Author: Breffni Banks

Keywest round off a fantastick year, with a special re-worked version of ‘Straight Through My Heart’

SINGLE DIGITAL RELEASE DATE 23.11

 FINAL DATES OF 2012

 SATURDAY            24.11       THE FORUM                   WATERFORD

THURSDAY            29.11        MONROES                       GALWAY

SATURDAY            01.12        BUTTON FACTORY     DUBLIN                                                                                   

Keywest released their debut album “THE MESSAGE” earlier this year.

 “….….soaring melodies, big choruses….note perfect harmonies” (Hot Press)

 With three previous singles still receiving significant airplay round the country, a rake of gigs under their belts and 925,000 YouTube views as testimony of their ever growing popularity the hard working band are set to round of 2012 with three very special shows  (Waterford has already sold out!)

 Signed to American Publishers Peer Music they spent some time in the Summer in the States writing and are currently in the UK writing and recording songs for their next album due for worldwide release in 2013.

While in the UK KEYWEST re-worked a stand out track from the album “STRAIGHT THROUGH MY HEART” and decided to make it the fourth and final release from “THE MESSAGE” to coincide with their final dates of the year.

Expectations are running very high for this young band who never fail to thrill with their incendiary live performances.

 http://soundcloud.com/josephine-keywest/keywest-straight-through-my

More info: www.keywestoffical.com

Having played their biggest homecoming show this Summer to over 40,000 fans at the Galway Volvo Ocean Race, and after performing over 2,000 shows in the UK, USA and Australia, The Saw Doctors celebrate 25 years together with a new “Best Of” album of 25 very special songs set for release on 16^th November. Running in a rough chronological order through the band’s 25 year history, the new “Best Of” traces the band’s career from their ground-breaking debut single  N17 (recently featured in Chris O’Dowd’s TV series Moone Boy) through to last year’s chart topping smash Downtown with Petula Clark. Along the way we revisit many favourites including I Useta Lover and Presentation Boarders. The album will be available on iTunes as part of a digital bundle with the single, “Music I Love”.

As with all their albums, 25:25 is a celebration of The Saw Doctors West of Ireland heritage.  In their own words:  ‘Born into a repressed, catholic, conservative, small-town, agrarian, angst-ridden and showband infested society we’re trying to preserve the positive elements of our background and marry them to the sounds which have culturally invaded our milieu through TV, radio, 45’s, fast-food restaurants, 24 hour petrol stations and electric blankets’

The Saw Doctors will play Belfast Mandela Hall on November 23 and Dublin’s Olympia on November 24.  Over Christmas The Saw Doctors will play Portlaoise on December 27 and a New Year’s Eve show in Killarney’s INEC on December 31.

www.sawdoctors.com 

www.facebook.com/sawdoctors

After a successful Irish Album Launch Tour earlier this year for their debut album “The Sadness of Remembering”, followed by a summer of festival appearances throughout the UK, Yngve & the Innocent have just embarked on an Album Launch Tour in Germany. “The Sadness of Remembering”, which was recorded live in London’s Soup Studios, has just been released in Germany on Tonetoaster Records.

Brothers Yngve and Demian Wieland form the backbone of Yngve & The Innocent, a band which through various lineup changes has moved from Sligo on the west coast of Ireland via Dublin to London where they’ve been based for the past 4 years. Regularly returning to Ireland they have been averaging over 100 shows a year and have had a succession of breakthroughs including UK national airplay on BBC Radio 2 by Steve Lemacq. Their festival appearances this year have included the Green Man Festival in Wales and Bestival on the Isle of Wight.

You can keep up to date with all Yngve & The Innocent’s live dates at their website here: www.spacetobeyourself.com

The Mandolas are a 4-piece folk/pop group based in Cork, Ireland. The band make use of a wide range of acoustic instruments (mandolin, mandola, acoustic guitar, bouzuki, banjo and viola) as well as incorporating lavish 4-part harmonies into their music. The Mandolas perform original material and combine Irish and English folk traditions with a unique blend of contemporary pop.

The group consists of Michael Grace (Kilkenny), Colm Hayes (Cork), and brothers Paddy & Dorian Kelly (West Cork/ originally hailing from Yorkshire). Drawing inspiration from the likes of Planxty, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, and Fleet Foxes, The Mandolas unique folk stylings combine a wide array of musical influences to create a fresh, warm sound. In the last year, The Mandolas have been steadily making a name for themselves nationally, and have had the privilege of playing alongside the likes of Paul Brady, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Mike Hanrahan, Duke Special & Neil Hannon.

The Mandolas have recently released their debut EP, ‘My Greatest Day’  and have recently finished a tour of the country promoting the release. The EP Launch Tour saw the group play established venues such as Cyprus Avenue (Cork), De Barras (West Cork), Doyles (Dublin), McCarthys Bar (Dingle), The Brewery Lane Theatre (Carrick-on-suir), The Sky & The Ground (Wexford) The White Horse Sessions (Kenny’s, Lahinch) along with many more. (Details of which can be found on www.themandolas.com.)

The Mandolas have recently recorded a new single with Christian Best entitled “Marianne” which will be released for digital download on itunes on Friday November 9th. The band have recently embarked on an extensive 16-date Irish tour and are likely to be performing at a venue near you!

“The combination of traditional sounding songs and four male singers harmonising made them sound like an Irish version of The Beatles” 
-Evening Echo

“there’s nary a sniff of a rhythm section or electric instrumentation, yet this quartet play with a fierce intuition that over-rides the need for either. Inevitably, Irish folk comparisons with the fiery likes of Luke Kelly will be bandied around in future, but these boys are equally convincing whether attacking dextrous jigs and reels, Dave Swarbrick-style workouts or punchy Folk-Pop numbers” 
”I’d seriously suggest you see them while you can still see the whites of their eyes. You don’t need to be a genius to realise they’ll not stay working the small venue circuit for too much longer.”

“THE MANDOLAS are one of the most promising new outfits on the Irish circuit at present.” 
 – www.whisperinandhollerin.com

“Their four-part harmonies are utterly flawless and will set your senses alight as they flow through their repertoire with charm and ease. Each member is a character in their own right, sharing stories and laughter between songs which touch on ordinary themes experienced by all facets of society, regardless of age or geography. “…there are far too many veins of inspiration to count in this pulsating heart of Irish folk music.” –  cork.studenty.me

“Four-piece, timeless harmonies gliding in and out of an ancient sound, conjured by acoustic guitars, mandolins, banjos, bouzoukis, violas and – of course – a mandola.” -The G-man World

www.themandolas.com

Paddy Casey returns with his fourth album The Secret Life Of on November 9th. Recorded, produced and mixed at his home by Paddy and Pat Donne. this will be Paddy’s first album in five years.

To coincide with the album release, Paddy will be playing The Olympia, Dublin on Thursday 15th November with the Dublin Gospel Choir.

The full tracklist for The Secret Life Of is:

1. There Is A Light / 2. Rise and Shine / 3. The Love Harmonica / 4. Show Me Yours / 5. This Ain’t Love / 6. Wait / 7. That’s Just The Way It Goes / 8. Tell Her / 9. Light Song / 10. It’s Really Up To You / 11. Close Your Eyes

You can check out the new single, It’s Really Up To You, below.

 http://paddycasey.ie

Four piece rock group, Cash is King, and Dublin duo, Lora and Amy, will be taking part in the first Keith McLoughlin Music Management showcase at Gub Dandy’s in Brady’s, Terenure on Friday 26th October.

Hailing from Dublin, Wicklow and Kilkenny, Cash Is King formed just this year and are currently based in Dublin. With a strong focus on anthemic rock songs, the band are currently writing and recording their debut EP, due for release in early 2013.

Duo Lora Gilbert and Amy Walsh have been gigging together for the last couple of years, building up a steady following on the live circuit. The guitar and vocal harmony group have performed at the Ballyfermot Rocks Festival and taken part in numerous competitions together.

For further details, see www.facebook.com/keithmcloughlinmusicmanagement

Live from the Olympia Theatre on Wednesday, 24^th October, RTE 2fm will present a frightfully fantastic night of home-grown Irish talent in a bid to raise much needed funds for children’s charity Barnardos.

The RTÉ 2fm Fright Night for Barnardos line-up includes the band who wrote the most played Irish song of 2011, Royseven (We Should Be Lovers); This Club, The Walls, Heathers and Storyfold, plus special guests to be announced.

RTE 2fm’s Hector Ó hEochagain will host the evening along with the Breakfast show crew so expect the usual mix of craic, madness and of course cupla focail as gaeilge.

Tickets are available now from €15 plus booking fee from usual Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. 24 hrs: 0818 719 330 / www.ticketmaster.ie (Phone & Internet bookings subject to 12.5% service charge per ticket (max €6.10) / agents €2.15).

Proceeds from ticket sales will go directly to fund Barnardos work with children and families.

Fright Night for Barnardos is part of a fun filled fundraising week on RTÉ 2fm in support of the charity. The RTÉ 2fm DRESS UP for Barnardos campaign runs from 22^nd October through to Halloween with people all over Ireland encouraged to hold a DRESS UP party and donate to the children’s charity.

For more information on RTÉ 2fm Fright Night for Barnardos visit www.2fm.ie/dressup

Dublin singer/songwriter, Corrina Penston, releases her debut single, “Dark Room”, this November. The track, recorded by Joe Chester (The Coronas, Ryan Sheridan) will be available for download on iTunes from 9^th November.

“Dark Room” is the first single from Corrina’s debut album which is due for release early next year. A single launch party will take place with Corrina’s full band in Whelans, Wexford St on 7^th November 2012.

http://breakingtunes.com/corrinapenston

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Corrina-Penston/370651959614262?ref=hl