irish music

At the tender age of 11, Patricia Lalor started uploading cover songs to her YouTube channel. To date, she has amassed some 121K followers, with her cover of Hozier’s 'Cherry Wine' reaching over a million views and earning some great praise…

Folks, lockdown is shite craic. I’m lucky enough to still be working from home, but some of us don’t have that luxury. Our local creatives are especially vulnerable. Some have already lost their job, others are at risk because of the…

I love it when an artist appears that’s so curious and “out-there” that you can’t help but feel intrigued. They lure you in, like a dumbass fish biting a hook like an idiot. That’s how I felt when Tallaght singer-songwriter Lyndsey…

The world is on fire. NO ENCORE arrives a day earlier to hopefully lift some spirits. Craig and Dave are in a surprisingly buoyant collective mood as they run down the Electric Picnic 2020 line-up, reflect briefly on the Choice Music…

Mayo native Tracy Gallagher has been bouncing around the Irish music scene for a few years now. Touring the country in her van—affectionately named 'Mags'—Tracy cultivated the sounds and the songs that comprise her first studio EP. Ahead of…

It’s been five years since Dublin folk-pop duo Hudson Taylor released their debut album. Now, the Irish brothers, Harry and Alfie Hudson-Taylor, have released their long-awaited follow-up, Loving Everywhere I Go. The record took three years…

If you ask someone what colour they associate with metal, you’ll get some fairly predictable answers. “Black” is your most likely, followed by “crimson” if you’re trapped chatting to an art student at a house party. Bokotono just aren’t…

A Beginner’s Guide to Bravery is a remarkable release from David Keenan, showcasing his effortless, ambitious talent. “I had a dream that James Dean was alive and well today / looking for the quiet life / working for Irish Rail,” Keenan…

In 1918 a campaign song was written by an anonymous author for the General Election of that year. 'The Sinn Feiners Election Song' appeared on a ballad sheet which sold for a penny on the streets of Dublin. With the same air as 'The Boys of…

Dundalk native Video Blue (Jim O'Donoghue Martin) is back with a new record, Night Painting. Arriving at the tail end of 2019, the album comes two years after his debut full-length release, Love Scenes. Recorded in studios around London,…