Album Review: Vickers Vimy - Vol.1 That Vinyl Scratch

I previously wrote about Vickers Vimy back in June of last year. You can find that introductory blog post here . The band have just release...

Track Dogs

Seeing as this is a blog covering all Irish bands, both domestic and foreign based. So it is probably overdue that I cover a foreign based o...

Ultan Conlon

I came by this artist via a handy tip from my uncle. It's strange the ways one hears about americana bands sometimes. But I am grateful ...

Conor Linnie

After that extremely long previous post on the mechanisms of the music industry, the post today will return the blog to basics; shining a l...

The cautionary tale of Kasey Anderson

A story that encompasses a charity album, the West Memphis Three, fraudulent emails and a duet between Bruce Springsteen and Lady Gaga th...

Marc Carroll

Back on to regular grind this evening. This post is all about an Irish artist that I was sort of familiar and had to my detriment had ig...

Good news from West OR LIVE this weekend in Dublin

I wasn’t sure whether to limit this sort-of post to Facebook or mention it here but seeing as it has extended to a post about what to do w...

Album Review: David Hope - Scarecrow

My first album review of the year. I previously discussed Clare based David Hope and his back catalogue just before Christmas (that's ...

Gentry Morris

Only the second Irish dwelling American to be featured on this blog, Gentry Morris is a man bringing wholesome americana from the homeland...

Tony Villiers

So after that elongated review of 2012; it is back to the bread and butter of the Eirecana blog. Another Irish artist producing some fine ...

2012 - My Favourite Irish Albums

January 2013 is almost over and I am still working off 2012. Still despite the delay illness brought, I am glad to be able to post about ...

2012 - Best Americana/ Alt-county tracks...from America

Joe Pug - Hymn #76 A man who has a way with words. He dropped out of college, picked up the guitar and hasn’t stopped since. You can d...

2012 - Best of Americana Albums....(mostly) from America

Seeing as this is a blog about americana, alt-country and the like in Ireland, it wouldn't be fair of me to ignore music from the U.S....

2012 - Best Irish tracks

Welcome to Eirecana 2013. Over the next few days, I hope to offer a full review of 2013 as seen through the prism of the Eirecana blog. Ex...