Free next weekend?
The Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival.
Dedicated to the unassuming Cork-reared guitar god in his birthplace, Ballyshannon, County Donegal
Featuring Wishbone Ash, Bernie Marsden and Deep Purple’s Glenn Hughes.
It might get heavy.
Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival
Thanks boj
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvQPlb9MpK0&feature=youtu.be
Blaithin Carney – Crystalize
A professionally trained musician from Naas, County Kildare, Blaithin plays a headline show tonight in Dublin’s Whelan’s of Wexford Street accompanied by a string quartet.
As a taster, check out this accomplished live-in-studio performance (above) from January featuring a crack band of top local musicians and Blaithin herself on piano and smooth-as-you-like vocals.
This is old-school songcraft that will never go out of fashion.
Nick says: Bring on the violins…
Free tonight?
The Wedding Present begin their Irish tour tonight in Cork’s Cyprus Avenue to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal ‘Bizarro’ album, which they’ll be playing in full.
Although singer Dave Gedge is the only surviving member of the Leeds-formed group from 1989, the Weddoes remain one of the best live bands on the planet.
The tour continues on Friday night in Limerick Dolan’s Warehouse; Saturday in Dublin Academy; and Sunday in Belfast Empire Music Hall.
Meanwhile, there’s a special one-off screening of ‘Something Left Behind’ – a new documentary about the band’s 1987 masterpiece ‘George Best’ – in Dublin’s IFI cinema on Saturday afternoon at 4.30pm.
Nick says: See you in the moshpit (air guitar optional).
Last night.
SSE Arena, Belfast.
Westlife’s comeback tour kicks off without wings or Brian.
Fight!
The Swedish Railway Orchestra – The Subjection
A triumphant return from Workman’s Club DJ and Argentine soccer fanatic Rob Smith (top) – who is from Dublin, not Stockholm – this pulsating blast of indie-tronica takes the square root of The Fall and multiplies it with LCD Soundsystem.
The Subjection is lifted from SRO’s superb second album ‘This Is A Mixtape’. The uber-cool video features vintage footage of Berlin before the Wall came down.
Proceeds from a limited batch of CDs of the new album go to [suicide charity] Pieta House, and are available here
Rob says:
“The lyric is based upon an Emmaline Pankhurst quote, and musically I’ve had one person comment that it’s ‘like Anton Newcombe on ecstasy’, which is frighteningly accurate.”
Nick says: Welcome to suffragette city.
Basciville – Post-Youth
Wexford siblings Cillian and Lorcan Byrne follow their 2016 EP ‘Blues In Red’ with a highly atmospheric shot of gothic r’n’b humming with passion and intensity. Take note, too, of Darragh Nolan’s impressively moody production.
Basciville say:
“Sometimes we’re too quick to disregard and chase the mystery up out of our lives.”
Nick says:‘Post-Youth’ is not wasted on the young.
Enjoy you art al fresco?
Via @Skerries:
The third annual Dublin Plein Air painting festival is a seven day event bringing artists from all over Ireland and the world to scenic Fingal and Farmleigh House in the Pheonix Park.
The outdoor painting festival runs from the 17 to 23 June and will host paint outs (as above), workshops and daily competitions.
Workshop tutors include the best of Irish and foreign plein air artistic talent and include Una Sealy – RHA , Kate Kos, Vicki Norman , Greig Neal – AURA, Dave West, Blaise Smith – RHA
This is the ideal opportunity for artists to learn from the masters and as with the previous years the focus is enjoying Fingal’s beautiful scenery, making friends and painting outdoors.
Top Pic: Dublin Plein Air Festival 2018
It Takes A Village Festival tweetz:
Important announcement about #ITAV20..
It Takes A Village is coming back next year
Dates being announced at 7pm this evening
Tickets going on sale next week
It’s going to be even better again!…Stay tuned…
Next year’s It Takes A Village Festival will be its third outing at Trabolgan Holiday Village in East Cork.
Guard power.
This morning.
Croke Park, Dublin
Garda Inspector Tony Gallgaher and life-size images of The Spice Girls at a press conference ahead of the Posh-less reunited band’s concert in the stadium on Friday.
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Last night: Rig-A-Rig-Ah
The Whileaways – It’ll Come Around
Combining the talents of Noelie McDonnell, Noriana Kennedy and Nicola Joyce, The Whileaways have just released this slow-burning gem from last year’s album ‘From What We Made’.
The gentle harmonies and subtle banjo add to the soul-searching vocals to create a mini treasure.
You can catch them live in Dublin’s Lost Lane on June 13.
Nick says: Stay a While.
