Author Archives: Nick Kelly

Can you name these Dublin locations 1-3?

Alan Maxwell writes:

Dublin locations in The Big Gamble (a 1961 movie which tells the story of a Dublin sailor who goes to Africa). Pics not great but screen grabs are limited to the few minutes that are on Youtube.

My initial brief attempt to identify location suggests somewhere around Old Kilmainham but Dubliners please feel free to correct me…

Anyone?

Also: name those jammers, anyone?

The Big Gamble (1961)

Thanks Vernon

 

Colin J Morris writes:

OK, so you can’t get out for a coffee, because your favourite café is closed. But you can order the best coffee Ireland has to offer by signing up to the Imbibe coffee club where you can order single origins or the amazing Kaleidoscope blend.

All of the coffees are now available in 1kg bags too, so that’ll keep you going.

Imbibe are well worth supporting. It’s run by the best of people and [founder] Gary [Grant] donates 1% of all sales (not just profits) to Women’s Aid.

So not only are you getting the best coffee, you’re helping women who are in abusive situations. No-brainer.

Imbibe Coffee Club


The Remedy Club – Sweet Symphony

For those about to country-rock, I salute you.

Wexford-based Americana duo Kj McEvoy (top right) and Aileen Mythen  (left) aka The Remedy Club ramp up the volume on the third single from their album True Hand True Heart which they’re launching on March 27 with a special live stream on their Facebook page.

Recorded in Nashville with Steve Earle associate Ray Kennedy, its roots go deep.

Nick says: Orchestral manoeuvres in the Deep South.

The Remedy Club

What a week!

In these “interesting” times, where would we be without music to offer an escape from the misery?

I’m inviting readers to post the song that instantly transports them to a happier place.

Here’s mine.

I’ve a glittering €25 Golden Discs voucher to offer to the winner, chosen by my pet goldfish.

Lines MUST close at  6.30am.

Please include video link if possible.

Nick says: Good luck!

Golden Discs

Sorcha Richardson writes:

As you probably know, Bandcamp are giving the revenue from sales directly to artists today so it’s a good day to support your favourites, if u can.

My album and some older stuff are here [at link below], including an album demo called limelight that didn’t make the cut.

Sorcha Richardson (Bandcamp)

The votes are in.

Last week, with a boredom-busting €25 Golden Discs voucher to be won, I asked you to name your favourite music (song or album) to self-isolate to.

You answered in your tens.

But there could only be one winner.

Third place:

James Stephens – O the Brown and the Yellow Ale

Kingfisher writes:

James Stephens, the writer of The Crock of Gold, The Charwoman’s Daughter, The Insurrection in Dublin, and many poems, sings O the Brown and the Yellow Ale, a song about an old man whose young wife is enchanted away from him by a man from another world. Stephens was desolate after The Rising as a result of which one of his closest friends was executed. This song has a spooky and lonely feel that surely expresses his loss. Listen here.

Runner-up:

The Lonesome Touch by Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill

Otis Blue writes:

Martin Hayes says it best…’The Lonesome Touch is a phrase used to describe a person’s music. It is the intangible aspect of music that is both elusive and essential. The word ‘Lonesome’ expresses a sadness, a blue note, a sour note. Even though the music bares the trace of struggle and of pain, it is also the means of uplift, transcendence, to joy and celebration’.

Winner:

Us And Only Us by The Charlatans

Clampers Outside writes:

One of the most underrated albums of rock/indie music there is. From the opening lush swirling sounds and vocals of ‘Forever’ you know you are in for a rhythmic ride. A ride that takes you with it with the most amazing ease through love songs ‘Impossible’ and ‘I Don’t Care Where You Live’ to tracks that’d put a stride on your strut like ‘A House Is Not A Home’ to my own bluesy favourite (if I have to pick just one) ‘Watching You’.It’s an album you can stick on from the start and let run to the end without ever jumping ahead.

Thanks all.

Last week: Win Nick’s Voucher

Golden Discs

James Stephens portrait: National Gallery of Ireland

Imploded View – I Don’t Know What To Call This Feeling

Longford electronic producer Jerome McCormick aka Imploded View returns after ‘quite a hiatus due to kids/ life etc.’ in a dramatic forest-based video which premiered on Nialler9.com yesterday.

Jerome writes:

My six year old daughter Mia helped with the video and actually shot a lot of the footage used…

Nick Says: You’re sure of a big surprise.

Imploded View

Reevah – Weight Of The World

It’s bathtime.

Derry girl Reevah (top) channels her inner Ophelia in her new video as she is drawn to the water.

The single is taken from her A Different Light EP, due next month.

Reevah says:

“The track eludes to struggle and the human condition. How we can all carry the Weight of the World but not let it be known to those around us.”

Nick says: Worth the wait.

Reevah