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Sibling harmonies

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Such is the popularity of Dublin sisters Heathers, that even uber DJ David Guetta wants them to write a song for his new album. Currently touring the country to promote their second album ‘Kingdom’, the twins are taking all this new attention in their stride. Brian Hayes Curtin catches up with Ellie Macnamara to discuss the album, touring with a full band and boxing It’s not every day that one of world’s biggest DJs asks you to write a song for him and Ellie Macnamara, one half of Heathers is hopeful that it will happen, but she isn’t presuming anything.]]>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Bastardo Electrico celebrates a decade

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This Friday Bastardo Electrico marks its tenth birthday with a special Detroit edition featuring one of head honcho Jamie Behan’s favourite DJs. He is bringing back one of Detroit’s finest techno DJs to help celebrate. Jamie also promises that there will be a second night to celebrate a decade in existence. Since the night began in 2001, back in Sir Henrys, it has also morphed into a record label in 2008 under Jamie Behan.One of the label’s alumni is the back for the birthday. Legendary DJ Bone returns to Cork two years after his last appearance here.]]>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Cork’s incredible string band

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Folk and pop have been combined before to very mixed effect but one Cork-based quartet are doing it with excellent results. The Mandolas released their debut back in April and have been busy touring the country ever since.  Eschewing a rhythm section, the band simply use four string instruments, normally two acoustic guitars, mandolin and mandola. This love for stringed instruments is accentuated by their additional use of bouzuki, banjo and viola. But who needs drums or bass when you have soaring vocals, four-part harmonies and beguiling folk-pop tunes as good as the Mandolas’ songs? All four can sing and they use their voices to weave subtle, lovely folk-style]]>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMTMusic List Category: Set List
Thursday 4 October What: Heathers Where: Cyprus Avenue When: 8pm   What: Kan & Deluce's Patent Where: The Pavilion When: 9pm   What: The Empty Orchestra Where: The Roundy When: 9pm   Friday 5 October   What: The Calvinists Where: Crane Lane When: 10pm   What: Seamus Matthews Where: The Oliver Plunkett When: 6pm   What: Deora Ceol Where: Classic When: 10pm   Saturday 6 October &nbs]]>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Dylan Carson back in solo guise

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Earth’s Dylan Carson will be playing one of his few solo shows in Europe in Cyprus Avenue this week. The drone rock legend will be playing songs from his new crowdfunded project. Under the moniker Drcarlsonalbion, he will be playing songs from ‘Coleman Grey Presents: Falling With A Thousand Stars And Other Wonders From The House of Albion’. It has now been released on cassette and uses field recordings from megalithic sites and locations of fairy encounters in the UK, exploring folkloric magical practices.]]>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMTTo do list: Category: Set List
Gig of the week:Martin Carthy and Dave Swarbick @ Pavilion, Sat 6 Oct, 9pm Paul Brady’s headline gig for the Cork Folk Festival which kicks off this week, is sold out and should be very special, but this one should be great too. It features two of the greatest English folk musicians, who recently started to play together again and have a new album too. Guitarist and singer Martin Carthy and virtuoso violin player Dave Swarbrick first played together in the 1960s, before Swarbrick went off to join the classic Fairport Convention lineup.]]>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Hello Moon & The Great Balloon Race

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Following two successful outings, The G-Man Presents.. showcase returns to The Roundy on Castle Street for another night of incredible alternative music. Pairing local bands, songwriters and composers with their national and international peers, these evenings are soundtracked by the various artists that have featured prominently on the Cork based alternative music blog, thegmanworld.com. This month's showcase sees Dublin band, Hello Moon and Cork band, The Great Balloon Race take to the stage. The Great Balloon are a five piece band from Cork who formed in 2009 with influences ranging from folk to psychedelic to jazz.]]>Thu, 04 Oct 2012 07:00:00 GMTMusic List Category: Set List
Thursday 27 September What: Scullion Where: Triskel Christchurch When: 8pm   What: The Calvinists Where: The Oliver Plunkett When: 9.30pm   What: Roy & Johnny Where: The Welcome Inn When: 5.30pm   Friday 28 September   What: Alan White Where: The Roundy When: 9pm   What: Amadans & Bodhrans Where: The Oliver Plunkett When: 10.30pm   What: Maria Doyle Kennedy Where: Coughlans When: 8pm   Saturda]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Scullion launch first new album in 27 years

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Long-running Irish trad band Scullion are set to launch their first album in over 20 years today in the Triskel. ‘Long Wave’ is another example of their eclectic melding of various styles while retaining a trad core.The Triskel have been influential in putting together the tour, and have acted as more than just a demarcation point. Artistic Director Tony Sheehan says that the Triskel decided to put the band on their most extensive tour for years.The group still comprises Sonny Condell, Robbie Overson and Philip King and the album features songs by all three although Sonny Condell provides the bulk of the songs.]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Party in another galaxie

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Fresh from another triumphant performance in Electric Picnic where they packed out one of the biggest tents on Saturday night, Le Galaxie play the Pavilion this Saturday night. They have established themselves pretty much as the best festival band in Ireland, along with Jape. They have also released a string of great singles over the last few years. Their live shows feature presidents' faces, a lot of fun and very high energy. They are very upbeat and are one of the few Irish dance bands that play such an enjoyable live show.]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Fancy a late night sketch show?

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Irish comedy sketch group Foil, Arms and Hog return from Edinburgh with a show in the City Limits Comedy Club this Saturday. They bring their high-energy, madcap sequence of bizarre and hilarious sketches The recent Edinburgh Festival was their third such experience. Their latest show ‘Late Night Sketch Show’ showcase scenes that include terrible child talent-show contestants, gossipy village women, screaming team talks from football managers and a supermarket staffed entirely by people from a poorly though-out equal-opportunities programme.]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMTWho doesn’t love calendar girls? Category: Set List
The recent furore over the controversial photos of Kate Middleton demonstrated differing contemporary attitudes to private nudity. ‘Calendar Girls’ was controversial in its portrayal of public nudity when the film was released in 2003, for very different reasons. The film was a surprise hit and was based on the true story of a group of ordinary women who become a daring group of models as they fundraise for leukaemia research. The actors were quite a bit older than most women who appear naked in films.]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMTTo do list Category: Set List
Gig of the week: Dead Skeletons @ Triskel, Fri 28 Sept, 9.30pm Icelandic band Dead Skeleton play their first Cork show this Friday along with The Altered Hours, as part of the NOISE weekender. Echo-y, reverb filled drone rock is the order of the day here and these Icelanders do it very well. They began as an accompaniment to an art show in 2008 and released an album, ‘Dead Magick’ in 2011. This year they became a touring band for the first time and bring their  It should be an evocative affair.]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Say hello to Nanu Nanu!

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Laura Sheeran is one half of Nanu Nanu, a new electro pop duo in which the other half is Marc Aubele, who plays live shows with Bell XI. They play the NOISE Weekender this Friday. Experimental musician Laura tells Brian Hayes Curtin about her hopes for their first album and the downside of being Ed Sheeran’s cousin Some of the most interesting bands are created when an artist does something totally different to what they normally do. Experimental, avant-garde musician Laura Sheeran’s new project is the alien-pop band Nanu Nanu.]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMTHermitage Green to launch debut EP in Cork Category: Set List
Limerick band Hermitage Green are launching their debut EP 'The Gathering’ in Cork this coming Saturday 29 September in the Oliver Plunkett at 10pm. Hermitage Green have spent the past few weeks touring the country in support of their debut EP. The band features former Munster rugby players Felix Jones and Barry Murphy, who had to retire after injury in May 2011. The EP is available on iTunes and is currently second on the iTunes album charts (just behind Mumford and Sons). They combine a traditional music style with their own modern sensibility.]]>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT

November reigns in Everyman

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Identity in Ireland is a fraught and complicated thing, and even more so in Northern Ireland, and particularly during the 1990s. ‘A Night in November’ is a humorous and challenging play that lays bare the twin intertwined issues of sport and identity in 1990s Northern Ireland. Written by Marie Jones, tells the tale of an ordinary man who undertakes an extraordinary journey. It begins when Ulster Protestant, Kenneth McAllister goes to a crucial World Cup qualifying match between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland at Windsor Park in Belfast.]]>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Mario Rosenstock brings back Gift Grub 2

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Mario Rosenstock brings his off-kilter bunch of characters Roy, wee Daniel, Jose, Bertie and Vincent back to Cork for another run out following his sold out run in March and April. That show in March and April was a new show imaginatively titled ‘Gift Grub 2’. This show will reprise that show but the Today FM comic will undoubtedly update some of his sketches. His recent ‘Tonight with Vincent Browne’ sketches have demonstrated how well his sketches work beyond radio. His Vincent Browne, in particular, is a comic gem.]]>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT

Annual Clon homage to the guitar returns

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The Clonakilty International Guitar Festival returns this week for its eight edition promising another celebration of one of the most popular instruments in the world. Running from Thursday 20 to Sunday 23 September in various venues in Clonakility, the line up offers a great variation of musicians and styles. While there are many foreign acts who will be making rare Irish appearances, perhaps the biggest coup for the festival is the appearance of Irish instrumental band The Redneck Manifesto, who will be making only two Irish appearances this year.]]>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMTMusic list Category: Set List
Thursday 20 September What: Fear Stalks the Land EP launchWhere: The RoundyWhen: 9pm What: Hank & EdelWhere: The Oliver PlunkettWhen: 9.30pm What: Jimmy Crowley’s Cork Folk ClubWhere: LVWhen: 8.30pm What: Toy Soldier album launchWhere: Cyprus AvenueWhen: 8pm Friday 21 September What: Seamus MatthewsWhere: The Oliver PlunkettWhen: 6pm What: Celtic Tenors + Deirdre Shannon Where: North Cathedral When: 8pm   What: Jesca Hoop Where: Cyprus Avenue When: 8pm Saturday 22 Septem]]>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT

TV success beckons for the Cast of Cheers

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The Cast of Cheers are one of the most unlikely success stories of the last few years. Having emerged in early 2010, they have spent the last few months touring all over the world. Guitarist and singer Conor Adams explains to Brian Hayes Curtin how the Cast of Cheers are different from other bands he has been in and their goals for their last album The Cast of Cheers released their debut album ‘Chariot’ back in early 2010 without a record label and without having played a gig. This summer they released their new album ‘Family’ and have now played all over the world.]]>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 07:00:00 GMT