Month: March 2020

Rage Against the Machine – Snow Patrol – The Chemical Brothers – Picture This – Lewis Capaldi
Bicep (Live) – Ian Brown – Run the Jewels
Foals – Skepta – James Vincent McMorrow – Annie Mac – Mabel – Rick Astley
Jeff Mills – Denzel Curry – Helena Hauff – Paula Temple – I Hate Models – Matador – J.I.D
Rejjie Snow – Little Simz – Declan McKenna – JPEGMAFIA – ANNA – 070 Shake
Lyra – Saint Sister – Franc Moody – Beabadoobee – Just Mustard –Joy Crookes
Rina Sawayama – 100 Gecs – Romare – Black Country, New Road – Miya Folick – Arlo Parks
Kllo – Miraa May – April – Aoife Nessa Francis – The Lathums
The Magic Gang – Lola Young – Greentea Peng – Pip Millett – Ghum

Hey Boy, Hey Girl, are you ready for the first coming of Rage Against the Machine to the hallowed grounds of Stradbally Hall? The time has come for us to lead you step by step through 600 acres of magical woods and lands that have lain fallow, breathing, regenerating and waiting for the return of 70,000 devoted picnickers once more. As they reveal our line-up today, Open Your Eyes and get ready to be Divinely Inspired by all the Block Rockin’ Beats in store for you. All that was hidden will now be revealed as the ever-evolving Electric Picnic continues its quest to entertain and enhance your festival experience. So, Take My Hand and allow them to bring you on a journey of all that is new to Electric Picnic 2020.

The magnetic draw of the festival is the incredible line-up on the main stage and this year organisers have increased the capacity of the main stage field. By cleverly reconfiguring the position of the stage in the newly created larger arena, this area will increase in size by 60% giving picnickers unrivalled views of the stage. And of course, easy access to see your favourite headliner is key, so the Jimi Hendrix arena entrance has doubled in size.

Putting spirit right back into Electric Picnic this year, the festival is proud to unveil the brand-new Mind & Body area. The same much loved magical elements will continue to enthral and entertain in this natural amphitheatre and on the many intimate and quirky stages, alongside the myriad veggie and food options, open fires and the numerous mystical and artistic creations that you happen upon. This new area also offers up the opportunity to nourish and nurture the mind and body in the brand-new Consciousness Village.

Curated by Conscious Concert Ireland, the Village will harmonise your energy and transport you to an oasis of calm, nourishment and tranquillity; a carefully selected programme featuring some of Ireland’s leading healers and therapists. Wandering through this refreshed area, you may find yourself immersed in heart-opening Indian mantra singing or otherworldly music that expands your sense of joy and gratitude. Giggle at the innocent excitement of meeting a kindred spirit during a soulmate group meditation or enter the holistic playground where your body and mind can stretch to Yoga or Tai Chi in the garden. Intriguing wisdom talks and panel discussions on-stage will centre around all things conscious, offering you a deeper understanding of yourself. Or if it’s just a moment of zen you’re after, simply come to lie back and get rubbed up the right way by one of our holistic therapists in the healing haven.

This is a full spectrum of soulful programme spanning many stages, tents, yurts and tipis, together holding a central intention of co-creating a positive Picnic energy. Mind & Body will be open until 3am each night, providing tender refuge and quieter moments of connection over the entire festival weekend. 

Re-locating to a new home on the Picnic site and now nestled adjacent to Mind & Body, MindField will also be sporting a vibrant new look. The Leviathan stage will amplify grassroots political activism and critical thinking with entertaining and informative debates and workshops on issues vital to this young generation; the new Human Lab stage will bring science and technology back to the heart of MindField with a bang and a fizz; while Manifesto will present some of the very best talent writing for print and screen. The hugely popular Ah, Hear! Podcast stage returns with new stars and old  favourites; and The Hip Hop, Beats and Rhymes stage will present the best of slam poetry, grime, hip hop and performance with some of the acts that have made the Irish scene one of the world’s most exciting. An Puball Gaeilge will also be ar ais aríswith a colourful clár of podchraoladh beo, díospóreachtaí, ceoil, caint agus craic: the best of intelligent Irish language entertainment.

The curtains will also open on the brand-new theatre tent in MindField, an exciting new large-scale venue offering world class theatre, opera and dance. This new venue, with theatre style seating, promises to be one of the hottest seats at this year’s Picnic, with must-see shows and tailor-made performances. Prepare to be enthralled by performances from Ballet Ireland, as they showcase excerpt ‘Minus 16’ from their upcoming season Bold Moves, which not only delights in its own wackiness, but also celebrates the joy of dancing. Irish National Opera will be presenting Fatal Attractions, a concert of arias and duets that feature in famous films, three wonderfully talented opera singers will be joined by a 30 piece orchestra. Witness the world premiere of a bespoke show by Xnthony; don’t miss Bryan Burroughs’ multi-award winning one-man show full of humour, sorrow, wit and warmth Beowulf: The Blockbuster; and take inperformances by Edinburgh Fringe Festival favourites Dream Gun Film Reads while Steve Bennett will thrill with his half madcap comedy, half role-playing game of Dungeons & Naggins with special guests.

Elsewhere, get lost in Fish Town, Electric Picnic’s carnival town, steeped in the folklore of its proprietor – Jerry Fish – and inspired by a love of theatrical tall tales, circus culture and amazing music. Caged, stray, concealed or revealed, it’s all good here. This is where “normal” is redefined. Fish Town will be moving into the woods in Stradbally this year, it includes The Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow Circus Tent, pop-up sideshow stages, a cafe, and a bar, building on the community of mayhem-loving misfits that frequent Fish Town. Everyone is a VIP in Fish Town, with Jerry creating a ‘backstage’ experience – a place where artists, fans and friends can meet up, talk about, and plot their Picnic adventures and experiences. One can definitely expect the unexpected in Fish Town.

New to the Picnic last year was Freetown, which will see a population explosion for 2020, returning is dance-cathedral Terminus, swamp-hut Spike Island, and South American pueblo Providencia – all of which are back with full programmes and mind-blowing visuals. And this year sees further expansion around these areas: a much larger streetscape comprising new districts such as the surveillance-heavy Lower 7th (under the thumb of The Rathouse, but with a dissident population centred around an underground trans club), Cerebral Fortress (a hospital for the festivally insane run by an unsavoury body of staff who mismanage over-prescribed patients), the shanty-scape of Northside Rises which is home to a new hip-hip stage, a Céilí House with a weekend-long seisiún, and numerous other curiosities that you are unlikely to stumble upon anywhere else in the world.

The Hazel Wood is growing, and we encourage you to wander into the majestic woodlands of the Stradbally estate and immerse yourself in this artistic haven of theatre, spoken word, music, comedy and art. Conradh na Gaeilge will be back to the Hazel Woods this year putting the Irish language at Croí na Féile, or at the heart of the festival, with an even stronger presence and representation of the Irish language programming – music, talks, dancing late into the night. A new Raidió Rí-Rá Shack will be broadcasting and going live to keep up with all the craic agus ceol over the weekend of festivities!

Tá ceantar na Collchoille faoi bhláth, agus molaimid daoibh dul ag spaisteoireacht i gcoilte ar estáit an tSráidbhaile, chun go tapóidh tú an deis a bheith tumtha sa tearmann seo lán de chultúr, dráma, filíocht ó bhéal, ceol, greann agus ealaíon. Beidh Conradh na Gaeilge ar ais sa Chollchoill arís i mbliana leis an teanga a chuir ag Croí na Féile, ag cuir leis an láithreacht atá ann cheanna, ag léirú trí Ghaeilge clár de cheol, chaint agus damhsa déanach istoíche. Agus beidh bothán nua Raidió Rí-Rá ann ag craoladh beo agus ag taifead le craic agus ceol an deireadh seachtaine a chuir thar na haerthonnta.

As you soak up the electric atmosphere and follow the Art Trail, keep an eye out for the results of Field Studies, an exciting new partnership between the Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire that offers an exclusive opportunity for students to exhibit their artwork across the festival site. The theme of the inaugural Field Studies is HARVEST and the students have been busy creating big, bold and brave installations ranging from sculptures to print, projection to audio. Electric Picnic wants to see the talent and creativity IADT students have to offer and celebrate it.

After a full day of traversing the festival site and taking in all the music, the sights and the sounds Electric Picnic has to offer, it’s time to catch a few zzzs. For those of you who love that bit of extra luxury and comfort, Electric Picninc are delighted to announce the Premium Campsite…. The premium campsite will offer hot showers, flush toilets and close access to your car. Located on the Abbeyleix Road, picnickers will be able to access the festival site via a bridge which will take them directly to the middle of the action! Tickets for the premium campsite will go on sale on April 10^th.

Subject to licence

ELECTRIC PICNIC IS SOLD OUT Further info: www.electricpicnic.ie

Having been ensconced in Ireland’s visual arts scene for many years, principle songwriters Ciara O’Flynn and Mark McLoughlin are used to observing and reflecting the world from unusual angles. And they bring this aversion to the obvious with them into their avant garde alt-pop project, Pinhole.

Their strikingly theatrical shows caught the attention of Other Voices soon after the band’s conception and their eponymous song ‘Pinhole’ would go onto feature prominently in Amy Huberman’s RTÉ courtroom drama ‘Striking Out’.

Invigorated by this initial success, the band set about completing their debut album ‘Come Curious’, released 20th March. 

The album’s title ‘Come Curious’ embodies the band’s mission statement to move beyond the beige plains of manufactured pop in search of substance and the sublime, whilst also tackling serious social issues.

Current single ‘Better Than One’ – which was named RTÉ Culture’s ‘Track of the Week’ upon its release – sees lyricist Ciara O’Flynn ruminating on the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar.

“At the time, I was hit again and again by how our publicly-elected representatives seemed to have no spines. In frustration, I was lamenting the lack of strong leaders guided by their own moral compasses,” explains Ciara O’Flynn, of the song’s striking origins.

Pinhole aren’t afraid to tackle such issues head on; climate change and other social issues permeate the lyrical tapestry of the album. But make no mistake, these are not simply woke platitudes. 

Ciara O’Flynn backed up her lyrical concern with physical action – purchasing a blank field and planting a woodland in Cork to “address the huge issue of biodiversity loss.”

This conviction is continued throughout ‘Come Curious’. Musically, Pinhole display echoes of PJ Harvey, Julie Feeney, Portishead and Patti Smith without ever straying too far into the creative sphere of their influences. 

‘Come Curious’ is an album only Pinhole could have created.

Pinhole: Ciara O’Flynn (vocals, violin), Mark McLoughlin (keys, vocals), Fred O’Brien (guitars) and Tosh Molloy (drums).

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Folk singer-songwriter Padraig Jack releases ‘Streetbed Ridden’ on 13^th March, the first single to be taken from his forthcoming album, ‘Making Sand’ out on 24^th April. ‘Streetbed Ridden’ touches on the subject of homelessness, a topical issue in today’s Ireland. The song has a driving melody with powerful lyrics, exploring how it is that someone can slip so easily into homelessness in our modern society. Padraig developed a music video for the song which is a computer game representation of  the song where a stickman character moves up and down the social ladder.

Padraig explains, “While imagining the mental anguish that must be felt by someone living on the street, this song also ponders how easy it can be to fall through the cracks from a comfortable middle-class life into homelessness. The section at the end of the song asks that we interrupt our non-stop lives and remember the inherent kindness in our being and rethink our willingness to support those at the bottom of the ladder.”

Padraig Jack is from a musical family from the Aran Islands, ten miles off the west coast of Ireland. His dad is bilingual songwriter Barry Ronan and he is the nephew of the Irish poet and Aosdána member Mary O’Malley. Like his father, Padraig is proudly bilingual and writes music in both Irish and English. With influences ranging from James Taylor and The Eagles to Van Morrison and Shane McGowan, Padraig admires strong songwriting with a distinct point of view. He has appeared on RTE 1, TG4, RTE Radio 1 and Newstalk, as well as many Irish and BBC regional radio stations, and his Gaelic language songs are played almost daily on RTE Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Irish music bible Hot Press has called Padraig, “one of Ireland’s most exciting emerging folk artists,” and Padraig’s live shows are demonstrating exactly why. Career highlights to date include multiple tours with Sharon Shannon playing venues such as Whelan’s, the Liverpool Philharmonic Theatre, Poole Lighthouse Theatre and the famous Cecil Sharp House in London. He has also opened for many legendary Irish acts including The Saw Doctors, Donal Lunny, Mick Flannery, The 4 of Us and John Spillane, and has appeared at numerous festivals including Electric Picnic and the SOMA, Shorelines and the Skibbereen Arts Festivals.

Padraig takes to the road both in Ireland and Europe this spring and summer, introducing his new album ‘Making Sand’, which has been produced by John Reynolds (Sinead O’Connor, Damien Dempsey). As well as his own headline gigs, Padraig is supporting Damien Dempsey in April in Ireland.

Headline shows:
16 March         Bridge St, Castlebar,
14 May            Cobblestone, Dublin
16 May            Asgard theatre, Arklow
21 May            Crane Bar, Galway

April shows supporting Damen Dempsey:
3^rd April            Bantry, w. Damien Dempsey
4^th April            Drogheda, w. Damien Dempsey
5^th April            Ratoath. w. Damien Dempsey
17^th April          Dunmore East, w. Damien Dempsey
18^th April          Newbridge w. Damien Dempsey

Spain-born, American-raised and Cornwall-based singer/songwriter Sarah McQuaid is heading out on the road again for a 48-show tour beginning in the Netherlands on 27 February and finishing at the Acoustic Festival of Britain the last weekend in May. The tour takes her through five different countries – something that may become considerably more difficult for Sarah and her fellow musicians from next year onward.

“I’ve no idea what’s going to happen as regards carnets and import duty and so on,” says Sarah, “but I have to say I’m really scared. I looked up the gov.uk website page on travelling to the EU after 1 January 2021, and followed the link there to how to apply for a carnet, and I was horrified to see that in addition to the £300-plus cost of the carnet itself, you also have to put up a security deposit of 40% of the value of all the gear you’re bringing with you. I wouldn’t even be able to come up with 40% of the value of my acoustic guitar, let alone the rest of the kit I tour with!

I’m desperately hoping that the Musicians’ Union is successful in their campaign for an affordable ‘Musicians’ Passport’ touring visa that covers crew and equipment and eliminates the need for carnets.

I’m lucky in that I’m an Irish citizen, so I’ll still theoretically be able to work in Europe, but the whole carnet business is terrifying, not to mention the possibility of import duty on CDs and any other merch, T-shirts and so on, which is a big part of what makes a tour financially viable.

And the worst of it is that there’s absolutely no way of knowing at this point what the reality of the situation is going to be, and meanwhile I’m already having to make commitments for tour dates next year, even though I’m totally clueless as to what hoops I’ll have to jump through in order to be able to fulfil those commitments.

But in the meantime I’m very glad to be heading out on this year’s tour, and I’m determined to make the most of it! And I do hope that anyone who’s listening supports the MU’s campaign. It’s so important for small-scale, grassroots acts like myself to continue to be able to tour in Europe, and ditto for European acts who tour over here — the UK music scene would be so much the poorer without them.”

For more info on the MU’s campaign and to sign the petition for a Musician’s Passport, click here: https://www.change.org/p/government-parliament-let-touring-musicians-travel-support-musicians-working-in-the-eu-post-brexit-workingintheeu

Her award-winning musicianship, distinctive chocolatey vocals and mastery of the songwriting craft have led reviewers to describe Sarah as a “triple threat”. Add to that a warm, charismatic stage presence, five critically acclaimed solo albums and a battery of instruments including acoustic and electric guitars, drum and piano — and you’ve got a one-woman powerhouse who defies categorisation because there simply isn’t anyone else out there quite like her.

Produced by guitar legend Michael Chapman, Sarah’s fifth solo album ‘If We Dig Any Deeper It Could Get Dangerous’ is distributed worldwide by Proper on LP as well as CD, and has received rave reviews worldwide: Dutch music magazine Heaven hailed it as “an early contender for folk album of 2018,” the UK’s fRoots said it was “a collection to savour” and the USA’s PopMatters called it “a gateway into a true innovator’s soul.”

Tour dates are as follows (see http://www.sarahmcquaid.com/tour for details of addresses, times, ticket prices etc):

GERMANY

8 Mar    Nürnberg: Noris Folkclub
10 Mar  Bad Elster: König Albert Theater – Theatercafe

DENMARK

12 Mar  Aabenraa (Felsted): Kultur på Damms Gård

GERMANY

13 Mar Berlin-Pankow: Zimmer 16
14 Mar  Braunschweig: Roter Saal im Schloss
18 Mar Zwickau: Il Tavolino
19 Mar Eisenach:Gasthof Am Storchenturm
20 Mar Katlenburg-Lindau: Dorfladen Wachenhausen
21 Mar Hof: Folkclub Isaar
22 Mar Gundelfingen an der Donau: Kulturgewächshaus Birkenried
23 Mar Wiesbaden:Der Weinländer
25 Mar Meppen: Cafe Koppelschleuse
27 Mar Bochum: Bochumer Kulturrat
28 Mar Erkelenz: Acoustic Night, Leonhardtskapelle

NETHERLANDS

29 Mar Onstwedde: Esway Atelier Concerten

UK

15 Apr   Worcester Live at Huntington Hall
16 Apr   Ashburton LIVE at Ashburton Arts Centre
17 Apr   Winterslow Village Hall
18 Apr   Bordon: Phoenix Arts Centre
19 Apr   Stafford Gatehouse Theatre – MET Studio

ROI / NI

23 Apr   Limerick: Irish World Music Academy @ University of Limerick
24 Apr   Waterville: Tech Amergin Community Arts & Education Centre
25 Apr   Manorhamilton: The Glens Centre
28 Apr   Belfast: The American Bar
1 May    Newtownards: Ards Arts Centre
2 May    Portstewart: Flowerfield Arts Centre
4 May    Rostrevor Folk Club at Crawford’s
7 May    Monaghan: The Market House
9 May    Howth: The Oar House (plus workshop)

UK

11 May Stirling Folk Club
12 May Glasgow: Live At The Star
14 May Crail Folk Club
15 May Glenbuchat Hall (plus workshop)
16 May Grantown Museum
17 May Drumnadrochit: Craigmonie Centre
21 May Malton: The Milton Rooms
22 May Snailbeach Village Hall 
23 May Southwell: The HopBarn
28 May Rossendale: Helmshore Mills Textile Museum
29-30 May Uttoxeter: Acoustic Festival of Britain 

‘Letters’ is Rowlette’s first release of 2020, an intimate, indie-pop ballad, describing a tale of lost friendship.  

“I wrote this song about a friend of mine that I hadn’t heard from in a while. We were always those kind of friends who could go ages without talking, but when we did it was completely normal. Except this time it was radio silence.”

“He had a tendency to shut himself off from people when life got hard, so I was especially concerned. He lived in a different country, and it got to the point where my only option was to write a letter. It had been so long since I had sent one that I wasn’t even convinced it would arrive! I wrote the song during the time I was waiting for a response when there was a lot going through my mind – does he know there’s people who care about him? Does he know I care? Was I there for him enough? Why has he shut himself off?”

“I actually wrote so many verses for this song, it could be 10 minutes long! I had a lot to say.”

Speaking on what she wants from the song, Rowlette says the thing she would like most is for it to encourage someone to get in touch with an old friend. “I’d really love it if the song inspires someone to pick up the phone, or better yet put pen to paper, and reach out to an old friend. Especially if they haven’t heard from that friend in a long time – it could be exactly what they need.” 

The sound of ‘Letters’ conveys its subject matter beautifully; intimate, close, poignant, with a sparsity of instrumentation that allows the imagination to fill in the blanks. Gentle guitar is joined by soft piano, and light bass and percussive elements that ebb and flow with the emotional resonance of the narrative, tenderly delivered in Rowlette’s unique and instantly recognizable style.

Rowlette is well known to the Irish live scene, with a packed out Headliner in Crowbar last year and performances in the likes of The Workman’s and The Wiley Fox. Rowlette has just finished supporting Jack L on several dates all around Ireland, including Cork Opera House on New Year’s Eve. 

Letters is out now.

The track was produced, mixed and mastered by Beardfire Studios.

Website: www.rowlettemusic.com
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Venerable fiddle player, national treasure, and iconic Dubliner John Sheahan releases his first solo album ‘Flirting Fiddles’ on 17^th April, with the eponymous track ‘Flirting Fiddles’ as the lead release. John explains the title, “During my 50 years playing with The Dubliners, I have been flirting with different fiddle styles, which has lead to this eclectic mix of compositions. They reflect influences of traditional, swing, baroque and bluegrass.” Some of the tunes featured on the album will be also featured as part of a John Sheahan special performance shown at 9.30pm on TG4 on St. Patrick’s Day.

The fifteen tunes on ‘Flirting Fiddles’ are both old and new including some classic favourites like ‘The Marino Waltz’ and more recent compositions such as ‘The Winding River’. The tunes have been arranged for both orchestra and string quartet as well as collaborations with fiddlers, guitarists, pianists, pipers and percussionists.

A first solo album is a milestone in any musician’s career, even more so at the age of 80. John Sheahan celebrated this landmark birthday very publically last year with two concerts in Vicar Street in December, with the President of Ireland Michael D. Higgins in attendance as guest of honour on 6^th. Throughout this evening, John was joined onstage by an array of musical guests, including Glen Hansard, Imelda May and Declan O’Rourke, to create a memorable musical celebration of a man who is both beloved and highly respected by his peers. The gig was recorded on the night and will be premiered at 9.30pm on TG4 on 17^th March.

John’s contribution to Irish music and Irish culture spans a phenomenal seven decades, including fifty years with legendary folk group, The Dubliners. He was always the quiet one in the Dubliners, or as he calls himself, “the mortar between the bricks.” Sheahan is the one who has survived those wild days and ‘Seven Drunken Nights’, the one who is around to tell the stories and crack open his diaries to remember those times when the band would play the Royal Albert Hall in London the night after a gig in Templemore.

But John is not one to live in the past. Always playing, writing and recording, he continually creates, caught up in the eternal magic of it. He pushes himself outside his comfort zone too, publishing his first poetry collection Fiddle Dreams in 2015 to great acclaim. He still gigs regularly both abroad and at home, and even manages to find time for his favourite hobby, wood-carving. John Sheahan is an inspiration to us all, and we are truly blessed to have him and his immense talent.

https://johnsheahan.ie/

On Friday 13th March 2020, JyellowL releases ‘On The Estate’ – his last standalone single before he starts to release singles from his debut album. 

The track highlights a grittier side of JyellowL, that hasn’t been exposed too much through his music up to this point, with the instrumentals’ hard-hitting from drill to trap. 

JyellowL says: “The lyric ‘won’t leave my house unless money is made’ sums up the attitude of the song and states my intent of unapologetic productivity this year.”

The release of ‘On The Estate’ comes during the same week as  the airing of JyellowL’s lauded Other Voices performance at St. Michael’s Church, Ballina, Co. Mayo (Thursday 12th March, RTÉ 2, 11.30pm). 

Friday 13th March also marks the beginning of JyellowL’s support dates for RnB superstar Nelly on his European Tour:

Friday 13th March – MAYO, Royal Theatre Castlebar
Friday 20th March – KERRY, INEC Killarney
Saturday 21st March – ANTRIM, The Telegraph Building, Belfast
Sunday 29th March – THE NETHERLANDS, Tilburg

Irish brothers Harry and Alfie Hudson Taylor are utterly thrilled that their new album has gone straight to number one on the Irish album chart, beating Lewis Capaldi to the coveted top spot. 

Harry and Alfie say:

“In the twelve years since we started this journey as just two lads with guitars singing into a dodgy web-cam, getting the recognition of a #1 album has been a dare-not-to-say-out loud-dream. 

This week every single person who listened, bought, promoted ‘Loving Everywhere I Go’ made that happen. We’re floored and eternally grateful to all of you. 

Thank you so much H&A xxxx”

Five years have passed since the release of their debut ‘Singing For Strangers’ – which charted at number three in Ireland – and in that time the brothers have been hard at work crafting the songs which make up ‘Loving Everywhere I Go’. The album, which was recorded in Seattle, Nashville and Dublin, features the hits ‘Feel It Again’, ‘Run With Me’, ‘Back To You’ and current single ‘What Do You Mean?’ 

Released on Irish independent label Rubyworks, Hudson Taylor’s ‘Loving Everywhere I Go’ is the first independent release to top the album in two years. Hudson Taylor are also the first Irish artists to top the charts in the new decade.

Hudson Taylor head off on a European tour on March 19th and will be back in Ireland at the following venues. Don’t miss ‘em!

Friday 24th April – The Olympia Theatre, Dublin.
Saturday 25th April – The Opera House, Cork.
Saturday 2nd May – St. Iberius Church, Wexford.
Sunday 3rd May – The Big Top, Limerick.

The success of the Hudson Taylor album is the latest chapter for leading Irish independent label Rubyworks. In the space of twelve months Hozier’s second album charted at number one in both Ireland and the USA. Rodrigo y Gabriela’s latest album won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album and the debut long-player from new signing David Keenan charted Top 5 in Ireland.

Hudson Taylor – the number one album ‘Loving Everywhere I Go’ – is available now on Rubyworks from all good record shops, digital platforms and hudsontaylormusic.com