gigs all over Ireland. One Read More
Track Of The Day: German born/Irish artist Sinéad Ann releases video for single ‘Four Walls’
Sinéad Ann released her debut single Lemonzest in October 2022 which saw her land coverage with Dublin South FM, WLR FM, HotPress, RTE Entertainment and many more making her an artist to watch. An invitation to perform at Celtic Connections in January 2023 followed. In May, she collaborated with folk artist Reylta for a double headliner in An Taibhdhearc, Read More
Album Of The Week: Greenshine release atmospheric album ‘New Moon’
GREENSHINE is a Cork based family trio, Noel Shine, Mary Greene and their daughter Ellie. Their singles including The Girl in the Lavender Dress, Dandelion Seed & The Good is Gone consistently reach the top spot of the RTE Radio 1 Airplay Chart. “ For NEW MOON , the trio’s atmospheric latest release the band Read More
Track Of The Day: Louisburgh based artist ‘I Have A Tribe’ releases the sunshine on new single
I Have a Tribe is Irishman Patrick O’Laoghaire’s home for his piano-driven songs. Described as one of Ireland’s “most exceptional musicians” by the Irish Times, O’Laoghaire performs at the piano with improvised set lists and often changing arrangements. Dublin born but currently residing in Louisburgh Co Mayo off the West Coast of Ireland ‘I HAVE Read More
Album Of The Week: Maria McCormack’s second album ‘Matters of the Heart’ is available on BandCamp now
This second album from MARIA MCCORMACK was originally born before covid and was crowdfunded before any lockdowns took place. Roll on 3 years later and Maria has 2 more children , Laura May and Tara and also cared for her mother who she sadly lost in November last year. Like Maria’s debut album ‘I Choose Read More
Track Of The Day: Mayo artist ‘Faraway Martin’ is back with new single ‘Young’
Mayo Artist FARAWAY MARTIN has being writing and recording music over the last number of years. Spending a lot of time Abu Dhabi recording and writing his own music. Only recently FARAWAY give up working career to concentrate on writing and recording music. A hard thing to do especially in Ireland where it is difficult Read More
Track Of The Day: Vickers Vimy release new single “Killing The Wren”
Vickers Vimy have being creating music on the West Coast of Ireland for a number of years. The band have just released brand new single tilted “Killing The Wren”. “Killing The Wren” also features the fabulous vocals of Cat Lundy and Alec Brown on cello. For those of you who don’t know the tilted “Killing Read More
Artist Of The Day: HUGSIE releases second album called ‘SOUND’
Irish artist HUGSIE wrote “Golden Sun” after waking from a confusing nightmare in which he had murdered someone and, in the process, ruined my his life. He had been listening to a lot of old, American Blues music at the time and feel this comes through in the song. On the track, he HUGSIE plays Read More
Track of the Day: Sprints continue down the path of punk Rock ‘N Roll on new single
Punk Rock has never felt so right, you know why? Because SPRINTS are back with brand new single ‘Up and Comer ‘, and they do not hold back. The brand new single from the band follows the announcement that long anticipated new album ‘Letter To Self’ will be released on January 5th 2024. It maybe Read More