Nova Twins live at Whelan’s in Dublin. Photos by Stuart Hayes.
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Ishmael Ensemble live at the Black Box in Belfast with support from Robocobra Quartet, part of the Moving On Music festival. Photos by Luke Macpherson
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CMAT live at The Academy in Dublin. Photos by Sean McMahon
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Pillow Queens with support by Smoothboi Ezra at Róisín Dubh in Galway. Photos by Ciarán O Maoláin
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Ireland has a strange, almost Lynchian relationship with country music. There are the Daniel O’Donnell/Nathan Carter/Garth Brooks die-hards, of course. This cohort is usually composed of people who grew up on westerns of the ’60s and ’70s, and came of age to the bizarre strings of the “Country and Irish” genre of music proliferated by the showband era. But interestingly there’s also a large chunk of millennials who were impacted (quite tragically) by Garth Brooks’ sold-out Croke Park concerts in the ’90s, and subsequently found themselves in some strange time-warp where youth clubs were teaching line dancing and the price…
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Gilla Band live at Whelans in Dublin with support from Percolator. Photos by Nance Hall
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Rusted Rail’s Gig Economy #1 took place in Carroll’s Caravan Club in Galway over the weekend to raise vital fund for the Red Cross in Ukraine. The gig featured live performances from Brain Kelly (So Cow), A Lilac Decline and Field Trip. Photos by Ciaran O Maolain
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The Mary Wallopers live at the Empire Music Hall in Belfast last week. Photos by Sean McMahon
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Carrying five albums in just seven years under their belt, Big Thief weigh in at the endearingly well-worn National Boxing Stadium with the towel very much not-thrown. Following warm-up act KMRU’s opening platform of ambient environmental sounds the stage set-up is minimal. Additional instrumentation of fiddle, jaw harp, and piano featured on Big Thief’s latest album are nowhere to be seen tonight. This is a group with full confidence in the intimacy and connectedness of its core membership. Adrianne Lenker and guitarist Buck Meek are at opposite ends of the stage. James Krivchenia’s drums are positioned centrally and he is…
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A resounding headline set by Denise Chaila at Dublin’s 3Olympia. Photos by Kevin Hennessy