Kerry stalwart Francie Conway (top) is back with a summer song bestolling the virtues of the Emerald Isle as a great place to spend the holiers.
In fairness, who wouldn’t want to be on that beach right now?
The band comprise: Vivienne Boucherat & Chris White (Vocals); Dom Torche (Hammond Organ); Peter Miklos Erdai (Bass); Matt Kelleghan (Drums & Percussion); Rory Conway (Vocals and shaker).
This day 36 years ago – 8 July 1985 – Ryanair began operations with an inaugural flight between Waterford and London Gatwick on a 15-seater turboprop plane.
Today, it is the largest airline in Europe, and the fifth largest globally, carrying 152.4 million passengers in 2018. pic.twitter.com/4xcGKdMxcc
— This Day in Irish History (@ThisDayIrish) July 8, 2021
Ra Gerra is a collaboration between electronica musician and producer Kobina (aka Sean Arthur) and hip-hop artist MuRli (aka Mawuli Boevi).
Indecisive is the third single from their new album New Vessels, out on July 16.
Kobina says:
“New Vessels is all about pushing one another to dig deeper within ourselves and to look for new ways of communicating with and navigating our relationships with ourselves and the world around us.”
MuRli says:
“There were no rules. I was just laying down whatever came naturally to me wherever I’d find myself writing. There was no specific direction I wanted to go into with this project. I was exploring new ways of writing and performing and this is the result.”
The video was directed by POB (Peter O’Brien) of Motherland productions and stars Kwaku Fortune as a man on a journey to an unknown destination, picking up passengers along the way.
Last Friday, from a suggestion by Capernosity & Function and with a €50 Golden Discs voucher redeemable in any Golden Discs store on offer, I asked you for your favourite song sung in a language other than English.
You replied in your dozens, creating a playlist of bangin’, if lyrically incomprehensible, choonage.
But there could be only one winner.
Third Place:
Talyat (Girl) By Tinariwen
Seanydelight writes:
“Ex-militia fighters, who have the wildest back story of any band, possibly rivaling the great Fela Kuti in terms of near unbelievableness. Tinariwen. Desert tinged, hypnotic ethno-folk with chanting and a soulful guitar leading the way.”
Runner-up:
Neon Licht by Kraftwerk
Seamus writes:
“I could post up at least twenty great Kraftwerk songs sung in the original German, but I think this is my favourite.”
Winner:
C’est Petits Luxes by Christophe
Lush writes:
“The first gift he-who-broke-my-heart gave me was Christophe’s album ‘Comme Si Le Terre Penchait’. I still love it, though the memories are bittersweet and I find it hard to listen to now.They’re all beautiful songs and I hesitated between Elle Dit Elle Dit Elle Dit and C’est Petits Luxes.”
Delicate and poised, with a raw confessional quality, Maria Kelly (top) has released the latest single from her forthcoming album.
Maria writes:
“I’ve been going to therapy on and off for years, and ‘good enough’ is a track that came from a lot of learning. For me, the song is a turning point – a moment of looking at the painful parts of my life and giving myself permission to feel them – not ignore, or escape, or distract, but to really feel them.
“The main emotion is anger; anger for what was handed to me, frustration for the way that I’m wired – but there’s an undercurrent of understanding too. If I now know where these things came from, and how much they truly weigh, it’s up to me whether or not I want to continue to carry them with me for the rest of my life.”
Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph.
Joseph said in a statement that a group of unidentified individuals attacked Moise’s home at around 1 a.m. and fatally wounded the head of state. The statement does not specify how the President was killed. Haiti’s first lady was shot and is receiving treatment, he added.
In recent times I’ve taken thousands of photos of Dublin sculptures and plaques & been posting them on Instagram… I Have also set up a History of Dublin YouTube channel (above featuring Seán Heuston’s plaque at Heuston Station).
Richard Ashcroft on stage with the Verve at Slane Castle, 1998
Well done Richard Ashcroft! The same goes for any of us in this movement do not comply or support anything that allows medical apartheid! https://t.co/norPwXLTs3
— No More Lockdowns UK (@NMLockdownsUK) July 6, 2021
This morning.
Meanwhile…
A solid decision and a great statement Comrade! Respect peace n love X iB. Stay firm Ricardo X
“…this is the main outcome of Con-vid. It has brought the worst out in people, and we weren’t ever in this together. We are deprived of seeing and hearing other people, and above all, you want to be with others who see and hear what you see and hear, because this is basic oxygen for the human soul. Take it away and people are dead.”
The new video by anthemic synth-rock ensemble Afterbliss is a rousing floor-filler with an intriguing video by Kim Farrelly.
The band are: Evan Cassidy – Lead Vocals; Alex Burcea – Lead Guitar, Synths, Backing Vocals; Ally Pender – Drums, Percussion; James O’ Gorman – Rhythm Guitar; and Shane Waldron – Bass Guitar.
Relationships are a racket for soulful Dublin electro pop newcomer SJ Talbot (top) as she serves an ace in her new video directed by Fionnoughla Madden and Robert Montgomery.
The 23-year-old Clontarf singer is a graduate of the Dublin BIMM college.
