Music from the Heart

Gavin Fox is an Irish singer-songwriter whose music empowers and uplifts. In the time and space of the 2020 lockdown, he discovered a hidden talent for storytelling through song. Emotions poured out from deep inside him, resulting in some of the most piercingly compelling and honest songs on the island of Ireland in the last year. His writing has already seen him featured on RTÉ (Irish National Broadcaster), Classic Hits FM, Shannonside, and KFM. And his recent single ‘Make Me Believe’ earned him the accolade of being “one of the most compelling new singer-songwriters on these shores,” according to Hot Press. ‘Lay Down Low’ is the first single from Gavin Fox’s  upcoming debut album, ‘Awakened’.

Pontious Pilate & The Naildrivers have been writing, performing and independently releasing their own music for a number of years now, to a loyal and growing audience. Now, in association with FIFA Records, comes their latest single ‘Chemistry’, taken from their full-length debut album due out later this year, “Kick The Megaphone”.

Strings & Things are a four-piece neo-trad band based in Tipperary with one member in Galway who meld genres of rock, folk, pop, and trad to create their unique sound. They have been entertaining the audiences with energetic live performances, a huge repertoire of traditional music, and thoughtful, innovative original music. Their second album dubbed “The Unsolicited Dance” was released . The band is currently managed by Impact Promotions Ireland.

James Smith formed Gypsies on the Autobahn at 16 and the band released two albums with Universal Music Ireland, “Born Brief” in 2017 and “Suspended” in 2019. The band saw success supporting Little Green Cars, Bombay Bicycle Club, Bleeding Heart Pigeons, selling out Whelans, playing at Vicar St., Other Voices, and touring the festival circuits. After 14 years, the band amicably parted ways in early 2020. Smith’s independence spurred him to produce a burst of dance-inspired remixes under the name YURN for Soda Blonde, ZASKA, Danny G & The Major 7ths with Tolü Makay, Nnic, Gareth Quinn Redmond, and more. He released his debut album entitled (...) And you chose not to laugh last year.

Nicolaas Walle & Friends is a project led by Irish-Dutch multi-instrumentalist Nicolaas Walle. It is inspired in concept by projects such as the Alan Parsons Project. He produces, mixes and masters. And he invites artists to collaborate and contribute lyrics and vocal performances. The project’s intent is to let as many shine as possible, and to create strange new blends of sound through the power of collaboration.  The Irish-Dutch multi-instrumentalist is set to launch his new album, featuring guest performances from a variety of talented young Irish artists. ‘This Is Me Telling You’ is the first single from the project, starring Ciara Adamson. "My mom is Irish. She’s from Glasnevin. My dad is Dutch. They got me a guitar when I was 10.” Nicolaas Walle’s conversational style is direct and to-the-point, like his songcraft.

Acko releases his debut solo album, ten years in the making, this February on the Felaheen label. The 54-year-old singer-songwriter is the former frontman with Dublin-based pop-punk quartet Grasshopper, who released a slew of singles on the Liquid label back in the mid 90s. A veteran of the Grafton Street busking mafia that also included members of The Frames, Kíla, The Mary Janes and The Pale, Acko has also produced albums for Steven O’Brien (Decency Week) and co-wrote and produced two critically acclaimed albums with Peter Murphy (aka Cursed Murphy) as the Revelator Orchestra. Tallaght-born, he has boomeranged between Wexford and Dublin over the past half-century. St Dominic’s Disappearance comprises eleven songs featuring long-time friends and collaborators Miriam Ingram, ex-Mary Jane Simon Good, Shane Wearen (The Pale) and violinist Colm Mac Con Iomaire.

Seán McComish is a pop artist and songwriter from Fethard-On-Sea, Wexford, Ireland. Inspired as a child by hearing ‘Music and Me’ by Michael Jackson, he decided to pursue a life in music. McComish began his career with an impressive start in the Irish live music scene – some of his very first performances in 2015 were at Whelan’s and the prestigious Ruby Sessions, which he followed with the acclaimed EP, ‘The First Step’. It earned him the chance to perform with the likes of Wild Youth, Calum Scott, Gavin James, The Academic, Aslan and Jake Carter, before embarking in 2017 on tours across Austria and Ireland.