Brendan Farrell is a singer / song writer from County Mayo in Ireland. Brendan has been performing and writing for the past 20 years and is an exciting and dynamic performer with a big heart and an even bigger voice. Brendan specialises in Irish, European and American Folk and Ballad music, but is equally comfortable Read More
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A love letter to Talking Heads from Castlebar
Well we know where were goin but we don’t know where we been…Ah yes indeedy, My very first teenage disco in the townhall in Castlebar i heard vocalist David Byrne say the opening lyrics to one of TALKING HEADS best known tracks “Road To Nowhere” and wam bam thank you mam i was hooked right Read More
Sinead O ‘Connor set to play a string of intimate Irish dates this Autumn
Sinead O Connor remains one of Ireland’s greatest treasures. She will always be one of our favorite Irish artists. For those of you who don’t already know, Sinead O Connor has announced a string of intimate shows across Ireland this Autumn and we are very excited to see her back in action. Having left the Read More
Dublin’s Bullet Girl unleash amazing new track “The Rush”, hear it here first!
Dublin’s finest BULLET GIRL have just let loose their brand new single “THE RUSH” and you can hear the track right here now!! According to the band’s Facebook page · ‘THE RUSH’ IS OUT NOW • Our new single ‘The Rush’ is now available on all major streaming platforms. We spent the last year recording Read More
Republic of Loose set to release Best of compilation on vinyl
One of Ireland’s greatest live band REPUBLIC OF LOOSE have announced details that they will release a Best of Compilation on all platforms including a very limited run of on vinyl! Having formed in 2001 the band went on to become one of the most popular live acts in Ireland. According to announcement on the Read More
Lisa Gorry is about to stun the Irish music scene with brand new single “Parts”
We are so happy that so many of you out there in music land across Ireland have contacted us over the past number of months. Hopefully our blog will continue to be a strong format for Irish artists and band’s to get their name out there. Let me begin by saying Ireland really has a Read More
Slyrydes are the band that Ireland need’s right now and they are back with upcoming new single
We were so excited to open our inbox this morning to hear the brand track from Galway band SLYRYDES, we have been sworn to secrecy by the band not to say too much about the track but all we can say is you guys are in for a real treat come August 22nd when “Out Read More
Mayo singer songwriter Niall Moran and the Urban Mitts plots homecoming gig for Bridge Street pub in Castlebar
Local lad Niall Moran and The Urban Mitts will perform a very special gig upstairs at Bridge Street in Castlebar this August. These days Niall finds himself based in London and he has recently just released his brand new album titled “All city birds hate the noise” What should a sell out show for Niall Read More
Let us introduce you to upcoming songwriter Laura Ryder from Mayo
Its really weird for us, because up until very recently we have been receiving lots of emails from Mayo artists that find themselves now studying music in Dublin who contact me and tell me that they write and record their own original material and that they are originally from Mayo!!. Its astonishing the amount of Read More
Lisa O’Neill is nominated for best album at the BBC/Radio Folk Awards 2019
We are very happy for Irish folks artist Lisa O’Neill as she has just been nominated for best folk album for her recent album Heard a Long Gone Song and best folk singer of 2019 at the BBC Folk Awards 2019. We got to see Lisa O’Neill perform only recently at the Linenhall Arts Centre Read More