As often as we say it we are delighted to see and hear that so many local musicians are releasing original material in the area. Dennis McCalmont and his band have just released a teaser to his new album titled Gemini. The Mayo singer songwriter is gearing up for the release of his new album Read More

From the Great Wall of China to packed auditoriums in the Holy Land and more recently being the first Irish band to perform at the greatest music festival in the world, “Rock in Rio” on front of an estimated audience of two hundred and forty thousand people, Dervish have come a long way in seventeen Read More

With the recent  success of Dublin act Fontaines D.C.  taking over the world another Dublin act called The Murder Capital who are good friends with Fontaines D.C. and touring mates have announced details of their upcoming debut album. The Murder Capital will release their much anticipated  debut album ‘When I Have Fears’ on August 16th Read More

Hailing all the way from Dundalk in Dublin Just Mustard have been creating their own unique sound over the last couple of years. The 5 piece feature a punk/shoegaze’electronic sound. The band have also announced that they will be performing on the Pitchfork stage at  Primavara Sound Festival on May 31st The band have been Read More

Junior Brother have being hailed as part of the new folk revolution and we would simply have to agree. Solo artist from Kerry with an acoustic guitar and tambourine. Has released two EP’s, ‘Sleeping at the Bottom of the Sea’ and ‘Fuck Off I Love You’. Currently living in Dublin. Junior Brother has a brand Read More

I was trying to think carefully what i was going to talk about on this Sunday morning but im still waiting for the pub to open so i can hear what type of sermon the bar man is going to tell me about from the night before! Anyway i think it is very important to Read More

We have always being very fond of this next artist called Lisa O Neill and we are delighted to hear that she is performing at the linenhall arts centre in Castlebar this June.   Lisa O’Neill grew up in Ballyhaise, County Cavan and now lives in Dublin. Now a shining light on the nu-folk scene, O’Neill Read More

We are delighted to see and hear that the brilliant Mick Flannery is back with some new music. According to Mick on his Facebook page, the  New single ‘Come Find Me’ is out today. Fair play to Tony Buchen for production on this, I very much like what he did with it. Getting me away Read More

Every now and then we like to discuss  an international act and today seems like the right time to let you know that American group Alice in Chains are in Dublin and prepping for their gig at the Olympia Theatre. We found a photo that the band posted on their social media today with two Read More

It has being a very busy year for Joe Monaghan’s Train Room of Balla in Co Mayo so far. After the very successful release of previous single Talons, Train Room will release brand new single “Balance” which will be out very soon.   In the meantime to tyde you over check out the recent single Read More