Gerr Walsh – A Town Called Forgiveness
Everybody walk the dinosaur.
Dublin singer/songwriter Gerr Walsh (top) uses footage of the scary scaly beasts from Harry Hoyt‘s 1925 silent movie The Lost World to complement his new single which he wrote during lockdown.
Additional musicians include Naimee Coleman (backing vocals), Max Greenwood (keyboard) and Tom Portman (lap steel).
Gerr’s new album will be released in 2021.
Nick says: We’re off to see the lizards…
Brrrrr.
We’re all freezing in a winter wonderland. So why not put the kettle on, put your feet up and get ready for another weekly music competition?
This week I want to know: What’s your favourite song by a Canadian artist?
Here’s mine.
Reply below to be in with a chance of winning a maple syrup-licking €25 Golden Discs voucher.
The winner will be chosen by my perfect Canuck cousin.
Please include video links if possible, thank you.
Lines MUST close at SATURDAY 11am.
Nick says: Good luck!
Last week’s winner here.
Sinéad Lohan – Sailing By
Continuing our series of underrated Irish music since 1960, reader Slip Digby would like us to put some respect on the name of Cork troubadour Sinéad Lohan (top).
The dreadlocked singer/songwriter emerged onto the national stage in the mid-’90s thanks in part to her inclusion on the A Woman’s Heart tour.
Sailing By is from her debut album Who Do You Think I Am (released in 1995 by Dara Records and produced by Declan Sinnott).
Slip writes:
“It’s perfection.”
Sinéad’s follow-up No Mermaid was recorded in New Orleans and came out on Interscope Records in 1998.
She then quit the music industry to focus on raising her children.
Nick says: The South will rise again.
Peter O’Toole outside Toner’s Pub, Baggot Street, 1976 pic.twitter.com/YA4Ux4io23
— RareIrishStuff (@RareIrishStuff) December 4, 2020
Actually 1978 (see comments).
Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2.
Camel (out of picture).
Bantum and Loah – NGLA
Collaboration once again.
Irish/Sierra Leone singer/songwriter Loah (above centre with, from left: Stephanie Dufresne, Fresh Princeeera and Angel Hart) teams up with Cork-based producer Bantum for this new single from their Sweet Sorrow EP.
The video was directed by Ellius Grace.
Loah describes her aethetic as “artsoul”.
She writes:
‘”NGLA’ is a Sad Banger – one of those Robyn-esque tunes that you can dance all night to while your heart is breaking.”
Nick says: How Loah can you go?
These bouffants are made for walking.
Photos of Dublin writes:
Three Young Women, Dublin 1963, by Alen MacWeeney….
A popular ‘do’ until Myra.
Name that van and exact location, anyone?
Ho Ho Ho! Its starting to look a lot like …#snow #manorhamilton #leitrim#Ireland #CatsOfTwitter #Weather #tawnylustlodge #sneachta
📷 of horse Eimear O’Connor pic.twitter.com/beiEop9GjT— Tawnylust Lodge (@TawnylustLodge) December 3, 2020
Rejoice.
This afternoon.
Tawnylust Lodge, Manorhamilton, County Leitrim.
Gemma Hayes – Hanging Around
Continuing our series of underrated Irish music since 1960, reader Ben Madigan advocates for indie queen Gemma Hayes (top) from Ballyporeen, County Tipperary.
Hanging Around is a single from her debut album Night On My Side, released in 2002 by French indie label Source. The video was directed by John ‘The Proposition‘ Hillcoat.
Now living in West Cork, Gemma is working on a new album due for release next year.
Nick says: The best Hayes of our lives.
Dave Thomas O’Gorman – Save Me From Satellites (Say You Will)
Cities that never sleep.
The new video by Paris-born, Dublin singer/songwriter Dave Thomas O’Gorman (top) features footage of some of the world’s busiest metropolises.
Dave studied music in Trinity College and is a former winner of the all-Ireland Slogagh music competition. His album is called Square Revolution.
Nick says: Satellite towns.
Join genealogist Tony Hennessy M.A.G.I. and Michael Collins of @PaveePoint for ‘Rolling back the Road: A Journey in Irish #Traveller Family History’ an online talking taking place on Monday, 7 December at 7pm.
🎟️ Book your free ticker here: https://t.co/lnIM7xU9Gn pic.twitter.com/eFSTwtJHdI
— National Library of Ireland (@NLIreland) December 3, 2020
Rolling back the Road: A Journey in Irish Traveller Family History (National Library of Ireland)
