Pictures: RSD/We Play Here weekender @ The Triskel
There were a plethora of good bands and acts playing around the Triskel Arts Centre in Cork City over the weekend, APril 19 and 20, in a joint celebration of Record Store Day and our launch of We Play...
View ArticlePictures: We Cut Corners and Liza Flume @ Crane Lane, 26/04/14
We Cut Corners released their second album Think Nothing on Friday, and showcased it at the Crane Lane in Cork the next day, Saturday, April 26. They brought Liza Flume down from Dublin with them, and...
View ArticlePictures: Elastic Sleep EP launch @ The Triskel, 04/05/2014
Cork band Elastic Sleep launched their debut EP Leave You at the Triskel on Sunday night. It was just over 10 months ago that I first blogged about them, a little flustered at just how good...
View ArticlePictures: Elastic Sleep and Girl Band @ Clonakilty International Guitar Festival
For its tenth year, the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival had a stellar lineup over the weekend, from September 18-21. I was only able to make it down for the Saturday, but still managed to...
View ArticlePictures: Amen Dunes and Cian Nugent @ TDC, 25/09/14
Damon McMahon aka Amen Dunes was touring around Ireland last week, arriving in Cork on Thursday, September 25, to play the TDC in the Triskel. Promoted by the Southern Hospitality Board, Amen Dunes,...
View ArticlePictures: The Hard Ground and Marc O’Reilly @ the Oliver Plunkett, 9/10/14
Pictures by Bríd O’Donovan I’d heard good things about Marc O’Reilly‘s live show and he didn’t disappoint upstairs at the Oliver Plunkett last Thursday, October 9. Presented by Coughlan’s Live, a venue...
View ArticlePictures: Girl Band @ TDC, 18/10/14
Girl Band played their final Irish show at the weekend, filling the TDC in the Triskel Arts Centre for their first sold-out show in Ireland. They’re easily one of the best live bands in the country so...
View ArticlePictures: Women’s Christmas w/ Laurie Shaw @ Crane Lane, 18/10/14
Dublin trio Women’s Christmas have just released their excellent debut album, Too Rich For Our Blood, and played a free gig in the Crane Lane in Cork to showcase it. Released on Out On A Limb – the...
View ArticlePictures: East India Youth @ Cyprus Avenue, 23/10/14
East India Youth was one of the opening acts at the 36th annual Cork Jazz Festival, taking to the Cyprus Avenue stage last night, Thursday, October 23. Nominated for the Mercury which is announced next...
View ArticlePictures: Cork Jazz Festival 2014 featuring Blue Note Jazz, Dublin Afrobeat...
There was loads on in pretty much every venue in Cork city over the weekend as the jazz festival took over. The likes of Ginger Baker in the Everyman and Lee Fields and Sharon Jones in the Opera House...
View ArticlePictures: Clonakilty International Guitar Festival 2016
All photos by Brid O’Donovan Last weekend, September 15-18, saw the 11th edition of the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival take over the West Cork town. I’ve seen some great shows down the years...
View ArticleHWCH 2016: Saturday in photos
Brid O’Donovan (Facebook | Twitter | Instagram) was back behind the camera for Hard Working Class Heroes last week. Here are her shots from the third and final day, Saturday, featuring Oh Boland,...
View ArticlePictures: Rusangano Family @ The Kino, 9/12/16
Rusangano Family ripped it up at the Kino on Friday night, opening Southern Hospitality Board‘s Sudden Club Weekender. Anybody in doubt that they’re the most exciting live band in the country is surely...
View ArticlePictures: Altered Hours @ The Kino, 10/12/16
Well that was pretty good, wasn’t it!? Altered Hours launched their debut album In Heat Not Sorry at the Kino in January, promoted by Southern Hospitality Board, and returned to the venue at the end of...
View ArticlePictures: AE Mak, Barq, Rocstrong and Zaska @ The Academy, 15/12/16
It was a solid lineup of new music at Dublin’s Academy last night as Rocstrong headlined a ‘five band bash’. Harbouring Oceans got things started before AE Mak, Barq and Zaska (featuring Jess from...
View ArticlePictures: Bantum and Farah Elle @ Bello Bar, 16/12/16
Louise Bruton, in the Irish Times, wrote of Bantum‘s second album Move: “With familiar names such as Rusangano Family, Loah and newcomer Farah Elle featuring, it’s an exact guide of who we should be...
View ArticlePictures: Another Love Story – the best festival in Ireland
All pictures by Brid O’Donovan (Facebook | Twitter | Instagram) Emmet Condon, organiser of Another Love Story, which took place last weekend at Killyon Manor, Co Meath, was telling me recently that the...
View ArticlePictures: Rusangano Family in Cyprus Avenue, 11/12/17
It sounds like Rusangano Family, who had a stellar 2017, playing loads of festivals and winning the Choice Prize, are going away for a while to work on their next release. There’s another few dates...
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