Warm, bouncy jangle-pop with a bite, swoonsome torch songs . Will someone in the know please pass on their excellent Nostalgia album to a US TV show? 2008’s I’m Not Entirely Clear How I Ended Up Like This was a darker affair, but no less satisfying. "Holmes is currently working in Belfast on the scores to a number of movies.First, we laid down some ground rules. A follow-up is in the works and due later this year.Clare-born fiddle maestro Martin Hayes first met up with Chicago guitarist Dennis Cahill in the 1980s, when they were members of Windy City fusion band Midnight Court. The list is regularly updated so come back soon if we haven’t featured your favourite artist yet.
He loves to tell acts they are the best he has ever seen... so which of Simon's favourite auditionees are winners for you? Wallis Bird. Bands had to have recorded or released music since January 2008, or to have played a gig since January 2008.Our panel of four music journalists (Jim Carroll, Tony Clayton-Lea, Sinéad Gleeson and Lauren Murphy) each worked independently and, without conferring, submitted a list of their Top 50 Irish Acts Right Now.
Along came this skinny Downpatrick trio, who looked like they’d just walked off stage at their school’s Battle of the Bands competition.
www.myspace.com/michael knight.ie “Whimsical”, “endearing”, “strikingly original”, “dark and dreamy” ... You will read and hear many positive things about Dubliner David Turpin’s 2008 debut album They don’t gig regularly or release an album every 18 months, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore one of the best Irish bands of the past decade. Two albums in, the quintet are as enthusiastic and hard-working as ever, and continue to evolve their style while writing infectious, unapologetically radio-friendly hits.
Early releases, such as But Holmes knew he was just starting out and there was a long way to go.
While it offered proof that Horslips’ warped Celtic acid-rock still had plenty of traction, Allen Bligh and friends updated and upholstered all the traditional trimmings. Back in 2005, Dublin duo Halfset released their debut album, Irish rock’s most likeable band? Released with the minimum of fuss, Twelve simply let the Waterford singer-songwriter’s elegant, fully-rounded songs, such as He’s had his ups (those beautiful early albums) and downs (that would probably be Messiah J and The Expert are regularly cited as one of the best musical acts in Ireland, but it’s often imparted in a patronising, tokenistic manner.
He’s been almost too quiet of late: aside from a guest slot at Leonard Cohen’s 2008 Dublin show, Rice has been busy writing and recording the follow-up to 2006’s 9. "I'm like most people when it comes to making music in that I try to reinvent myself every time and make it interesting for myself and follow my heart.
He was tapped for the score for the 1998 Shankhill Butchers flick Holmes began a long and prosperous relationship with director Steven Soderbergh with on the score for "I still live in Belfast and it's a big part of my life. Ó Lionáird hails from west Cork’s Gaeltacht and learnt his vocal craft as part of Seán Ó Riada’s choir. There should always be room for talented artists whom fate has denied commercial success, but can’t this trend be bucked? They’ve polarised opinions like no other band in recent memory too; those who “get” Fight Like Apes adore them unswervingly, while their detractors gnash teeth in search of adjectives to describe their “gimmick”. A musical match was struck when the fiddler returned to his musical roots and the Cahill came along.
2. 1. The boisterous fizzy and fuzzy pop from the hardest-working duo in Ireland has been greeted with open arms across the Atlantic, where songs have aired on such TV shows as There are many one-man-and-his- guitar outfits in Irish music, but none quite like Dubliner John Lambert.
Sure, at least they’re trying something different.
I don't see the need to go to live somewhere else. Mary Black.
There have been many critically lauded (and hyped) music acts over the years that have quickly turned from snow to slush overnight, but Hannigan’s songs have, virtually uniquely, managed to stay fresh - despite having received far more airplay than would be usual for a singer of her lowly stature. Each judge's number 1 was awarded 50 points, number 2 was awarded 49 points and so on.The lists were merged, the scores added, and what you see here are the top 50 from all four judges.