Good News From the West Vol. 5

This hopefully will not be my last post before Christmas but if it is...have a very happy Christmas. I'm not big into best of/end of y...

David Hope (and The Henchmen)

Back to straight-up americana today with the music of David Hope and The Henchmen. David Hope hails from Co. Clare. The man has been m...

Appo

The information is this short post about a blues/folk artist from Kildare comes courtesy of my fellow and always excellent blogger, Barry...

Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters

If American influenced Irish band don't get worldwide recognition for their music (which they should), they (including the Fox Jaw Bou...

Parallel Band

Apologies for the gap between posts over the previous few weeks. The life/blog balance has been ppor. And for a while there I thought I w...

Corner Boy

Introducing Corner Boy (a.k.a. Michael D'Arcy), a Wexford raised folk artist about to release his debut ep. Sadly there not too muc...

Knoxville Morning

Back in action. Introducing a man that has travelled extensively over those United States and now has the US inspired songs to prove it. ...

Album Review: Kaplin - Devastating Ways

Eirecana is back in action after a bit of a hiatus. This evening, it is an album review of Kaplin's debut album: Devastating Ways. I...

Jethro Pickett

It just so happens that it is a cold, October Monday evening and I was trying to find some music to blog about when I just came across Jeth...

Album Review: Deetrich - Tug of War

Back on to another album review, again a bit late but it is worth the wait (the music that is, not the review. Well maybe the review as we...

Jayne Trimble

Back on the straight and narrow for this post which means a simple artist profile. This time it is an Irish lady producing charming ameri...

Live: Americana Artists Coming to Ireland this Autumn\Winter

Getting a little side-tracked here but I thought I would include a post on some excellent americana and alt-country bands that are visitin...

Album Review: Joey Ryan "Morning Will Come Soon"

My first post since my return from holiday. It's taken a few days to adjust to 11 degrees ish again but I'm getting there. I know ...

Good Luck to ya

I'm off on holidays to a sunny location in south-west Europe. I could have scheduled some posts during that time but I sadly didnt get...

True Delusion

Keeping on a recent theme of music of edge of americana rock. A bit of blues rock here, all the way from Co. Cork. True Delusion are a now...

Album Review: Nathan Conway & The River Valley Band- Sonny Boy

Progress is coming to Eirecana. Seeing as the amount of americana and alt-country bands is not proportionally increasing to the number of ...

Dr. Fox's Old Timey String Band

Don't be put off by the band's name. This is more than your average bluegrass band. Generally I avoid bluegrass on this blog becau...

Modesto

Something a bit left-field for this blog in this post. This is a band with influences from blues to desert rock that are starting to make ...

Deer Park

Back on message slowly. I have been busy beavering in the background for the last few weeks and hope to introduce a major update to the s...

Monorail

Monorail. Monorail. Monorail. No this post is not about the rail system that Lyle Langley brought to Springfield . It's about an excel...

Summer Festivals IV - September

So the summer is basically over. Still doesn't mean you cant to a few music festivals. You just might need the thermals for the campin...

The Ragmen

Yes I realise now that I have certain responsibilities now that I have a consistent readership (or possibly a lot of random clickers) for...

Gavin Glass

Another week with a poor posting record. I'm still blaming my daytime occupation which sadly doesn't involve listening to Irish-am...

Cold Steel Feel

Again a long delay between posts. Offline life is pretty busy at the moment. I hope to improve my ways and catch up over the next few day...

The Annulments

Normal service is resuming...eventually. As you may have noticed from previous posts on this blog, I am a great fan of the wider themed po...

The Last Tycoons

Apologies for the delay since my last post. Got distracted by the wonders of the world and then the olympics was on...a lot. And sure that...