John Spillane – Everyman Palace Theatre
Sunday 19 December @ 8pm
“One of the great songwriters to emerge in the last 10 years is John Spillane”
Sunday 19 December @ 8pm
HAM SANDWICH
BLINK
PUGWASH
THE GANDHIS
Plus some very special surprise guests with DJs til Late
Whelan's, 25 Wexford St, Dublin 2
Wednesday 22nd December, Doors 8pm
(Re-scheduled from 9/10/10)
Tickets: 15 Euro plus booking fee available from WAV Tickets (1890 200 078), Tickets.ie, City Discs & Ticketmaster Outlets.
::: All proceeds will be donated to the Nally family :::
After a stint on Never Mind The Buzzcocks last week, the Franks released new Single ‘Song for a Future Love’ on Dec 10th (FIFA RECORDS) (Out Now!)
Glen Hansard cut the ribbon on a new music studio at the Computer Clubhouse in Dublin 8 yesterday, as part of their Christmas Showcase. Inspiring local youths, The Frames frontman spent time with Clubhouse members, learning about the projects they have created.
Charity Christmas radio station, Christmas FM, today announced that ‘Christmas Time’ by Snow Business (the staff and music students of St. Michael’s College, Dublin) has been crowned the winner of the 2010 Irish Christmas Song Contest following a public vote.
The winning entry was penned and produced by the staff and students at St. Michael’s College, Dublin, who got in the festive spirit and crafted a cracker of a Christmas single. David Sheridan, music teacher at the school, wrote the music for the song. He was then helped by fellow teacher, David Wilson, and the school’s music students, aged 12-16, who wrote the lyrics, performed, produced and recorded the winning entry in its entirety.
‘Christmas Time’ will now be playlisted on Christmas FM, receiving regular airplay alongside the many well known Christmas classics. The school has also won €500 in vouchers and the opportunity to professionally record their song.
Commenting on the winning song, Walter Hegarty, Christmas FM’s Joint Program Director said, “We would like to congratulate the staff and students of St. Michael’s College, Dublin on winning this year’s song contest with a true Christmas classic in the making. The response to the song contest this year has been incredible, with almost 100 bands and songwriters from around the country crafting original Christmas songs in aid of Barnardos. We would like to thank every act for taking the time to enter, and of course the thousands of Christmas FM listeners who helped chose the winner.”
‘Christmas Time’ will be released as a charity Christmas single next year. Last year’s winners of the song contest, Funzo, have recently released their winning entry, ‘This Christmas’, in aid of Barnardos. ‘This Christmas’ can be purchased on iTunes and all good record stores nationwide.
Broadcasting 24 hours a day throughout December, Christmas FM aims to raise €100,000 for its charity partner Barnardos this year through a combination of online donations, texts and corporate sponsorship. Christmas FM is broadcasting throughout Dublin (89.9FM), Cork (106.7FM), Galway (89.5FM), Limerick (105.5FM), the South East (103.8FM) and online at www.christmasfm.ie.
Donations, Christmas song requests and dedications, can be made by texting ‘xmas’ to 57000 or by calling 1850 217217. Online donations can be made at www.christmasfm.ie. All proceeds go to Barnardos.
IMRO member Tony Floyd Kenna has just released a solo EP of five original songs. ‘The Kiss Of Life’ special edition features The Kiss Of Life, Done My Time, New Train, Sky and The Sisters of Fate. The response has been very encouraging with Dublin City FM already playing ‘Done My Time’. Tony will be interviewed live on Dublin City FM’s Good Morning Dublin programme on Friday December 17th.
Donegal Divas Trad a New Path
Ireland promoting new music presents:
New Sound Worlds 2010
Kevin Barry Room at The National Concert Hall
Ronsan, made up of Dublin brothers Damien and Gerry Browning, have released their debut album “Before All This”.
One-man electro-pop artist, Neosupervital, aka Tim O’Donovan, has just released his new album, "Battery Power".
After the release of his eponymously titled debut album in 2006, Neosupervital went on to be playlisted on MTV2 and was invited to open for The Human League on a tour of the UK and Europe. Neosupervital has since supported such acts as The Divine Comedy, Tom Vek and Peter Hook.
"Battery Power" is available now from iTunes.
http://www.itunes.com/neosupervital