Search Results for: AAA

  • Traditional Singing from Dublin: A Track-by-Track by Macdara Yeates and Daniel Fox

    October 31, 2024 - By 

    For centuries, Dublin has thrived as a folk music stronghold, its tradition evolving from the days of street singers like Zozimus to the fiery voices of the 1960s revival. Today, the city’s folk scene pulses and transcends anew, celebrated on stages worldwide by the likes of Lankum, John Francis Flynn and countless more. Yet beneath this acclaim lies a deep, grassroots network of pipers, singers and storytellers who embody Dublin’s enduring folk soul. Into this rich tradition steps Macdara Yeates with Traditional Singing from Dublin, a record that feels as vital as it is timeless. Partnering with producer Daniel Fox…

  • Chatting To The Cheesemonger: An Interview with Danny Carroll

    February 28, 2024 - By 

    A quintessential indie rock showman-turned-millennial songsmith in the classical mode, we have a chat with Danny Carroll ahead of the release of his solo debut LP I Am The Cheese, out this Friday. Your debut LP I Am The Cheese shares its title with a 1977 young adult fiction novel, written by Robert Cormier. Could you tell us about the poignancy of that title to yourself and this body of work? It’s a book I read when I was 12 and was pretty haunted by. The final lines of the novel refer back to the folk song ‘The Farmer In…

  • Irish Tracks of The Week – 21st July

    July 21, 2023 - By 

    It’s a stacked week for Irish music, with some new music from some of the best names around, including Maija Sofia, Jape, The Mary Wallopers, Kojaque, Nealo, Sweetlemondae, Moondiver and more. The Mary Wallopers – Wexford Maija Sofia – Telling The Bees Space Shepherds – What Fabric? What Fabric? by Space Shepherds Sweetlemondae – Turn The World Jape – Heal These Wounds Kojaque – Bambi (Feat. Gotts Street Park) Connor McCann – I Believe Al Reddan – Galtee Mountain Boy Galtee Mountain Boy by al reddan Moondiver – When U Land moondiver · When U Land Nealo & Jehnova – Tears…

  • Gilla Band Announce Dublin and Belfast Shows

    March 28, 2022 - By 

    Gilla Band have announced new dates for Dublin and Belfast. Having changed their name from Girl Band in November last year, the Dara Kiely-fronted Dublin quartet will play their biggest Irish headline shows to date at Dublin’s National Stadium on 9th December and the Empire in Belfast on 15th December. Tickets for both shows go on sale this Friday, 1st April at 9am. It’s been seven years since Gilla Band headlined shows in Belfast, both of which were hosted by The Thin Air. Revisit those here and here.

  • Myles Manley – Cometh The Softies

    November 27, 2020 - By 

    Myles Manley’s new album has been a long time coming. After a series of EPs earlier in the decade, along with ironically titled compilation Greatest Hits 2012-13, the last few years have only seen occasional singles emerge from the hive, though his live shows have promised plenty, with a string of new songs and a sterling three piece band lineup completed by Chris Barry and Solamh Kelly – the former expertly juggling guitar, bass and keys, while the latter takes his place as one of the country’s most impressive drummers, full of jerky, jazz-inflected rhythms across a kit that even…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – October 16th

    October 16, 2020 - By 

    It’s safe to say it’s been another stacked week for world-beating Irish music. Here’s the very best of the lot, featuring tracks from Rejjie Snow, Caoilian Sherlock, Paddy Hanna, Arborist, Tebi Rex and many more. Photo by Lloyd Pursall Rejjie Snow w/ Snoh Aelagra and Cam O’bi – Mirrors Paddy Hanna – Jog On Shall We The Hill by Paddy Hanna Comrade Hat – Cracking The Code Caoilian Sherlock – Sucker For Love Arborist – The Mountain Will Come To You Tebi Rex & Awkward Z – Aaaagh Ten Past Seven – Turf War IN-IS – Dark Light feat. Tom Adams…

  • Long Distance Love @ National Concert Hall

    September 16, 2020 - By 

    Some of the country’s very best acts are coming together for a show next week. Transmitted live from the National Concert Hall on September 22 from 8pm, Long Distance Love will feature sets from Andy Irvine & Dónal Lunny, Radie Peat, The Mary Wallopers, Maija Sofia and Sorcha Ní Scolaí. Presented by MusicTown – which runs from 9th-27th September – and the NCH, in association with Foggy Notions, tickets for Long Distance Love cost €8.

  • Preview: Origins is the Appreciative Ode That Irish Hip-hop Deserves

    September 2, 2020 - By 

    Origins: The Story of Irish Hip Hop is a brand new documentary presented by Red Bull and Collective Films charting the development and growth of the Irish hip-hop movement over the last four decades. Multiple years in the works and due for release on RTÉ One this Thursday, Origins takes a deep dive into the stories and mythologies of the scene through key figure interviews, live footage and narrative talking points. With an inimitable soundtrack (surely an official compilation is on the way?) and a familiar, amiable tone, Origins is the appreciative ode that Irish hip-hop deserves. Some of Origins’…

  • Premiere: Myles Manley – Aaa Episode 3 and 0

    April 29, 2020 - By 

    Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve been offering a first look at Aaa, a new music video series by Dublin-based artist Myles Manley. A three-part collaboration with various filmmakers, it has honed in on exactly what sets Manley apart as a genre-contorting pop auteur. In Part 1, Myles visited a group of wealthy businesspeople, seeking investment for a new streaming service, www.musiccool.ie. In Part 2, our intrepid hero suffered a bout of depression and seeking some counselling, following the rejection of Music Cool. Today, in episode 3 and 0, he frames his experiences in another way. Watch Bob Gallagher’s…