• Irish Tracks of the Week – 30th September

    In another excellent week of Irish music, dig into the best new sounds of the past seven days, including The Mary Wallopers, Fujiya & Miyagi feat. Everything Shook, banríon, Bedrooms, HamsandwicH and more. The Mary Wallopers – Cod Liver Oil and The Orange Juice banríon – dare to crush EP fooling by banríon Actual Acid – Half Time Bedrooms – huffing huffing by Bedrooms AILSHA – R.I.P. (Dead 2 Me) Paddy Hanna – Nightmares Imagine I'm Hoping by Paddy Hanna Ali Comerford – Cool Girl Pádraig Cooney – Centuries of Learning Centuries of Learning by Padraig Cooney This Throat – I sent it…

  • Irish Tracks of the Week – August 26th

    Dig into the very best Irish releases of the week, featuring Uly, The Mary Wallopers, Lõwli, Niall McDowell, Seamus O’Muineachain and more. The Mary Wallopers – Frost Is All Over Niall McDowell – It Was an Honour To Be Nominated Uly – Fishing Seamus O’Muineachain – Mouth of the Isthmus Lõwli – Otherworld Ways of Seeing – The Other Side Of Summer Anna Mullarkey – Damsha Hall JW Soundworks – Hypoxic Reverie Last Survivor – Midnight Run The Art Crimes Band – Neon Skyline

  • Dolans Warehouse Launch Outdoor Gig Series

    Dolans Warehouse and Seoda Shows have announced a series of outdoor gigs in conjunction with Limerick’s Milk Market, set to run throughout August and September. Limrock Live, which takes place in The Milk Market (also known as The Big Top), has announced acts such as The Mary Wallopers, Anna’s Anchor and Toucan so far for the month of August. All events are limited to a 200 person capacity and tickets are sold in pods of four. Robocobra Quartet and Soda Blonde are planned for indoor shows in September, with tickets not yet for sale. Limerick’s Hunt Museum have also launched…

  • A Chat with The Mary Wallopers

    Dundalk brothers Charles and Andrew Hendy have been charming audiences in their guise as hip-hop duo TPM since 2015, with a run of hilarious but infectious singles about life on the dole, their love of curry sauce and their hatred of the national broadcaster. But their more recent reinvention as stout-swilling folk band The Mary Wallopers, with friend Seán McKenna in tow, came as something of a surprise. Armed with guitars, banjos and a seemingly bottomless well of traditional folk ballads, the trio have supported the likes of Lankum and Junior Brother, as well as playing their own riotous and…

  • Other Voices Announce Christmas Gig at Guinness Storehouse

    Other Voices have announced details of a star-studded Christmas gig at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. Home From the Guinness Storehouse will take place on Wednesday, December 16th and will feature appearances by Denise Chaila, Conor O’Brien of Villagers, MuRli, God Knows, Mango x Mathman, The Mary Wallopers, Sorcha Richardson, Crash Ensemble, Sean Potts and Doireann Glackin. It will be presented by Loah and will also feature a spoken word by Joseph O’Connor. “It is an honour to present an incredibly special evening of Other Voices at the Guinness Storehouse,” Loah said. “It’s been a difficult year for live performance,…

  • Long Distance Love @ National Concert Hall

    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.