Summer Festivals Part II - July

Is it that time of the year already? Well yes it is, silage being cut, longest day of the year has just past, turf being footed and now fes...

White McKenzie

Apologies for the delay in posting. I'm either very lazy or very busy. Well the saying goes, if you want something done, ask a busy pe...

Good News from The West Vol.3

I'm a bit behind schedule on this, but sure when am I not. For those of you new to the blog, think of this as a monthly digest of what...

Vickers Vimy

Hailing from the mighty whhest, Vickers Vimy are a recently formed americana five piece group led by two multi,multi instrumentalists (they...

The 1930's

it’s the day after the night before. Ireland just got destroyed. Everyone is feeling a bit melancholy. Unless of course you don't fol...

Raglans

I came across Raglans when researching my post on The Hot Sprockets . The band's music is a bit removed from classic americana but the...

John Blek and the Rats

One could wonder how the Rats feel about telling people that their current occupation is as one of the Rats. I'm sure though they a...

The Hot Sprockets

Time to go a bit leftfield with the next band I'm going to feature. So far I have featured music from genres of americana, americana ...

The Quicksand Band

This is I think the fourth Dublin band I have featured on the blog and the second who's recent work has been produced by Gavin Glass....

The Holy Innocents

Now back to the bread and butter of this blog. The Holy Innocents are the first northern band I have featured (this is an all-Ireland blog...