Category: News
Nighthawks at Cobalt tomorrow features Q and Ben Reel
The next Nighthawks at Cobalt is taking place tomorrow night, February 4th 2012 in the Cobalt Cafe on North Great Georges Street for those who don’t know. An entertainment mashup of music, comedy and poetry, Nighthawks will leave you thoroughly entertained with it’s magic blend of performances. Tomorrow you can catch Colm Quearney or as [...]
Mary Coughlan announces intimate Howth gig
Gifted Irish singer Mary Coughlan will bring her band and her voice for an intimate show in Howth this March. Her last album was in 2008, ‘The House Of Ill Repute’ which many had suggested was one of her finest submissions and she has since taken part in the Sanctuary album with Moya Brennan. Now [...]
Hue and Cry for Vicar Street
Hue And Cry, pop two piece Greg and Pat Kane have been tipping along since 1987 amazingly have released eighteen albums (some of which are best of’s and live albums but I digress) and are back again with an album for 2012. Working hard on it through 2011 they are dying to get out and [...]
Happy Friday, It’s another Happy Mondays gig announcement
Big returns are more popular than ever and just another notch in that belt is the Happy Mondays with the definitive original lineup have added a second Dublin date following huge demand for tickets. The band not wanting anyone to miss out on the big return have added a second date at The Olympia Theatre [...]
Meteor Choice Music Prize adds new award
The Meteor Choice Music Prize has today announced that there will be a second award given out this year alongside the best album in Ireland award. This will be the inaugural Irish song of the year pitting 10 of Ireland’s favourite songs from 2011 in a public war. The winner will be decided by a [...]
The CMA Songwriter Series to pop into Whelans
Presented by BMI and CMA, The Songwriters Series features country music hall of fame star Bill Anderson, CMA Award winner Clint Black and Nashville songwriter hall of fame member, Bob DiPiero. Is that an award winning lineup or what. The idea behind the showcase is award winning and successful songwriters and artists from Nashville who [...]
Red Empire announce EP launch
New Dublin band Red Empire have been onto us to let us know that their debut EP will be launching this month with a showcase gig in Crawdaddy. The EP will be released the same night as the gig, February 18th, they will play a headline show in Crawdaddy with admission €5 on the door [...]
The 13th Gathering Traditional Festival returns this month
Traditional music lives again through it’s annual champion in the form of The Gathering Traditional Festival which takes place at The Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney this February. The festival will be running from February 22nd to 26th 2012 and will include the Saturday night céilí with the Kilfenora Céilí band, performances from the likes of Danú, [...]
Natural Snow Buildings to play Whelans
Natural Snow Buildings from France are apparently a very hard band to catch live, a rarity infact is the quote used. However those few awaiting the chance to catch them live will get their wish this March and in a very intimate setting. Natural Snow Buildings will play Upstairs in Whelans on Sunday 11th March [...]
Strawberry Fest returns for 2012
Strawberry Fest 2012 will return to the scene of the crime of last year for a three day extravaganza down in Wexford. Last year the festival saw 20,000 revellers and acts like The Coronas, The Rubberbandits, Ali Campbell, The Original Rudeboys, Ryan Sheridan, Jedward and more. This year it returns on June 1st, 2nd and [...]
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