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Fran Winston is a freelance writer, actor and broadcaster specialising in arts, culture and celebrity. She created and hosted the widely syndicated Girl Power radio show and her work has been published in OK, New, Newsweek, The Sunday World, the Irish Independent and the Irish Daily Mirror to name just a few.

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Album Review | Flowers, Sparks, Fireworks Is Another Magical Journey With This Ship Argo

Fran Winston Jan 27, 2023 0

Finalist at the Northern Irish Music Prize in 2021, This Ship Argo (AKA Aileen McKenna) is back with her third full length album. A follow up to 2020’s Kintsugi and 2021’s Always the Bees: Never the Honey, the eight track collection…

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Album Review | Video Blue Balances Ambient Electronica And Eighties Nostalgia On The Pull

Fran Winston Nov 18, 2022 0

Dundalk native Jim O’Donoghue Martin, better known as Video Blue, combines spoken word, ambient electronica and guitar driven alt-pop on his third record The Pull. Anyone familiar with O'Donoghue Martin's previous self-recorded,…

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Album Review | The Mary Wallopers Offer Rousing Renditions Of Trad Classics

Fran Winston Nov 4, 2022 1

If you’re not already familiar with them by now, The Mary Wallopers are a three-piece ballad group comprising brothers Charles and Andrew Hendy and their friend Sean McKenna, who have spent the past several years touring all corners of…

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Album Review | Aoife Nessa Frances Evolves On Protector

Fran Winston Oct 28, 2022 0

After a two year wait, Aoife Nessa Frances unleashes her sophomore album Protector. This follow up to 2020’s Land of No Junction has already received acclaim for lead single 'Way to Say Goodbye' and the rest of the album follows a…