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Mick Flannery ready to strike up a tune in Castlebar
A cliché has it that you have to beware of the quiet ones, because most of the time their voices speak sharper and with more range than the loudmouths.
‘Songs are valuable things’
NO TWO people’s experience of the pandemic and the lockdowns have been the same. For many, it has been tough, a time of deep uncertainty, something they have had to endure.
New Christmas song to raise money for Peter McVerry Trust during festive season
‘This Time of Year’, released by Friends of Peter McVerry Trust, will raise money to support families living in homelessness this Christmas.
‘The Famine is not finished with me’
NICK CAVE, Leonard Cohen, Julian Lennon, Ray Davies, Louise Wener, Graham Parker, Gil Scott Heron...there is a tradition of singer-songwriters turning their hand to fiction via the novel or short story, and to that list we can now add Declan O’Rourke.
Declan O’Rourke to play Town Hall in 2022
HIS MUSIC has been praised by Paul Weller and Pete Townshend; his songs have been covered by Josh Groban and Eddi Reader; while writer Pete Paphides has called him, “the Irish John Prine”.
‘Singing allows me to express parts of me I don’t normally show’
“I AM excited. It’s been a long time coming,” says Tolü Makay, about the return to playing in front of live audiences again, after 18 long months where shows and concerts were deemed impossible.
Declan O'Rourke to play Nimmo’s Pier next week
“HE WRITES the sort of classic songs people don’t write anymore, songs that sound like they’ve been around forever. Listen to 'Galileo', possibly the greatest song written in the last 30 years.”
Athlone based indie songwriter releases new single ‘Puppets’
Athlone native, Rob Irwin, a 26 year old Indie songwriter has released his new single 'Puppets'.
Gort student wins international songwriting competition
There was great excitement in Gort Community School this week as a talented sixth year music student at the school won a prestigious international award.
Declan O’Rourke - learning to trust and let go
‘GALILEO’ IS a song which has been good to Declan O’Rourke, opening many doors for him which remain very welcoming to this day - not least the door of Paul Weller.