New Music Playlist featuring I Dreamed I Dream, Lone Bison, David Duffy Quartet, Brigid Mae Power & more. Loads more new music in the package of playlist #765. Begin the week afresh with new music and videos from I Dreamed I Dream, Lone Bison, David Duffy Quartet, Brigid Mae Power, Cherry Glazerr, Molly Burch, Lisa O’Neill and Slow Pulp. on this week’s video playlist. Click on the player below to start the playlist. Tour News I Dreamed, I Dream play The Green Room at Cork Opera House Saturday 21st October with Inchworm. Tickets available at www.corkoperahouse.ie Brigid Mae Power plays The ..read more

See the full programme for the 2023 Cork Folk Festival. One of Ireland’s longest running and most treasured folk festivals. Cork Folk Festival Cork Folk Festival 2023 The 44th edition of the Cork Folk Festival kicked off last night with the premiere of Karan Casey‘s The Women, We Will Rise at The Everyman. Irish folk royalyty Sharon Shannon, Mary Coughlan, Frances Black, international players Damien O’Kane & Ron Block (Alison Krauss) and more will descend upon Cork for a full weekend of folk and traditional music. Cork Folk Festival Programme Pick up a copy of the Cork Folk Festival prog ..read more

New Music Playlist featuring Hilary Woods, Eartheater, Mick Flannery, Valerie June & more. Welcome to another batch of new music in the package of playlist #763. Begin the week afresh with new music and videos from Hilary Woods, Eartheater, Mick Flannery, Valerie June, Weyes Blood, Hania Rani, Bonnie Prince Billy, Margaret Glaspy and Bleachers. on this week’s video playlist. Click on the player below to start the playlist. Tour News Hilary Woods plays The Complex, Dublin 25th & 26th October. Mick Flannery tours his new album Goodtime Charlie now including: 26th & 27th Oct – De Ba ..read more

Top Traditional Music Concerts for October 2023 Here’s a look at a number of stand-out Irish traditional music concerts and gigs lined up for October 2023. This series of articles is supported by Online Academy of Irish Music. Headquartered in Doolin, Co. Clare, OAIM provides quality tuition in traditional Irish instruments to the world via a unique online platform. Cork Folk Festival (27th September-1st October) As recently announced here, the 44th edition of the Cork Folk Festival welcomes a collection of folk and traditional players down south across the last weekend of September/first week ..read more

Culture Night returns to the streets of Cork – and the rest of Ireland – for the eighteenth edition. Oíche Chultúir / Culture Night is a free national, annual celebration of culture, creativity and the arts. Culture Night Every year for the past eighteen, the Irish Arts Council officially celebrates culture, creativity and the arts in the form of Culture Night, where arts centres/galleries/museums and more invite everyone in to see what’s happening behind their hallowed doors. And it’s all FREE. In 2022, it is estimated that about three quarters of a million people interacted with, engaged a ..read more

New Music Playlist featuring Rachel Lavelle, John Francis Flynn, Sufjan Stevens & more. Welcome to another batch of new music in the package of playlist #763. Begin the week afresh with new music and videos from John Francis Flynn, CMAT, Rachel Lavelle, Sigur Rós, English Teacher, Sufjan Stevens, Emma Anderson and Mick Flannery. on this week’s video playlist. Click on the player below to start the playlist. Tour News Rachel Lavelle plays the following Irish dates: 4th Nov – Project Arts Centre, Dublin 30th Nov – Mick Lally Theatre, Galway 1st Dec – The Record Room, Limerick 6th Dec – Pri ..read more

Cork musician Elaine Malone released new record, Pyrrhic, on Pizza Records. New album – Pyrrhic Pysch-folk songwriter Elaine Malone‘s début album, Pyrrhic, is out now on Pizza Pizza Records. With a band featuring Sam Clague (Crying Loser), James Christie (The Bonk) and Ruairí Dale (Elastic Sleep), Pyrrhic was recorded with Cathal MacGabhann (The Altered Hours) in Cork City late 2021. The album’s release on 8th September was led by pulsating singles Eat Out Of Your Hand and Moontread, followed by a Cork launch show at Sounds From a Safe Harbour just last week. Named after the concept of a pyrr ..read more

The Cosmopolitans...just 'coz... This post exists for no particular reason other than this tune from The Cosmopolitans is absolutely bonkers brilliant and completely unknown to me until earlier this week. In fact, I'd no knowledge of The Cosmopolitans whatsoever until I read a recent NY Times article, 12 Forgotten Classics by Women-Led New Wave Bands. An explosion of irreverent energy, Jamie K. Sims, Nel Moore, and Leslie Levinson's North Carolina trio ripped into the New York new wave scene from 1980-1982. Watch the video for '(How to Keep Your) Husband Happy' below, described by  ..read more

Good times with Guerrilla Studios... Guerrilla Studios has moved online with a brand new music magazine show. A collaboration between John 'Spud' Murphy and Ian Chestnutt of Percolator/Guerrilla Studios - alongside Ray Wingnut and Zara Hedderman - the show aims to showcase Irish underground art and music. The first episode broadcast live on YouTube featuring The Bonk, John Francis Flynn, and Vicky Langan. and can be viewed using the player below. The next live-stream session is set for Thursday 23rd July 2020 at 10pm so make sure to subscribe. Keep creators creating by don ..read more

Monday is made for new music... ...featuring new videos from This Is the Kit, Fontaines D.C., Denise Chaila, Jónsi and more. Simply click play below to begin today's playlist. - For past playlists see here. Follow The G-Man on: Facebook -- Twitter -- Pinterest -- Mixcloud -- This Is My Jam -- exfm -- Soundcloud -- Bloglovin ..read more