Only Moonlight
By SaltaireIn the ever fertile landscape of Irish folk music, new groups often emerge carrying the tradition forward while gently bending it toward new horizons. The trio Saltaire do exactly that on their debut EP Only Moonlight...
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Peter Burrows
Somebody tried to sell me a bridge
By Van MorrisonVan the Man Van Morrison needs no introduction. A true titan of the music industry, Van has been releasing music steadily since the 60s. He has the rare honour of being in the top 10 albums for 4 consecutive decades. To...
Matt Lucey
Hammer and chisel
By Altered Five Blues BandMeet the Band Altered Five Blues Band is a five piece blues band that formed in 2002. Hailing from Wisconsin, they’ve been steadily bringing out music ever since. With 7 studio albums, and plenty of live shows...
Who Am I
By The Tedeschi Trucks BandIntro to the band Susan Tedeschi and Derek Trucks formed the band “The Tedeschi Trucks Band” in 2010. A married couple, with a shared love for music, this dynamic duo took the blues world by storm. The couple got...
The Mountain
By Gorillaz, Damon AlbarnGorillaz There was once a time when you’d wait up to 5-7 years for a new Gorillaz album. Their debut was 2001. You would then wait till 2005 for Demon Days. Plastic Beach was then released in 2010. The wait for the next...
Adam Kenny
Nothing’s About to Happen to Me
By MitskiHow Mitski of her Nothing’s About to Happen to Me is a really good way to describe the experience when listening to Mitski. Listening to “Last Words of a Shooting Star” or “Two Slow Dancers” would guarantee a wellness...
Good Morning (I love You)
By Eggs On MarsEggs on Mars come from Kansas City, and although I’m only discovering them now, the band have been around for more than a decade. The quartet features songwriter, guitarist and vocalist Brad Smith, alongside bassist and...
Richard Bodin
all the stars will fall
By AstrobiteThe sky is falling in the background From airport music (shout out Brian Eno) to fill in the void, to soundtracks for shows such as Normal People. To fill the space while adding to the atmosphere and tone of the show...
BB King Blues Summit 100
By Joe Bonamassa, Derek Trucks, Susan Tedeschi, Buddy Guy, Christone Kingfish Ingram, Various ArtistsFor some time now, I’ve been living in anticipation. Each song released from this album was played on repeat, keeping me in music for the last months. The BB King Blues Summit, organised by Joe Bonamassa is one of the...
Rock Me Baby
By Van Morrison, Buddy GuyIntro to the two Van Morisson is a well know musician whos refuses to be bound to a single genre. From Rock to blues, Jazz to R&B, he’s done it all. Having grown up surrounded by early blues and Jazz, he was ideally...
DJ Set
By MouseatouilleData-driven algorithms for the most part, can be a bit invasive and a big marketing tool. One use, I find, is that it can expose new music that can so easily fall under the radar. Spotify’s algorithm introduced me...
Ronan O'Brien
Hither Thither
By O EmperorIrish albums are essential to my listening. While O Emperor had previously appeared in my rotation, I can’t say I was overly impressed. However, stumbling across their debut album gave me plenty of things to...
Sleeping With The Light On
By ThumperTHUMPER make a return with their sophomore album, Sleeping With The Light On. A band known for their huge sound, the sextet have taken a step back and looked inward on their latest project. THUMPER THUMPER are, in my...
Attitude Adjustment
By BuzzcocksFew bands in punk history balanced heart and bite like the Buzzcocks. Nearly five decades on, and following the loss of Pete Shelley, Attitude Adjustment arrives with the weight of legacy behind it — and expectations to...
Connections
By Hermitage GreenAs Hermitage Green is getting ready for their fifteenth-anniversary concerts in Limerick’s King John Castle and Whelan’s in Dublin, what better occasion to rediscover their latest and more adventurous album: Connections...
Seeking Darkness
By HumericHumeric is not a name you’re going to be too familiar with unless you are keeping an eye on Parannoul. The pseudonym for shoegaze, ambient noise rock project from a South Korean artist that is mostly known as Parannoul...
