Starboard Home featuring Jape, Paul Noonan from Bell X1, Paul Cleary from The Blades, Cathy Davey, Duke Special, Gemma Hayes, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Lisa O’Neill, Declan O’Rourke, John Sheahan and Caitriona Lally at the National Concert Hall in Dublin. Photos by Moira Reilly.
Lisa Hannigan’s sold out show at Kenny’s bar in Lahinch with support from Ye Vagabonds. Photos by Moira Reilly.
Mutefish, Punch Face Champions and Grand live at Whelans, Dublin. Photos by Paolo Lisarelli.
Hip-hop legends De La Soul live at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin with support from Hare Squead. Photos by Aidan Kelly Murphy.
Lisa Hannigan live at Connolly’s of Leap in Cork with support from Ye Vagabonds. Photos by Jason Lee.
Mudhoney and Bog Log III live at Whelans in Dublin. Photos by Pedro Giaquinto.
It’s only June but summer 2016 seems to be the one that just keeps on giving. The glorious weather is only the setting to our sweet isle being visited by not one, two but three musical giants in little over a week, and these standalone shows all sit in the midst of a rousing festival season. For some it may be a little too much but in a world losing legends at every turn it’s simply unthinkable to pass up an opportunity to take in another one who lies so comfortably in the canon. Bryan Ferry may not be the…
Lisa Hannigan live at the Riverbank Arts Centre in Kildare. Photos by Peter O’Hanlon.
A year or so ago, I was told about an amazing gig that had happened in the National Concert Hall. It was unlike any live performance that the person recounting the night had ever seen. From that moment I was intrigued and eager to see Paul G. Smyth perform. Smyth, a member of The Jimmy Cake as well as a revered genius in the art of improvisational music is probably one of the most important musicians in Dublin. A sentiment immortalised following an outstanding, and at times unnerving, performance on a remarkably beautiful summer’s evening in St. Finian’s Church. The…
Mother Mooch live at the Workman’s Club in Dublin. Photos by Isabel Thomas.