Last week we were discussing how movie soundtracks can be hit or miss. Today i wanted to briefly discuss the very underated CROW soundtrack starring the late Brandon Lee. As one as the many record store releases this year THE CROW soundtrack finally issued the soundtrack for vinyl release. After all these years i think Read More

Where have all The Pixies fans gone?, Pixies fans were almost on every street corner in Castlebar in the nineties. Frank Black and his merrymen were almost some sort of enigma. The band disbanded acrimoniously in 1993, but reunited in 2004. After Deal left in 2013, the Pixies hired Kim Shattuck  as a touring bassist; Read More

We spoke recently about local Castlebar artists writing and recording their own original and how it is becoming a regular positive  occurrence with local artists been brave to perform their original material to a public audience.  Well look no further, we are delighted to hear that local Castlebar singer songwriter Paul Greenan looks set to Read More

Ash have always been one of our favourite bands.  We got to see them for the first time when they played the Royal Theatre in Castlebar about twelve years. After all these years the band are still making hit singles, but for those of you who may have missed out on the coveted seven inch Read More

For years Philomena Lynott stood tall and proud of her son Phil Lynott, lead vocalist of one of the greatest rock bands of all time. She was a real lady. I met her very briefly when she came to Castlebar a few years on the back of a book launch.  Philomena Lynott was not only Read More

When it comes to artists writing and recording material for movie soundtracks a lot of the time they can be hit or miss. It can either be a good idea for the artist or writers of any given movie.  With Eddie Vedder coming to Dublin next month i thought it would be idea to discuss Read More

KERN blends the driving uilleann pipes and poignant whistles of Brendan McCreanor with the dynamic fiddle playing of Barry Kieran and the dark, authoritative voice and guitar of SJ McArdle. All three men are from Louth, and this is reflected in their repertoire, which includes tunes and songs from all over the county as well Read More

    Elvis Aaron Presley is the reason i put on gigs today, From the moment i first Elvis  on an old 8 track machine my dad used to have in our home in Rathbawn Drive in Castlebar. I grew up listening to my different forms of music as a child. Doo Wop was my Read More

Local Castlebar act Aidan Bolger and band have just released their brand new track titled “Blue Memories” The band have been busy touring the length and breath of the country in recent times and there is no signs of the band slowing down with talk of a follow album on the way to Hell for Read More

Yesterday we heard news that Girl Band were about to release a new single, but what we did not realise was that a full album of new material and a tour was about to be announced! According the band’s Facebook page… We’re excited to announce our new album ‘The Talkies’, out 27th September on Rough Read More