One act that I know I’m looking forward to for the upcoming Rhythm & Roots festival this bank holiday weekend are the four ladies of Po’ Girl. Their new album, ‘Home To You’ is out now and available to buy on iTunes
and Amazon. They’ll be making three appearances at the weekend, starting in the […]

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Ok, so in advance of each upcoming podcast (Sound System Podcast) we’re going to open the floor to questions, this will happen two out of every three podcasts (the third obviously enough going to cover just the One Take Sessions). There’s been a few questions on the forum in advance of tonight’s recording and in […]

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Ross has been busy in the gallery and added a strong dose of shots from the 2007 Lord Of The Drums.
A great day for drummers and everyone that was there. The crowd were treated to technical lessons, quality advice and top-drawer performances from a selection of some of Kilkenny’s (and Ireland’s) finest drummers while being […]

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The fourth (it is fourth, isn’t it?) annual Lord Of The Drums gets underway today at 2pm in Kilkenny (usual Parliament Street venue) where you’ll find “an incredible exhibition of drummers and percussionists from around Ireland” hiding out and showing off their wares and talents.
The lineup to this years expo is quite similar to […]

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Guitarist Mark Greene and the rest of Kidic roll into town Saturday April 28th (tonight) as part of a mini Irish tour that sees them take in dates in Cork, Dublin, Drogeda, Waterford and Kilkenny over the next month. The excellent Verona Riots will be on show as well in support to Kidic and it […]

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Jesus, its about time they started releasing more acts. Got wind yesterday that ticket sales are now done and dusted though haven’t heard any stats on the sales. That said, they’ve just announced another string of acts and one that sticks out for me is Easy Star All Stars. Anyone who knows me, or the […]

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Myself, a certain forum member, and a certain reliable secret source were at the launch of the Cat Laughs comedy festival last night and in case you haven’t heard, the box office opens this morning. I’ve already sussed what I’m going to try get tickets to, having spent the bones of an hour pouring over […]

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Just a heads up to members who can’t remember their username to access to forum but have their email address - if you’re stuck trying to log in, drop me an email via the contact form and we’ll get you back on track. Have had two requests to do it so far, so while the […]

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In May you can either wait for some chap called vega or wait to explode, the choice is yours but Waiting For Vega, who played with KilkennyMusic.com in Cleere’s (their debut gig and debut appearance in Kilkenny) are making a return to town with an appearance at the May 6th Underground.
The ghetto-tech four-piece (well, […]

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Yep… we’ve actually managed to do four weeks in a row, I reckon thats an achievement by any standard. The 14th Sound System Podcast has been released, given the fact that it was Ross’ birthday yesterday the podcast is a little extended (just when we were working on bringing DOWN the running time!) to cover […]

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