Shane 'TADGH' Nolan has been grafting all his life to make headway in music and get his unmistakable talent heard. It sounds like such a simple thing, good music will always be picked up, they tend to say, sadly that is never the case. Becoming successful in music these days is all about talent, personality,... Continue Reading →
Gig Alert : ‘Biig Piig’ @ Village Underground 19/03/19
Jess Smyth A.K.A Biig Piig will undertake her first headline London Show of 2019 — She will be heading up the bill @ Village Underground on Tuesday the 19th of March. With her debut EP receiving rave reviews from the likes of Annie Mac and Loyle Carner, she is ready release her second EP 'A... Continue Reading →
AE MAK – We Have It Right Here
Little old Ireland continues and continues to produce edgy and wonderful music - music ready to expand to a more global audience. On this occasion we stumble upon pure class from Aoife McCann released last week - 'We have it right here' is an absolute legend of a tune. What I love about this is... Continue Reading →
Galway Street Club – Beeswing
What happens when you take all of a city's busking community and shove them together into a band? 'Galway Street Club', is what happens. With members uniting from every part of the planet, this ever expanding collective of talent keeps entertaining audiences all over Ireland and the UK in the busking and live scene. I... Continue Reading →
INSIDEAWAVE – Enough
New music coming out of Dublin here from Irish lads INSIDEAWAVE. A new five piece group with a nice oul indie folk sound. Lovely harmonies - A strong lead vocalist and an accomplished structure are on show here in 'Enough'; we are looking forward to more of the same in the coming months from this... Continue Reading →
David Kitt – Hammer Time
In fairness I never expected when we started ‘the Sound Sniffer’ in January that I would be writing about David Kitt, but ‘Hammer Time’ just caught a hold. The Irishman has just made a beauty. Chilled: atmospheric: just simply lovely! Hats off Mr Kitt! https://youtu.be/75Nv7HdyuvU
Tunnnnne: Dj Koze & Roisin Murphy – Illumination
This is most definitely my song of 2018 thus far!!!! Koze with another vibing production with none other than the legend that is ‘ Roisin Murphy’ on the vocals. How has this even happened? I would pay a top end dollar to hear more of this match made in heaven. Murphy is bringing back those... Continue Reading →
Kojaque – Bubby’s Cream
Irish R&B has been searching for that one real breakthrough artist for the last decade of so. So many have tried to make it big domestically or abroad but it has just never matierialized for one reason or another. Admittedly we wouldn't be huge followers of Irish Hip Hop but remember Collie Collins breaking through... Continue Reading →