Music Network has announced the introduction of an exciting new award, which will provide support and work for professional musicians in Ireland.
With funding from the Arts Council, the new Performance and Touring Award has been developed by Music Network, the national music development organisation, to assist Irish and Ireland-based musicians in realising performance opportunities. […]

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So the 9th Annual Kilkenny Rhythm & Roots festival weekend is here and there’s an absolute massive lineup. If you’ve been sleeping for the last few months (or years), you should know that this is one of the biggest music events to hit Kilkenny during the year. This years lineup features a host of terrific […]

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Blueghost’s new EP, ‘Collapse Or Keep Going’, is in the stores and if you buy it, you will receive “the funk”. Seriously though, support a local act, drop into town and lay your hands on the new EP, available from decent music stores locally!

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Jester, who recently joined the ranks of KKM have announced their new website will be up and running by the middle of next week. You can check out the band for now at their MySpace profile, available by clicking here. Chemical Addiction also launched their MySpace profile recently which is available here, while Saving Judas […]

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Popular Waterford outfit Ilya K return to the City this weekend with a gig in the Pumphouse on Saturday night alongside Jilted and Southern Discomfort. Headlining the night, they were recently found in Thomastown with Stanley Super 800 and earlier this year in Cleere’s with The Happy Medium but if you get a chance to […]

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KKM has received funding from the local Arts Acts Grants for 2006 through Kilkenny County Council which will finance the future offline development of KKM to the tune of over €5,000. I would personally like to thank Kilkenny County Council, Mary Butler, and all involved in the selection process. There’s a whole lot to come […]

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It might be a dry Friday for some people but when the pubs open back up tomorrow you can count on a blessing and almighty performance from Clergy who line up in Cleere’s with Southern Discomfort in support. This will be Clergy’s third trip to Kilkenny in 2006 as they’ve developed a mighty local following. […]

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Kilkenny County Council, in partnership with Wexford, Waterford, Carlow and Wicklow County Councils, and the Arts Council of Ireland are currently supporting the research and pre-development phase of the formation of a South East Professional Development Forum for artists of all disciplines. This seeks to provide an accessible professional development service to artists in the […]

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Plenty to see this weekend around Kilkenny kicking off tonight in Cleeres with the amazing and talented Emm Gryner at 9:30pm while at the same time up the street in the Pumphouse, Stone Ocean (Dublin) and Saving Judas (Kilkenny) will be laying down the sound. If thats not enough we’ve got Jilted with DJ support […]

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Straight out of Slave Zero it seems the new CD, ‘The Pain Remits’, has just been through the mastering stage and will be released as soon as the artwork is ready. The lads are releasing ‘I Fear For You’ as an MP3 to their MySpace page. Its been a while in the waiting, but its […]

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