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Shane Joyce releases ‘Piano Song’, second single from forthcoming debut album
Piano Song is the second single from Shane Joyce to land this year. The Kilkenny songwriter took just one week from a six week campaign to reach his album Fundit.ie target. Said album, The Sadness of...
View ArticleSpotify Sampler: 20 songs from bands in Kilkenny in April 2018
There’s plenty of bands in Kilkenny in April. With our five picks for April in the wind, here’s our latest Spotify Sampler, specifically for bands in Kilkenny in April 2018. You’ve got pairings of...
View ArticleThe Sadness of King Joyce gets third single in ‘Bad Woman’
There’s a bad woman, in my heart, and she’s rich and smooth and smart. The opening line from Bad Woman, the third and final single from Shane Joyce before new album drops. The Sadness of King Joyce is...
View ArticleThe Sadness of King Joyce: New album from Shane Joyce, out now
The Sadness of King Joyce is out now. The debut album from Shane Joyce is in the wild and it’s a beauty. CD copies are available through Rollercoaster Records on Kieran Street while digital copies are...
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Niall Thomas brings Night Sky Blue to Cleere’s, Kilkenny, this Friday night
Niall Thomas brings his brand new album, Night Sky Blue, to Cleere’s this Friday night. Night Sky Blue (out earlier this month) follows on from Thomas’ debut release Breathe Easy (2013). Dubbed a...
View ArticleListen: Robert Grace –‘Golden’, out now
The new single from Kilkenny’s Robert Grace, Golden, is out now. Graiguenamanagh’s Robert Grace (25) is one of the country’s most exciting up-and-coming performers, songwriters and producers. Sure,...
View ArticleWatch: Robert Grace –‘Golden’
The official video for Golden, the new single from Kilkenny’s Robert Grace, is out now. Take a look below. The single is already garnering plenty of local and national airtime with KCLR, Beat, Spin,...
View ArticleHe Knows: Debut single from Ali Comerford, out now
He Knows is the debut single from Kilkenny based singer and multi-instrumentalist Ali Comerford. Recorded at Crossroads in Kilkenny by Shane Tobler, the single is out now on all platforms and...
View ArticleRobert Grace debuts new track ‘The Hurt You Gave Me’
Following on from one of the runaway songs of 2020 in Fake Fine, Kilkenny’s Robert Grace has debuted his latest offering. The Hurt You Gave Me premiered on RTÉ 2FM with Tracy Clifford on Thursday...
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Turn it up: Chemical Addiction release ‘Sour’
There’s a line from an old press piece on Chemical Addiction – and you’re going back years on this one – but in a review of their Brian Jones EP, the opening track was noted as rocking “like a...
View ArticleWatch: Tanoki – Let Go (ft. Farah Elle)
You’ve not seen Kilkenny like this. You might not have even heard tunes on this level unless you’ve been following the work of Kilkenny’s Paul Mahon of late, aka Tanoki. Let Go is a follow up to...
View ArticleSlobberknocker: Wrestling in Kilkenny with Beef Supreme’s ‘The Flair’
It’s a good month for music videos being shot in and around Kilkenny. With connections locally, Carlow’s Beef Supreme teamed up recently with Dicemen Productions to shoot their old-school wrestling...
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Saint Sister set for in-store signing at Rollercoaster Records this month
With new album Where I Should End dropping on Friday 25 June, Saint Sister are heading to Kilkenny for a meet-and-greet. The duo will be signing copies of their sophomore release at 12 pm on Saturday...
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Photos: Laura Quirke & Joshua Burnside @ Rollercoaster Records
On yet another balmy afternoon in Kilkenny on Saturday, Laura Quirke and Joshua Burnside made way to Rollercoaster Records for an in-store signing and street-side performance from new release In The...
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10 Questions: Meet Kilkenny’s Dead Alien Tourist
Dead Alien Tourist have been using 2021 to make their mark locally. Individually, Kevin Bruce, Liam Fitzgerald, Aoife Meagher, Serghei Orlove are well familiar with and to Kilkenny gig-goers. The...
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10 Questions: Meet Kilkenny’s SOLA (plus Rothe House photos)
Kilkenny three-piece SOLA have been making their mark locally for a few years now. Well recognised for their three-part harmonies and folk-inspired, finger-style guitar playing, the trio (of Clare...
View ArticleWatch: Patrick M. Barrett performs ‘A Rainy Night In Soho’ at Cleere’s
If Carlsberg did Christmas sessions, they’d do a Smithwick’s one in Cleere’s, or so says the mirror over the fireplace in one of our favourite Kilkenny haunts. Helping to ring in Christmas at Cleere’s...
View ArticleWatch: Zoe Conway & John McIntyre – Gillespie’s Mazurka, The Baker’s Reel,...
With a flavour of traditional reels from Donegal and Scotland, take in Zoe Conway and John McIntyre as they perform Gillespie’s Mazurka and The Baker’s Reel as part of the Lámh Chúnta sessions at...
View ArticlePillow Queens release Hearts & Minds ahead of Set Theatre visit on 9 March
With new album Leave The Light On due out on 1 April, Dublin’s Pillow Queens have just released new single Hearts & Minds, one month shy of their visit to Kilkenny’s Set Theatre. It’s the second...
View ArticleWatch: The Barnets | El Presidente
This is some seriously good stuff from The Barnets. Taken from the album ARCHAIC, due for release later this year, El Presidente is the debut offering (video) from the Kilkenny/LA trio of David Dooley...
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