Keywest – Hallelujah
Dublin busking veterans Keywest bring Leonard Cohen’s hymn to Grafton Street raising money and awareness for the Merchants Quay Centre for the homeless.
Available on iTunes here
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‘My son’s got nifty feet,
Thank you Henry Street…
A timely father/son duet extolling the seasonal products available in one of Dublin’s busiest thoroughfares.
We’re more Mary Street ourselves.
Mmf.
Contains salty language.
Thanks Gerry Claffy
Do you enjoy lush live music?
Barry writes:
Carol Keogh, formerly of The Plague Monkeys and one of the great underappreciated talents in Irish music, plays Whelan’s [Camden Street, Dublin] tomorrow night. It is the launch of Carol’s beautiful new album Mongrel City which, with titles such as ‘Forty Foot’, ‘Grand Parade’ and ‘Limbo Estate’, ring some of the cultural and political changes that the city, and the country, has been through in recent times.
Band members were Romy, Dave Hingerty (The Frames), Elton Mullally (The Tightrope Walkers), Martin Moran (The Tightrope Walkers) and composer, Colin J Morris and guests included Colm Mac Con Iomaire and Bill Blackmore, who provided string and brass arrangements for a little touch of symphony.
Listen to Mongrel City here
The Beagles We Cut Corners – Mammals
An existential hound-packed video made by Annie Atkins of Grand Budapaest Hotel (2013) artwork fame.
Sez Annie:
“I was interested to find out that Conall and John [of We Cut Corners] are both school teachers so I set the video in a special classroom for dogs, and a beagle from Bray called Sonny played most of the canine characters – he was a pretty versatile lead.”
Previously: Going To Wes
Via Nialler9
Christmas In Liverpool.
By Dublin band Monster Monster
Mick Stuart (top left) of the band writes:
We contacted Liverpool FC with our Christmas song, Christmas In Liverpool, and they love it. They played it at Anfield [Liverpool Ground] on Saturday and plan playing it over the Christmas games. The Liverpool Echo have picked up the story and are looking to do more with it: Also, it looks like BT Sport are picking up the tune for their Christmas schedule. I am a life-long Liverpool fan. Can you imagine? I only ever wanted to play for Liverpool above anything else in life. Hearing our song at Anfield is the nearest I will ever get. I feel like an 8-year-old again. YouTube hits are growing so it seems like we’ve tuned into something.
Meanwhile…
Liverpool FC stadium announcer George Sephton writes:
“It’s a beautiful piece of music. I will be playing it again at each game before Xmas and then AGAIN before Xmas 2015 and for as many Christmases as I have left at Anfield….”
The Hotspot Ukes – Brewing Up A Storm
Marcus Byrne writes:
The HotSpot Ukes from Greystones, Co Wicklow (friends of mine) recorded this cover of The Stunning’s classic, Brewing up a Storm. with all proceeds going to the homeless in Ireland. Steve Wall [ex -The Stunning now an actor] who wrote the song loves the cover and will be pushing it too.
Only €1.
Available to purchase here
Recorded by Jim Doherty and Aidan Smyth at The Hotspot Music Club, Greystones, County Wicklow.
Jape – The Heart’s Desire
Flagrantly trippy underwater naughtiness from Dublin electronic rock outfit formed around the talents of Richie Egan. Jape’s new album, This Chemical Sea, is released on January 23rd 2015.
Video by Conor Finnegan
Thanks Pete Murphy
Riot Tapes – Cardinal Rules
Sun-soaked pop on the streets of Temple Bar featuring people that wish to be no one else but themselves.
Pesky kids.
Chelsea White writes:
Cardinal Rules is the first single by Riot Tapes on Reekus Records. If you want to see them LIVE Riot Tapes are playing November 30 at Saucy Sundays at The Grand Social [Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1]….
Available on iTunes here
Me And The Devil Blues – Cormac Breslin aka CC Brez.
The Robert Johnson blues standard performed LAST NIGHT in Abner Brown’s Barbershop, Rathmines, Dublin.
Cormac has some excellent form in this regard.
Directed by Stephen Mogerley.
Thanks Graeme Kelly
Gangs – Back to School
Chealsea White writes:
This is the title track from Dublin band Gangs [Jordan Curtis, Dan Smith, James Connolly and Jonny Halpin] debut EP, Back To School. The EP is available now from Reekus Records here . The video was directed by Gansee Films and the track was produced by Brian Foley of The Blades.