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  • Happy Bastille Day!

    If you’re French and celebrating, have a great day, if you’re not French, sure any excuse for a party eh? To honour this fantastic day, I’ve decided to share a track from one of France’s greatest exports, Johnny Depp’s missus,  the delightful Vanessa Paradis.

  • Benjamin Francis Leftwich: Album Stream and Irish dates

    BenLeftwichAlbumCoverCongratulations to Benjamin Francis Leftwich who entered The UK Top 40 last Sunday with his debut album ‘Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm’. Haven’t heard it? Have a listen Below.

    Over the next week or so Ben will be buzzing around the country:

    15/07/2011 Dublin: Sugar Club (supporting Liam Finn)

    16/07/2011 Cork: Cypress Avenue

    17/07/2011 Galway: Roisin Dubh

    18/07/2011 Limerick: Dolan’s Upstairs

    20/07/2011 Dublin: Whelans Upstairs

    21/07/2011 Belfast: McHughs

    We’ll have a review of his Whelan’s gig next week and also some extra details, which I can’t tell about just yet. (No, lips are sealed! But Keep your eyes peeled on the blog)

    Benjamin Francis Leftwich – Last Smoke Before The Snowstorm by Dirty Hit

  • Competition: Fionn Regan at The Grand Social, Dublin

    fionn-reganThe ever so talented Fionn Regan releases his new album ‘100 Acres of Sycamore’ on August 12th and there’s a new single too, called ‘For A Nightingale’.

    Mr. Regan is proving himself to be quite prolific, it’s just over a year since the release of his last album ‘The Shadow of An Empire’. If you fancy some free music, the title track from the new album is available from fionnregan.com

    What to check out what his new album is like? I’ve been given a pair of tickets to Fionn’s gig in The Grand Socia, Dublin, on Thursday 21st July, so you can check out his new material for yourself.

    All you have to do is leave a comment below and sure you might as well like my Facebook page at the same time. Entries will close on Monday 18th July at 3pm.

    Fionn is three gigs into his Irish tour, here a full run down of where’s he’s playing.

    July 13th, Wednesday – Kenny’s Bar, Lahinch, Co. Clare.

    July 16th, Saturday – The Model, Sligo

    July 17th, Sunday – Roisin Dubh, Galway

    July 21st, Thursday – The Grand Social, Dublin

    July 22nd, Friday – The INEC, Killarney

    July 23rd, Saturday – The Set Theatre, Kilkenny

    July 24th, Sunday – The Gonzo Theatre, Cavan

    July 27th, Wednesday – The Pavillion, Cork

    July 28th, Thursday – deBarras, Clonakilty, West Cork

    July 29th, Friday – The Forum, Waterford.

  • John B. Keane’s Big Maggie for Nationwide Tour

    Big MaggieThe nice people at Druid have given me some info about ‘Big Maggie’, John B. Keane’s play which will be touring nationwide later this year.

    Here’s the blurb:

    Following recent international success with The Cripple of Inishmaan and Penelope, Druid returns to the writing of John B. Keane with a new production of Big Maggie this autumn.

    Set in 1960s rural Ireland, Big Maggie is a compelling portrait of a woman who is determined to take control of her life following the death of her husband.  Money, land and secret sex make for a riveting story of how Big Maggie takes power into her own hands. Shocking for its time – the play premiered in 1969 – the portrait that Keane painted of the dark side of Irish family life seems now to be eerily prescient.  (more…)