Live Review: Imelda May / Rachael Sage / Niall McNamee – Vicar Street, Dublin 15.05.2022
Imelda May has been on tour since the beginning of April with her Made to Love spring tour, running through April and May with dates all across the UK and Ireland, ending with three dates in her home town of Dublin.Support in Dublin was Rachael Sage and Niall McNamee. The Sunday night was the final …
Live Review: Darwin Deez – Whelans,Dublin 11,05,2022
American indie band Darwin Deez arrived at Dublin’s venue Whelan’s for the fourth date of the tour of a string of UK & Irish dates performing the self titled debut album in full for its 10th anniversary.What a night, renowned for the most entertaining performances is an understatement! from start to finish the venue is …
Live REVIEW: Spiritualized / Alan Wilkinson – 3Olympia, Dublin 07,05,2022
Opening the show was Alan Wilkinson and folks must have checked the venues website for stage times as there’s not many in and those that are, are looking very bewildered as to what is happening as Alan is centre stage and playing the saxophone. Alan has been a leading figure in the British Improvised Music …
Live Review: Poets of the Fall – The Academy, Dublin 05.05.2022
Finnish rock/symphonic rock band arrived at Dublin’s The Academy main room for their Ghostlight tour. Last playing Dublin in 2019 and that being the bands last trip outside of Finland for sometime.The stage dappled in red and the crowd waiting it hits 9pm and the band took to the stage I thought no?! red light …
Live Review: Kae Tempest / Shungudzo – Vicar Street, Dublin 04,05,2022
Last night Kea Tempest finished up the Irish leg of their tour in Vicar Street Dublin and WOW! was it amazing, with support coming from Zimbabwean-American singer Shungudzo.Shungudzo took to the stage of Vicar Street wear a large fluffy pink dress and harness singing her songs of self love / self respect & protection and …
Live Review: Kilkenny Roots Festival – Various Venues, 29th April – 2nd May
One of the most prestigious Americana/Roots festivals is back after being missed by so many for so long! as like other years people have travelled long and far to be in Kilkenny again for the weekend, many arriving on the Thursday and not leaving till the Tuesday.The city comes a live with the buzz of …
News: Margo Cilker announces UK & Irish Tour Dates
Following the release of her highly praised debut record ‘Pohorylle’ — released last year — MARGO CILKER is returning to the road for a string of UK & Irish dates this May. The Easter Oregon songwriter, who NPR dubbed one of “11 Oregon Artists to Watch in 2021”, has split her time between the road …
Live Review: William DuVall – The Academy Greenroom, Dublin 25.04.2022
Words by Max Falvey. “This is a song that I wrote so that I could cry into my beer with my own song.” After going over two years without performing in front of a live audience, Alice In Chains’ frontman William Duvall took to The Green Room in Dublin’s Academy last night to (finally) kick …