There is a sentence about the singer-songwriter and guitarist Niall Connolly that is very memorable. It’s on his website, www.niallconnolly.com. Part of his Electronic Press Kit (EPK), it is being used over and over again by many of the venues where he plays: “A master storyteller, Niall Connolly is the kind of […]
Music
The highlight of the seventh Drimoleague Singing Festival, which runs from September 19-22, is sure to be the Sunday night concert featuring Hothouse Flowers, who will bring their legendary high energy show featuring rock, roll and soul, as well as a hefty dose of Irish traditional music influences to All […]
West Cork all-female band The Kates are set to launch their debut EP ‘Pictures Here of Dreams’ this month at the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival. A much-loved local band, The Kates were initially set up by folk and country musician Paula K O’Brien. Paula and her family organise a fundraiser […]
2024 marks the 20th edition of the Clonakilty International Guitar Festival (CIGF) and everyone is invited to Guitartown from September 19-22 to mark the occasion. Over these last 20 years Guitartown has established itself as a renowned jamboree that venerates artists — from young to old, from virtuosos to three-chord […]
Drimoleague Community Choir have been chosen as this year’s Bealtaine Festival Flagship Dawn Chorus Choir and will open this year’s festival at an event in Drimoleague on Sunday May 5, at 7.30am. The Dawn Chorus is nationwide choral event in which older people come together with a choir in their […]
Bob Log III – the helmet-wearing one-man band from Tucson, Arizona returns to one of his favourite places on Earth this month, having been “cooped up” in his house in Melbourne since November. Armed with Silvertone archtop guitars, and kick pedals rigged to a set of acoustic drum and cymbals […]