Myles O’Reilly embarked on a self described world tour of Cork, performing at Prim’s Bookshop in Kinsale, Coughlan’s Bar in Ballintemple and DeBarra’s Folk Club in Clonakilty. Photos by John Sheehy
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The Frank & Walters live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Philip Corkery
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God Alone live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Philip Corkery
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Fresh off the release of her debut album Time Bend And Break The Bower, Sinead O’Brien brings her hypnotic performance and affecting spoken-word lyricism to Cork’s Cyprus Avenue. Blending apocalyptic soothsaying with mythological allegory, O’Brien’s lyrics create a profound experience on their own, but combined with the driving guitar and drums of her band (Julian Hanson and Oscar Robertson) they create an aural meditation that washes over you before hitting you in the gut. Recent tracks like ‘End Of Days’ and ‘Most Modern Painting’ get the set going as O’Brien draws the crowd closer to the stage. On stage she…
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Bricknasty live at St. Lukes in Cork. Photos by Philip Corkery
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God is an Astronaut live at Cyprus Avenue in Cork. Photos by Celeste Burdon
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Pillow Queens made a triumphant return to Cyprus Avenue, Cork, this past weekend, having last played in 2021 during that weird phase of the pandemic where people were allowed to aggressively breathe into each other’s mouths at the bar but couldn’t be trusted to stand upright in a half capacity gig venue. At the time, the band opted to pull double duty and played two gigs a day so as to avoid cancelling tickets in what they called their “2 Shows 1 Cup” tour. An inspirational effort in both commitment to their fans and to bad jokes. Those in attendance…
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Sprints live at Winthrop Avenue in Cork with support from Cardinals. Photos by John Sheehy
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Talos live at Connolly’s of Leap in West Cork. Photos by John Sheehy
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Soda Blonde live at Levis in Ballydehob, Co. Cork. Photos by John Sheehy