• The First Time: Mike Mormecha

    June 13, 2013 - By 

    In the second installment of The First Time, we kindly interrogate Mike Mormecha from the one and only Mojo Fury (and indeed Clown Parlour) about significant “firsts” in his music listening, loving and making life. Thanks, as ever, to Joe Laverty for the exceptional portrait photograph of Mike. Look at him there, with the chicken on his shoulder. Lovely. ___ First album you bought? Aphex Twin – Come To Daddy First single you bought? Daft Punk – ‘Da Funk’ (cardboard cassette)   First live concert/gig? Eric Bell at the Waterfront hall. First album you properly loved? Nevermind First artist/band to…

  • The First Time: Alana Henderson

    May 24, 2013 - By 

    In the very first installment of The First Time, we ask fast-rising, cello-wielding, Dungannon-derived songstress Alana Henderson to cast her minds eye back to pivotal ‘firsts’ in her music-listening, discovering and making life. Next week: Mojo Fury’s Mike Mormecha. First album you bought? Lets be honest shall we? It was a Shania Twain album. Come On Over. I was off school sick and I remember gathering the money together and sending my mum to go and buy me it in Woolworths in Dungannon. I’m pretty sure I loved it. The first album I remember buying myself was Anthony & The…