London-based dance music collective Basement Jaxx headline this year’s Beach Party 2007 on Portrush East Strand, Co. Antrim, on Saturday, June 30. [punters who don't make "recreational use" of brain-atrophying drugs may recall that Fatboy Slim chaired the decks at last year's weather-defying event - ed]. Beach Party promoter Gary McGuigan says that more vinyl [...]
March 23, 2007
Back to its original Downpatrick 3-some, New York City loving hipsters Ash - now Tim, Mark and Rick from Co. Down – are shortly set to release a new album of studio recorded material. (Meantime, the recently departed [from Ash, not this mortal coil - ed] and fragrant Charlotte Hatherley has embarked on a “solo” [...]
March 23, 2007
Singleton Paul McCartney, the second eldest son of Monaghan-connected Liverpudlian Mary Patricia McCartney (née Mohan), is the first major artist to sign to Hear Music – www.hearmusic.com - the Starbuck Coffee Company’s new Los Angeles based record label venture. McCartney was previously with EMI Records since the early days of The Beatles. [Fab Fact: Starbucks' is the [...]
March 17, 2007
Heard some local sounds [within the Ulster zone - ed] that you’d like to share with other readers? Just enter the info in the Comment box below and UlsterMusic.com will do the rest. You don’t have to be David Bowie or a “tastemaker” on the editorial team of a record-industry supported music publication or mobile [...]
March 17, 2007
May Street Church, located in downtown Belfast, has started hosting a regular “jazz and java” Thursday evening in its made-over basement called URBAN SOUL, featuring live music. [has the devil's music has been appropriated by big daddy? - ed]. Check out: URBAN SOUL Each Thursday, between 5.30 & 9.30 you are invited to visit our [...]
March 15, 2007
Lisburn City Council's Island Arts Centre is once again promoting its "hugely successful" MUSIC QUEST for the best unsigned bands and solo acts...
March 9, 2007
The Ulster Hall on Belford Street, Belfast's Victorian venue (The Undertones, Morrissey, Amy Winehouse, The Bootleg Beatles played there - ed) is to close within a matter of weeks - for a period of up to 18 months - while major refurbishments take place.
March 2, 2007
Half a million pounds of public money is to be used to help develop the music stars of the future in Scotland, it was announced yesterday. The cash, from Scottish Enterprise, will help to develop labels and promoters as well as the performers themselves...
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