CD Reviews
Kíla - Alive Beo
Described as contemporary Irish folk/world music group, Kíla has taken Irish traditional music to a new level. The energy from their gigs stays with you for a long time. You can relive the atmosphere with their latest album Alive Beo which is a live album that captures the best of the band.
Liam Oragh - The Arguments Against Insanity
New album by Dublin based storyteller Liam Oragh contains songs about madness, love, life, getting older. Oragh's style can be described as electro-acoustic alternative, semi-gothic, whatever the listener imagines behind that.
Conor O'Sullivan - The Inbetween
Do you want an example of an album that flows smoothly like water in the river? Then Conor O'Sullivan is your man. A talented songwriter and lyricist telling us stories hard to forget. Stories of sadness and experience of life lived.
Padraig Jack - Can't Find My Way Home (single)
Born and raised in Gaelic speaking island of 800 people in the west of Ireland, Padraig Jack is proud of his heritage and showing it by recording songs in both English and Irish.
Interference - The Sweet Spot
Centered around singer/songwriter, artist Fergus O'Farrell, Interference have been on the music scene for more than three decades and have influenced many artists in Ireland and beyond. O'Farrell sadly passed away last February but his music and legacy live on.
Her English Blood - Only Breathing
A debut that everyone would like to produce. That's the best way to describe Only Breathing by young indie-rock band Her English Blood. The Prague based band put out the album after playing for just one year.
Loah - This Heart (EP)
They say music heals all wounds, helps you whenever you're in need. And in case of this artist with a degree in pharmacy, this sentence is true twice as much.
Loah, of Irish/Sierra Leonean origin, easily turns different elements of her culture into a mesmerizing combination she calls ArtSoul.
Paradox - All Life Matters (single)
Cork based alternative rock band Paradox has been on the music scene for twenty years. They have released five albums to date. Hugely influenced by the Grunge Era of the 90's they later found their own sound and kept developing it. Powerful lyrics and timeless music has granted them success on both sides of the Atlantic.
Brian Lalor - Somehow (single)
We all know the Irish have a gift of storytelling and that's maybe why their songwriting tradition is so strong. Laois native and North Cork area based Brian Lalor has been making music for over a decade. He puts himself and his feelings into the lines. His style is at the crossroads between country, folk and rock but the result is natural and catchy.
Cormac O Caoimh - Shiny Silvery Things
Cork singer/songwriter Cormac O Caoimh proudly waves the flag high. Not only the flag of the nation, of belonging among the family of Cork musicians but surely of the songwriting as a craft. His songs clearly show he’s mature as a songwriter, plays with melodies and with words creating something unique that makes it difficult not to sing along to even though you don’t know the words. Songs are catchy and simply force you to pay attention to the lyrics.