Lisa Gorry – It Was You (And Me)

Confessional Kildare singer/songwriter Lisa Gorry (top) opens up about her new single – the title track of her new EP out on October 28.

Lisa says:

“‘It Was You (and Me)’ was the last song to be written for the EP and it was written for the purpose of having a single with the EP’s name as I thought the message was important.

“This single, and the EP as a whole I suppose, is answering the title of the first EP, ‘Is It Me?’, and was a reminder to myself of the work that I had done in the wake of past relationships to become stronger and more self-reliant, and how, while it was helped along by a loving partner who sought to understand, it was me who had to put in the foundational work first to then be able to express myself and set boundaries within a new relationship.”

Nick says: Love’s rich pageant.

Lisa Gorry

Pop Wallace – Wet Whistle

Pop art.

Born in Carlow but now based in Phoenix, Arizona, electronica pioneer Pop Wallace (top) has followed his Good Boy album with a new 6-track instrumental EP Noises Made Figuring Things Out.

Pop explains:

“This song was actually the catalyst for the entire EP. I had essentially gone out to try to make a drum and bass track when starting it. Happy with how it turned out but not necessarily seeing where I could fit in vocals that would accompany it with the style of what my previous songs had sounded like, I realised I didn’t want to have to put something out only if I could sing on it. This inspired me to work on more songs outside of what I had made before and was the inspiration for why I wanted to make this EP in the first place.”

Nick says: Pop in the name of love.

Pop Wallace

Rushes – Lost In Therapy

Skibbereen soul-pop singer Rushes (top) returns with the latest single from his new Glowchild album.

Rushes says:

“I wrote ‘Lost in Therapy’ at my most vulnerable. I was going in and out of therapy sessions every week, shedding pieces from my life. I really lost sight of everything else around me and the people who cared for me. I kind of let them go, even when they were there to listen. I was lost.

“It’s the song I’m most proud of and the song I’m most fearful of putting out at the same time.”

Nick says: Once upon a time in West Cork.

Rushes

Waters Edge – Call It Fate

O sister, where art thou?

Twins Katie and Aoife Lynch (top) from Duleek, County Meath, serve up a treat for fans of The Staves and First Aid Kit with their debut single.

Beginning as buskers on the streets of Dublin, in 2019 they qualified for The Voice UK 2020 and were successful in getting onto mentor Meghan Trainor’s team for the battle stage. Their audition has amassed 4.2 million views on Youtube.

You could call it fate!

Nick says: High Water mark.

Waters Edge

Pic: Rohan Healy

John Francis Flynn – Lovely Joan

It’s folk, Jim, but not as we know it.

Dubliner John Francis Flynn (top), a veteran of five-piece folk troupe Skipper’s Alley, commands our full undivided attention on this live performance of a song on his new album I Would Not Live Always.

The vid was filmed in Connolly’s of Leap, county Cork, by director Peadar O Goill.

Nick says: In like Flynn.

John Francis Flynn