Short and sweet. IM SUPPORTING JACK L!!!!

this Friday in THE VENUE RATOATH ,
if you can come along and show a bita support lads and lassies,


I'm so fuckin chuffed to be playing along side the man himself, great stuff, whi hoo, my CD Holding Back will go on sale on the night for Special offer of €10,

Hope to see some of ye there,
thanks for your time,
All the best
Lin Coogan xxx

Susan Bluechild's first London performance! 1st March 2007 Live in the Bedford ‘The Hot List’ in The Theatre Bar The Bedford 77 Bedford Hill Balham London SW12 9HD

Bum Rush The Charts

 

A bunch of podcasters around the world are organising an event on March 22nd to hijack the iTunes charts.

Everyone is to buy

Black Lab's song, Mine Again via iTunes on March 22nd

Print out the Bum Rush flyer!

 

SpudShow 122

Artist - Briege Murphy

Track 1 - Cloghinn Winds
Track 2 - Sweet baby James

MySpace

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Lovely Singing, Good Songs, a Joy to hear" - Christy Moore
"She paints pictures with her words" - Frances Black

Briege Murphy was born and reared in the village of Forkhill in South Armagh, in the North of Ireland, where she still lives with her husband and two daughters. Briege grew up on a farm within a large family steeped in the musical tradition. Her mother Brigid was, unwittingly, a collector of songs and stories. Her brother Brian, a well-known traditional singer won the Ulster Championship for traditional singing numerous times. So it is no surprise that music plays a big part of Briege’s life. As a teenager Briege joined her local branch of Comhaltas and often sang in their renowned sessions which is so typical of the Irish scene today. A few years back Briege began to write her own contemporary folk/country ballads and when a demo of two of her songs were played on a weekly BBC Folk Programme, listeners were asking for more. She was persuaded to get her collection of songs together and record an album herself. The album “The Longest Road? was released to critical acclaim, followed by “The Sea and other Songs?, which was named as one of the albums of the year by Folk Roots magazine. Her third album “The Elm Wood? was welcomed and greatly appreciated by a steadily growing fan base. In September 2004 Briege releases a new album entitled “From Now On?. On this album she returns to her roots and sings songs that she grew up with, combining her love of Irish traditional and American folk. Briege has performed at festivals from Cambridge to Cork and Oslo to Ballyshannon. She continues to write and sing at festivals, art centres and folk clubs or anywhere a good ballad is appreciated. Her songs have been recorded by artists like Niamh Parsons and Frances Black amongst others. In November 2003 Briege represented Ireland in an International song contest in Holland, singing one of her own compositions in Gaelic, coming 5th out of 70 bands across Europe.

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Susan Bluechild

 

 

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Hosted By: linda coogan
When: 06 Mar 2007, 21:00
Where: Ruby Sessions and more
Doyles, College St, Dublin
Dublin, DUB 01
Ireland
Description:
linda coogan

Get Your Radio Ready!

The 2fm song contest '07 will be taking place this friday in Vicar St. from 8pm live on 2fm. So make yourself a cuppa tea, grab the comfy couch and listen in! Should be a good show. Perfect for those of you who want to have a quiet night in this friday (cough cough)

x

SpudShow 121

Artist - Una Quinn

Track 1 - Face to Face
Track 2 - Blue Day

 http://www.myspace.com/unaquinn

Irish singer Una Quinn, currently based in the soulful town of Liverpool. Once member of punky rock group hoop, Una's solo work traces its way through subtle angelic beauty to raw soulful sounds. Once listened to Una is very difficult to forget. "Face to face" was recorded in the Amma centre Armagh very early one morning September 2005. The track was produced by Niall. "Blue Day" has been recorded in a number of places with different versions, including an organic farm outside Belfast in the wee hours of the morning. This particular version was recorded at LIPA studios, Liverpool (June 2006)and produced by Sandros.

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SpudShow 120

Artist - Sonja

Track 1 - Waiting
Track 2 - Thank You

MySpace

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SpudShow 119

Artist - Clare Cunningham

Track 1 - Daddys with the angels
Track 2 - Fly
Track 3 - Hangover
Track 4 - Let my face be your reminder

MySpace

Info - Clare Cunningham is an up and coming artist and a musical force to be reckoned with!With a powerful, distinctive voice this girl certainly does not need a mic, at the best of times!A singer/songwriter from the tender age of 14, Clare has been penning songs for nearly 6 years now. Curiousity took her to the piano at 7 years of age and is now Clare's main instrument, although, in an effort to add 'varity' to her sound, Clare began to teach herself the guitar just over 2 years ago.She leaves herself open to, but defies stereotypes. Her desire to sing has never ebbed. It is the proficiancy in her playing that sets her playing which sets her apart from many of her female contempories. Clare draws influence from such diverse sources as Cheryl Crow, Oasis, Greenday, Fugees, Aretha Franklin and Garth Brooks. Clare has currently brought out a self titled compilation cd of 6 songs consisting of her own material...although not in shops,we hope to watch out for this space...!

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SpudShow 118

Artist - Celine Carroll

Track 1 - Apologise
Track 2 - Bird in a cage
Track 3 - Grey sky blue
Track 4 - So Wrong

MySpace    MainWeb   Discussion Group

Celine Carroll is a singer/songwriter with a rare talent, a fresh perspective, a guitar, a piano and a pocketful of songs. Songs about Living, Loving, Losing, Winning and scratching embarrassing itches.
Celine will tell you herself that her biggest musical influences are Paul McCartney (I bow to you Macca, O Holy One) for his gift of melody, Dusty Springfield for her gift of soul and Elvis Presley for his gift of HIPS.

Gigs
3 Mar 2007 20:30
 Bewleys Cafe Theatre Dublin Dublin, Dublin

Buy the new album Itch here

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SkyCon

Limerick's First Open Source Conference

February 16 - 18th 2007

University of Limerick

Web Site

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Friday 16th February 2007

at

The Pavilion
Ormeau Road, Belfast

Audio-ill Showcase
featuring

Superfreakz

Ablespacer

Laura Stevenson

and

Penny Nixon

Doors 9pm

Cost £4

SpudShow 117

Artist - Dalema

Track 1 - Baby I'M home
Track 2 - Can't get too close
Track 3 - Found my beat
Track 4 - Idolize

MySpace

"Didn't know I could fly like a butterfly
Lately that's how I feel
There were times that compared to a fantasy
Now I know they were real"

Dalema takes her listeners through a timeless realm of emotions and desires. Her lyrics are as much about sounds as meaning and her thoughts crystalize beautifully on the waves of her melodies.

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Closing date Friday 16th February 17:00

 

Valentine's Day Special

Parisa Roohipour - All Night Cafe

Alyanya - One Day Soon

Catherine Louise - Endless possibilities

The Blue Girl - Then I see you

Chicks - I wrote this

Andrea-Nicole - Him

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Laura Stevenson

16 Feb 2007 21:00

The Pavilion

Belfast, Northern Ireland

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Edwina Hayes

13 Feb 2007 20:00	The Troubadour	London
14 Feb 2007 20:00	The Haven Arms	Hedon
23 Feb 2007 20:00	The Gravy Train	Newton le Willows
26 Feb 2007 19:30	The Stables (supporting Nanci Griffith)	Milton Keynes

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Linda Coogan

13 Feb 2007 8:00

Rose Earlys

Kildare, Kildare

 

SpudShow 116

Artist - Valerie Hely

Track 1 - All is not what
Track 2 - Same Age Difference
Track 3 - Space

MySpace MainWeb

Info - Valerie's musical background ranges from Rock to Baroque and Hip Hop to Pop. She started by busking on the streets of Galway before joining an originals rock band called "Voice of Cheese" for three years. Following the band splitting up, she joined a trip hop band called "Kinetic" in Sydney for several months. As well a stint as a singer for medieval castle banquets and as a Marilyn Monroe impersonator, Valerie has followed many varied musical paths and tastes. However, she has always found time to write and record her own songs which she enjoys above all the rest. She sings about space, people growing up too fast, rushing and shopping trolleys. Her efforts in the past have brought her airplay in Australia and Ireland plus meetings with Mute records in London. A recent move to Cork city in Ireland has re-ignited her passion for singing her own songs. After experimenting on her 4-track for a couple of months, she has decided that she's happy with her new songs and hopes that others can enjoy them too. Valerie also features on several tracks on a new album by up and coming Dublin band Groom. She performed with them as a guest vocalist at Vicar Street, Dublin in November '06 when they supported Jeff Tweedy (Wilco).

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faoi dhéin an dorais

House is a feeling

In Fact AH

Kilkenny Music Blog

Magoo

MP3Hugger

Nialler9

Sinead Gleeson

SoundTracks for them

The Torture Garden

Una Rocks

Wearie

Good Luck Jim!

SpudShow 115

Artist - nicantsaoi

Track 1 - Bernice bobs her hair
Track 2 - Rose Rose Rose
Track 3 - How to use Morse code
Track 4 - Manti9

MySpace

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New Irish language podcast La Nua

Award winning Irish language podcast Imeall

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SpudShow 114

Artist - soo p and the outsider

Track 1 - pain is for Fools
Track 2 - i lost myself

MySpace

Info - soo p and the outsider...a studio project...completed. thanks to everyone that helped turning my wee songs into something palatable. i had originally started this project because i was in a bad place... i was'nt hearing music that i liked... everything being pretty much the same as everything else. it has taken the best part of a year and a half... although the majority of that was in the production, SUSAN WILLIS-VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND NOISES DECLAN LEGGE-PRODUCTION, VOCALS, GUITAR, BASS, DRUMS http://www.myspace.com/bigspacestudios WILL HAWKINS- GUITAR AND NOISES http://www.myspace.com/forran MIKE DAILY-VOCALS http://www.myspace.com/dailymike perland oregon...internet collaberation BECKA MC CAULEY-FLUTE http://www.myspace.com/rekkapixie RUBY COLLEY- VIOLIN DAVE HOY-DJEMBE ,,,,,, 

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Celine Carroll

in Belwley's Cafe Theatre Sat. 3rd March 2007 Doors 8.30pm sharp

ITCH  is the new album from singer/songwriter Celine Carroll,  a fresh voice with a guitar, a piano
and a pocketful of songs about living, loving, losing, winning and scratching embarrassing itches.
Having served her time with various Irish bands including the acclaimed Mississippi Mermaids,
Dubliner Celine now swims in solo waters, paddling a brand of thoughtful melodic songs.
The long-player is a collection of 10 original songs which take the listener on a complete musical
journey that encompasses the highs and lows of love, loss and longing via a collection of catchy
choruses and hang-your-shirt-on-them hooks.
Buy the Album here

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CATCH ME IF YOU CAN

Joining Celine on stage will be:
Dave Mc Ginley (Eugene, Eden) on Electric and Acoustic guitar
Jerry Fehily (ExHothouse Flowers) on Drums
Jim Tate ( Absolutely Yo) on Bass

Booking info. 0868784001

For more information about Celine Carroll,  Video Footage, Radio Interviews and 'ITCH' the album,
log onto www.celinecarroll.com or www.myspace.com/celinecarroll

Celine Carroll

This song is taken from our recent gig in Bewley's Café Theatre, Dublin.

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Hang on - Bridin Brennan

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Hi All,

just a quick note to say Majella will be playing at The Ruby Sessions an acoustic club held weekly every Tuesday night in the intimate setting of Doyle's (across from the gates of Trinity college) of College Street, Dublin.  On stage between 10 and 11pm.  Hope you can make it.

SpudShow 113

Artist - Oracle

Track 1 - Walk Away
Track 2 - What you say

MySpace

Info - I am here to define what Irish R'N'B should sound like, It's something that seems to get over-looked. Lyrical content is something i feel strongly about, i really consider that i pour a great deal of thought & emotion into my pen as i write. I can only hope that it comes across and others can relate. It's about time Irish hip hop and R'n'B got the recognition it deserves, hopefully it will soon. "The largest River starts as a Stream

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SpudShow 112

Artist - Liane Costello

Track 1 - Boring Friend
Track 2 - What did I say

MySpace

Info - Using her classic, tried and tested yet oh-so-effective minimalist blend of layering which unifies both the deep, melodic soulful sounds of her voice and the steely, treble intonations of her acoustic guitar, Dublin singer/songwriter Liane Costello delivers a whole sound that leaves you hungry for more. curly haired guitar playing songwriter, what more could you want.

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