Author Archives: Nick Kelly

Only 10% of the headliners for TradFest Temple Bar 2022, are women and only 15% of headliners at the Doolin Folk Festival are women

This afternoon.

FairPlé analysed the line-ups of 16 festivals and concluded that, on average, women make up only 24.9% of the performers.

They write:

FairPlé is making a direct call out to all promoters, festival organisers and event programmers to make substantive gender balance a priority. There are plenty of amazing women, non-binary and gender-fluid artistes out there, but we are not getting to see or hear all of them. Details of many musicians can be found in our directory.

We are calling on festival funders and sponsors to take a proactive approach to the gender balance of the events you are supporting. At a minimum, all public funding should be conditional upon monitoring and reporting on gender balance of all aspects of the funded events.

Anyone?

The Festival Line-up Challenge (FairPlé)

Ryan McMullan – Static

Falling for a dancer.

The star of the County Down (Portaferry, to be precise), Ryan McMullan (top) leads us on a merry dance on the new single from his forthcoming album Redesign, due in September.

Ryan writes:

“Written in the Scottish Highlands with the incredible Foy Vance, Static came from a conversation about finding yourself in something before you’d even come to terms with it. And in turn, coming to terms with it mid-conversation. Ready or not; the heart wants.”

The process of recording the album was shown in the documentary Debut which was directed by Brendan J. Byrne and shown last year at Galway Film Fleadh and on the BBC. The film centres around a four-day recording and listening session in Cruit Island, County Donegal, at the end of 2019.

Ryan plays Custom House Square, Belfast, on August 27.

Nick says: Hotsteppers assemble.

Ryan McMullan

Last night.

Further to the release by court order of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine safety data…

…Via Daily Exposé:

One of the documents contained in the Pfizer data dump is ‘reissue_5.3.6 postmarketing experience.pdf’.  Page 12 of the confidential document contains data on the use of the Pfizer Covid-19 injection in pregnancy and lactation.

Pfizer state in the document that by 28th February 2021 there were 270 known cases of exposure to the mRNA injection during pregnancy.

One-hundred-and-forty-six of those mother cases did not immediately report the immediate occurrence of any clinical adverse event. But 124 of the 270 mother cases did. Meaning 46% of the mothers exposed to the Pfizer Covid-19 injection suffered an adverse reaction.

Of those 124 mothers suffering an adverse reaction, 49 were considered non-serious adverse reactions, whereas 75 were considered serious. This means 58% of the mothers who reported suffering adverse reactions suffered a serious adverse event ranging from uterine contraction to foetal death.

There were 34 outcomes altogether at the time of the report, but 5 of them were still pending. Pfizer note that only 1 of the 29 known outcomes were normal, whilst 28 of the 29 outcomes resulted in the loss/death of the baby. This equates to 97% of all known outcomes of Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy resulting in the loss of the child.

When we include the 5 cases where the outcome was still pending it equates to 82% of all outcomes of Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy resulting in the loss of the child. This equates to an average of around 90% between the 82% and 97% figure.

Confidential Pfizer Docs. reveal 90% of Covid Vaccinated Pregnant Women lost their Baby; but Pfizer claimed: “No safety signals emerged” (Daily Exposé)

Previously: Trials

Meanwhile…

‘You were given a choice.

‘But were you given all the information?’

Only you can decide.

Vaccine Damage Payment (Gov.UK)

Meanwhile…

Um.

Eoghan Moylan – Dark Disco

This ain’t no disco…

Galway singer/songwriter Eoghan Moylan (top) knocks it out of the park with his debut single.

To quote the press blurb:

“The song is about a man who meets a woman to capture the fun, life, and thrills before it’s too late. Yet the whole tale is navigated with wordplay that is charmingly winsome and witty.”

Eoghan writes:

“I wrote it while isolated, in my old estate in Galway City. But I recorded it a year later, out of a spare bedroom, while I had the chance to travel around Granada.”

Nick says: The Dark is rising.

Eoghan Moylan

Thank Felix it’s Friday.

Gather round, readers. The vinyl-breaking theme for this week’s voucher-less music banter comes courtesy of our valued Trailer Park key-holder Andy Pipkin.

Andy writes:

“As a suggestion for today’s competition may I suggest your favourite song about cheating!! Here’s mine.”

You may.

And here’s mine.

Lines must close at 5.15pm 10.45pm Saturday 10am.

Please include video link if possible.

Last week I asked you to name your favourite song about or mentioning stars. You answered in your tens.

Ben Madigan won my esteem with this entry…

Teenage Fanclub – Star Sign

Ben writes:

“Is your star sign ever wrong?”

“A classic slice of melodic guitar power pop from 1991’s Bandwagonesque.”

Nick says: Congrats Ben and thanks to y’all for entering.

Last week: Win Nick’s Esteem

Steamboat Vinyl, Limerick

Vale – Warning Sign

Sign o’ the times.

Tipperary electro-pop pioneer Eoin Hally (top) aka Vale is on top form on the new single from his six-song EP Aftertouch.

Eoin writes:

“Some of it is rooted in darkness, more of it is questioning our place here. It can sound in places, cold, careless or maybe even hurtful… but it’s quietly hopeful, moving along, step by step.”

Nick says: Hally’s comet,

Vale

James Vincent McMorrow & The Theodora Byrne Ensemble – The Less I Knew

Will you still love me, McMorrow?

The prolific James Vincent McMorrow (top) is releasing two albums this year. The first – The Less I Knew – is out on Faction Records on June 24.

On this intense live video performance of the title track he is joined by the Theodora Byrne Ensemble.

James writes:

“Making music, playing music, living my life in a way that is honest and candid. I’m trying to go easier on myself. I’m trying to make music that lets people know they should go easier on themselves too.

“Because the world is exhausting, and we are not well built for it, we tell ourselves that the toxic parts of it that grow up around us are just something we have to deal with. And sometimes that’s true, some things are beyond our control.

“But in the parts we can control, we should be easier with ourselves, I am trying to create work that allows people to be easier with themselves and with others, to know that most of us don’t have our shit together and never will, and that is ok, in fact it’s better than ok it’s great because it’s life and if you don’t appreciate it at the time, if you’re always trying to change it and bend it to your will, then you’ll miss it and it’ll be gone and you can’t get it back.

“We’ve all missed a lot, personally I do not want to miss any more of it.”

Nick says: Amen.

James Vincent McMorrow

Pic: Emma McMorrow