Billow Wood was recognised with an illustrious award while on an extensive August tour of the United States. Ballina musicians and band founders Mark O’Donnell…
Author: David Dwane
Mayo musicians have got their hands on the classic song The Way We Were and given it a new lease of life. Italian-born and Mayo-based…
Acid folk, ambient electronic sounds, post-punk and Kurdish bouzouki playing will be just some of the music to greet festival-goers to The Conncert, which returns…
Ballina’s Stephanie Lackey will appeal to those who enjoy a song which tells a story, as she performs for the first time at the Music…
Ballina Arts Centre in Co. Mayo celebrated the opening of another significant community facility recently with the official launch of Organic Flow Studio this summer.…
A cheeky banjo-picking riff introduces the memorable debut single from 19-year old West of Ireland singer-songwriter Cillian Coleman. Cillian’s City Lights is a singable, danceable…
The superbly produced Anima Mundi features a wide range of tonal colouring, intricate textural layering and daring intros across its seven tracks, and is deserving…
It cost £2 to attend the U2 concert in Ballina, Co Mayo in May 1980 – and that included a support slot by teenage band,…
The Music at Lunchtime series of free, early afternoon gigs in Ballina Arts Centre returns this coming Wednesday, June 2nd for its third summer season.…
Musicians, singers, poets, comedians – and even storytellers – are invited to demonstrate their talents at a free Open Mic session in TheNCF Cultural Co-op…











