The Bello Sessions will be launching in the Lower Deck Bar, Portobello, Rathmines this coming 1st May. The aim of the event is to showcase emerging artists and bands in Dublin.
Lined up to perform on the launch night are Arrow in the Sky, Red Sail, Mark O’Callaghan, Marcus Carcus and Ross “The Sheriff” Kelly.
The Bello Sessions
The Lower Deck Bar, Portobello, Rathmines
Thursday 1st May @ 9:30pm
Last Thursday, as part of President Higgins’ State visit to Britain, the Royal Albert Hall in London played host to Ceiliúradh, a celebration of Ireland’s long-standing cultural connections with Britain.
The event featured musical performances from Paul Brady, The Gloaming, Glen Hansard, Lisa Hannigan, Eimear Quinn, John Sheahan, Andy Irvine, Donal Lunny and Imelda May.
The event also featured a performance from Conor O’Brien of Villagers (pictured), who duetted with Elvis Costello on the song “Shipbuilding”.
A special house band also performed throughout the evening featuring some of Ireland’s finest musicians including Liam Bradley, John Carty, Anthony Drennan, Graham Henderson, Donal Lunny, Mike McGoldrick, Paul Moore, Caitlin NicGabhann, Mairtin O’Connor and Brendan Power.
The full version of the show is available now on the RTE player here http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10272080/
The Song Collector Sessions is a show that gets up close and personal with Ireland’s most established, leading and promising artists, allowing audiences to get an insight into the minds and music of some of this country’s greatest songwriters and indeed, song collectors.
Dreamed up and created by Cork singer/songwriter Roy Buckley (www.roybuckleymusic.com), The Song Collector Sessions gives each artist a platform to perform and speak about their songs, their music, their influences, as well as some stories from the road and lets the fans experience and enjoy the huge musical talent that our country has to offer.
Monday 28th April
Wallis’ Bar
Midleton
Cork
Featuring…
Phil Coulter
Tickets: €25 via Wallis’ Bar 021 463 3185
Wednesday 30th April
The South County
Douglas
Cork
Featuring…
Phil Coulter
Dave Browne
Tickets: €25 via The South County 021 489 1574
Friday 2nd May
INEC Acoustic Club
Killarney
Co. Kerry
Featuring…
Phil Coulter
Mike Hanrahan
Tickets: €25 via Ticketmaster
Thursday 8th May
O’Halloran’s
Blackpool
Cork
Featuring…
Derek Warfield & The Young WolfeTones
The Black Donnellys (Dave Browne & Dave Rooney)
Tickets: €10 from O’Hallorans | Ph: 021 467 9651 | Em: ohalloransbarblackpool@nullgmail.com
Wednesday May 28th
The South County,
Douglas,
Cork
Roy Buckley with guests:
Mike Hanrahan (Stockton’s wing)
Leslie Dowdall (In Tua Nua)
Tickets: €10 from South County | Ph: 021 489 1574 | Em: info@nullthesouthcounty.com
Thursday May 29th
O Halloran’s
Blackpool,
Cork
Roy Buckley with guests:
Mike Hanrahan (Stockton’s wing)
Leslie Dowdall (In Tua Nua)
Tickets: €10 from O’Hallorans | Ph: 021 467 9651 | Em: ohalloransbarblackpool@nullgmail.com
Friday 15th August
The Round Tower Hotel
Ardmore
Co. Waterford
Featuring…
Mike Hanrahan
John Spillane
George Murphy
For info see: www.roundtowerhotel.ie
The Sunday Roast
The Mercantile Venue
Free Entrance
8pm-1pm
Free Roast Potatoes/ Games
The award winning “The Sunday Roast” is one of Dublin city’s longest running weekly music club nights. Now in its 10th year, the club has been showcasing the best of Irish and international talent every Sunday night to large crowds and has established itself firmly amongst the musical community as an ideal showcase arena for up and coming and well established homegrown music.
Housed in the booming Mercantile Bar for the last 6 years, the Sunday Roast hosts a fresh, eclectic mix of musical styles and acts every week as well as offering customers complimentary bowls of our legendary home made roast potatoes; our trademark ‘gimmick’ that has become a fixture at the Roast.
A small roll call of names who have played on our stage highlights the reputation we have around town: Declan O’Rourke, Damien Dempsey, Mundy, Camille O’Sullivan, The Walls, Gavin Friday, James Blunt, Lisa O’Neill, Wallis Bird, O Emperor etc etc
The Sunday Roast has been run over 10 years by Keiron Black/ Alan Starr/John Brereton
April Listings
April 13th –
Kate’s Party-Lemmon Cello- Desperate Menace- Tandem Shy- Sub Motion Simplefires (Mexico)
April 20th Easter Bank Holiday- Open Late
Plastic Candles- Royal Autumn- The Bizarre Simon Machale (Sweden)
April 27th
2Glass Eyes (Belfast) Paul Creane & The Changing Band-Not Gun Enough-SFvsAS
Mark T Cox
For more see www.facebook.com/thesundayroast
Songs from the youth is a new music movement that challenges youths to write an original song and enter a song writing competition.
In association with IMRO (Irish Music Rights Organisation) Craftzone is offering secondary schools and youth groups the opportunity to take part in this unique and exciting music challenge.
In a one-day song-writing workshop CraftZone will guide students through the process of writing and recording an original song. Students will explore writing lyrics, composition, production skills and music technology while being offered the opportunity to transform the classroom into a state of the art mobile recording studio.
The competition is also open to both bands and solo artists between the age of 11 and 18. Submit your original song and be in with a chance of winning recording time in Temple Lane Recording Studios.
Once your song is entered into the competition you automatically take part in an array of award categories. An online public vote will determine the top songs along with industry professionals. The top two songs from each region, which receive the most votes, will be invited to compete at the Songs From the Youth music awards later this year.
This is a great opportunity to present and showcase your music to the public. If you would like more information or would like to enter the competition visit http://www.craftzone.ie/ or call 0879628870.
This April world-famous Irish trad music legends Moya Brennan (the voice of Clannad) and Cormac De Barra (celebrated Harper) perform in this beautiful music show that they have created especially for children and families.
Commemorating 1000 years since the Battle of Clontarf, Ten14 uses gorgeous music and lyrics to evoke the adventures of our first High King, Brian Boru, and his love of the harp.
As part of its ongoing focus on music, The Ark commissioned Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra to create a new music concert for children and families. Both Moya and Cormac were fascinated by the history of Brian Boroimhe as children. They also shared with him a love of the harp which furthered their interest in the man, the music and the myth. Brian Boru’s ‘March’ was one of the first pieces both Moya and Cormac learned on the harp and they jumped at this chance to celebrate the hero himself, his last battle, his harp and to bring his story to life through music and song. The concert will combine brand new music and well-loved trad tunes as you’ve never heard them before.
Join Moya Brennan and Cormac de Barra on a magical musical journey for everyone aged 4 to 104 on Thursday, April 24th at Riverbank Arts Centre.
Ten 14 is brought to you by The Ark with the support of an Arts Council Touring Award.
For more information, visit www.riverbank.ie.
To book tickets, visit box office or call 045 448327.
The Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast is set to launch the third year of its talent development programme ‘Scratch My Progress’. The scheme will again offer four musical acts the chance to hothouse their talent, learning about the business of music plus the trades of performing and writing.
Mick Flannery announces the release of his highly anticipated fourth album ‘By The Rule’, released on Universal Music Ireland on May 9th. Available to pre-order from April 25th
The album ‘By The Rule’ features some of Mick’s finest material to date and is preceded by the first single ‘Get What You Give’.
Cork duo, Yearning Curve, are set to release their debut album, “The Murder Machine”. The album launch will take place on 8th May in Coughlan’s of Cork and on 8th June upstairs in Whelans, Dublin.
Songs are inspired by Wikileaks (The Whistleblower), the corporatisation of our world (Control Inc.), famine past and present (Sometimes) and grinders in personal relationships (On The Wheel). Some explore empathy (Cruel, The Politician), consumer effects on the Third World (Distant Drum) and the 1913 Lockout/modern sweatshop abuses (The Soldier).
For more see www.breakingtunes.com/yearningcurve
John Blek and The Rats are on the road this month with a few dates in venues throughout the country. As part of the tour, the guys will be showcasing some new material they are currently working on for album number two. John and Anna have just finished performing as a duo after being invited to open up for Simone Felice on his Irish tour and now the full band return to headline duties a series of dates.
5/4 Workmans Club , Dublin
16/4 Cobblestone Joes , Limerick
17/4 De Barras , Clonakilty
20/4 Pine Lodge , Myrtleville
Further info on tour available here
Check out their live video for “Calling Out My Name”, taken from their debut album “Leave Your Love at the Door”, recently filmed in RTÉ by Colm Walsh.
