Music from the Heart

Glasgow-based duo Morning Midnight finally release their debut album Happy Hour. A juxtaposition that makes sense from the jump, the bedroom-pop duo have created a sound where you constantly feel like you’re falling whilst being held. Made up of singer/ songwriter Jordan Scott, whose personal lyrics and soaring vocals captivate, and Jess Pascal whose background in production, piano playing and synthesis both ground and illuminate the group’s sound.

D. Cullen is a songwriter/musician from Dublin, Ireland. He has just released his hotly anticipated new album Sing My Story, Tell My Song .The twelve-track album has been a long time in the making: writing started in 2018, with recording sessions with Boo Hewerdine and Chris Pepper in 2019, and the album was set for release in 2020 when it was derailed by Covid lockdowns.

POL is a singer/songwriter from Ireland, with a passion for harmonies, hooks, and melodies. Writing, performing, and producing his own music is his form of artist expression, POL, an acronym of his initials in his native language, Irish, has developed and honed his skill of writing by sitting at a piano, hitting a chord, and let it lyrically and musically evolve.

Louis McTeggart from Derry. Northern Ireland,  has been working in the music industry for over 20 years. As a musician and covers artist he has travelled the world performing on cruise ships and ferries and as a songwriter he has had his music featured on TV, film and radio and played in some fantastic venues throughout Britain and Ireland. Louis' last single, “Beat of the Drum” brought him some amazing success as the song was played on mainstream and community radio throughout Ireland and on independent stations around the globe. He also appeared on several stations to promote it. ‘’I Don’t Wanna Know’’ is the third single to be released from Louis' upcoming album.

If there is a modern folk-pop artist who has seen the harsh realities in life, it is Michael Lane himself. As a US soldier in his twenties, sent to Iraq and Afghanistan, Michael was forced to live at cruelty . Successes such as two top 50 songs in the German charts, four albums, international tours and the single "Liberty" as the official song of the 2015/2016 Four Hills Tournament, Europe’s biggest international ski jump event, have made Michael Lane, a German-American, known to the public. In addition to his work as a musician, Michael Lane is currently also active as a songwriter for production music and as a music producer in his remote "Studio Waldblick“.

The Galway based singer-songwriter was born and raised in Connemara and spent most of his early life surrounded by traditional music and dance from family and friends. From sessions in his Granny's kitchen to teaching himself piano on a dodgy old keyboard his sister owned, Eoghan has been a musician since the beginning. Eoghan has said his goal in life is to be the best storyteller he possibly can be, using whatever tools and mediums he has available to him to reach his maximum potential. He studied software engineering in college where he grew to love digital synthesizers and immediately began incorporating them into his music, leading to the sound he has today. During his years in college he also developed a love for visual arts and, when possible, he designs cover art and creates music videos for all his projects.

Tired of forever being sounding boards for each other’s songs, Kieran McGuinness (Delorentos) and Emily Aymler (Republic of Loose) have been working away quietly on a collaborative musical venture for a few years. Little by little Driven Snow began to emerge in the shape of a collection of songs that are at odds with, yet informed by, the duo's collective musical outings (Kieran as a lynchpin of Delorentos and Emily as a vocalist with Republic of Loose and Stars On Fire). The pair decamped (with children, grandparents and all) to Donegal, taking their musical sketches up to Tommy McLaughlin’s Attica Studios (Villagers, S.O.A.K., Pillow Queens) and encouraging them to grow into simple, gentle tunes with a big heart and a common soul.

Sarah Buckley releases the unique and endearing new track 'Dream Catching'. Sarah’s music has a distinctive sound with relatable lyrics as she draws on her love of language to acknowledge the magic in the mundane. The song encourages the listener to take time to daydream. She found the kalimba in a small shop and thought if dreaming had a sound, it would be this.  This is the third release from her forthcoming debut EP following the singles 'You've Got Me' and 'Magic Powers'.