Healyfest, the free live music festival in Ballycastle, Co. Mayo, takes place over the coming public holiday weekend. Beginning on 4th August, one of the…

Demand for Billow Wood in Germany sees the Ballina trad-folk-pop group make a return trip to that country just a few months after a very…

While we wait for her upcoming album, Tracy Bruen returns with Silence Crawls, the second single from that imminent long player. Her latest single is…

100 years after the death of Michael Collins I recall how his arch-enemy, Eamon deValera, once personally admitted to me that “Michael Collins was a…

New Irish indie label Voices of the Sea will launch Rory Gallagher’s forthcoming album Centre Falls Apart in March. A former member of classy Donegal…

Thirty years ago – towards the end of 1990, to be precise – Mayo musician, piano teacher, studio owner and music writer David Dwane recorded…

Cult Irish alt-rock quartet, Kerbdog, have announced that they will be re-releasing two of their 1990’s albums later this year. Kerbdog, from Kilkenny, was fronted…

A beautiful new version of the classic Irish christmas song, The Wexford Carol from Valerie Armstrong was produced by Mayo’s Ken McHugh. Valerie’s version will…

Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds have released the brand new video for the latest single Wandering Star, starring acclaimed British actor Stephen Graham (The Irishman,…

And get ready for The Talkies, the new album out on 27th September Girl Band will release their album The Talkies on Rough Trade Records…