We are delighted to announce that Westport native Grainne Fahy looks set to return to the music scene with the release of her brand new single “1 in 10” on March 22nd. Grainne studies music in CCFE in Castlebar and when she approached us this week to lets us know the wonderful new about the Read More
Hey Castlebar! Let’s briefly talk about Vs, or was it simply Pearl Jam?
So while we are talking about gem albums from the nineties lets mention Pearl Jam’s second mysterious album (Vs). This still confuses me after all these years! As you can probably tell by now, Finbar Hoban Presents grew up around of lot of 90’s grunge rock music, I am not going to review our next Read More
Castlebar rapper now living in New York Graham Winters AKA “Graymatic”
It is always really good to know that there is local artists out there always being brave and thinking outside of the box and bringing their creativity to a brand new level. So this brings us to our next feature, a young rapper from Castlebar called “Graymatic”, who is the brain child of ie Graham Read More
Had a rough day Castlebar? Here’s an idea, let’s listen to those happy pumpkins
I don’t know about you guys but it has been a really long day and i thought we would have an album of the day segment today, why you might ask? Well because we feel like it, that’s why! Released at the end of October in 1995 Smashing Pumpkins presented their third album to the Read More
Mayo born singer songwriter Seamus Ruttledge on song
Seamus Ruttledge has established a reputation as a highly respected contemporary songwriter. The Mayo-born singer wordsmith but currently living in Tuam has released three critically acclaimed albums to date and he is currently working on his next release. Ruttledge’s creative expression includes song-writing, poetry, and spoken word. His repertoire rails against the human frailties of Read More
Sarah Buckley: All set for Whelan’s gig in May
We are delighted to have a feature on our next artist Sarah Buckley, Sarah who is originally from Cork city but now living in Dublin has been performing right throughout Ireland over the past few years. Sarah Buckley began 2019 with a much-coveted place in “Whelan’s Ones to Watch” . Her debut single “You’ve Got Read More
A love letter to Tom Waits from Castlebar
Oh Jesus Christ, well the lord bless and save us, Finbar Hoban Presents has somehow gone all dark and moody on us.Stop the lights Joesephine!! Well not really, but today i do want to briefly discuss one of my favourite artists, that is the great and sometimes weird world of Tom Waits. I have always Read More
Katie Cassidy: Singer songwriter from Ballina Co Mayo
Katie Cassidy is a 27 year old original singer songwriter from Ballina in Co Mayo. We have worked on several projects with Katie over the years and we are delighted to do a feature on an artist with some might say who has a voice of angel and a lot of experience growing up around Read More
Conor Harty & Christian Cresham from Castlebar act “Of Tomorrow”
Yesterday we were delighted to announce that we would be doing daily features on our website showcasing local original Mayo bands and singer-songwriters. Our first local feature comes from the popular Castlebar two piece act “Of Tomorrow” “Of Tomorrow” are an original Blues/Pop duo from Castlebar. The band consists of Conor Harty & Christian Cresham, Read More
Attention original Castlebar and Mayo singer songwriters and bands
Hello all, we are sending out a message to those singer songwriters and local bands and artists in Castlebar,Mayo and further afield! If you are a professional singer songwriter in Mayo, or perhaps you are in band and unsure how to promote or get your bands name out there? Well fear not, as we may Read More