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Spidey CD fires up with Snow Patrol
April 28, 2007
Snow Patrol [for it is they - ed] have contributed Signal Fire as the opening number of the CD “soundtrack” album that promotes the third motion picture installment of Holywood’s successful Spiderman franchise. The cleverly titled Spiderman 3 reunites cast and film-makers from the first two adventures for a “web of vengeance, love, and forgiveness [...]
How To Be A Millionaire
April 27, 2007
Is it as easy to make it in ths music business as ABC? NIMIC hosts an International Showcasing & Marketing event in the Blackbox venue in Belfast’s Cathedral Quater on Wednesday, May 23 from 3pm. The event – which is free to attend – includes presentations by bigtime international music industry events who will talk [...]
City heats for teenage mutant popstars
April 24, 2007
South Belfast based Citybeat, the commercial radio station that spawned talk-radio monster Stephen Nolan, has launched a province-wide talent competetion aimed at wannabe 8- to 16- year-old singers and performers. The 96.7MHz FM and digital radio (DAB) broadcaster intends to rove across Northern Ireland looking for young, gifted and multi-racial singers and performers in a [...]
Langley writes Tony Hadley track
April 20, 2007
Gerry Langley has contributed a song to (ex Spandau Ballet) Tony Hadley‘s new swing-orientated CD, “Passing Strangers” on Curb Records. Originally from Ulster, Langley’s own album, “Streets of Belfast” a new self-penned collection of introspective songs, is available via independent e-store CDBaby. Langley’s career in music started in the 60′s when he and sister Mary [...]
Kayes sings spiritual on Reflections
April 20, 2007
Traditional Christian new age music artist Olive Kayes has a new collection of acoustic songs CD album Reflections produced and recorded by independent Belfast record label Mir Gospa Music. More: http://www.mirgospa.com/new-album/index.htm
Ulster medic wins O2 Undiscovered
April 19, 2007
by Robert Lynd, UlsterMusic.com Ulster-born doctor Eoghan Colgan – from Newcastle, Co. Down – took the main prize at the O2 Undiscovered 2007 award ceremony in London, England impressing the panel of judges with his self-penned song The Only One I Want. Over 3000 submissions were received from across the UK in the British mobile [...]
Raw Bar folk club at Belfast’s Garrick
April 12, 2007
A long-overdue new folk club celebrates its opening night [unluckily? - ed] this coming Friday, April 13 at Belfast’s downtown Garrick Bar. Belfast’s Raw Bar Folk Club will be held from 9pm in the back lounge and picks off with a concert that includes Flook‘s Brian Finnegan, Solas‘ Eamon McIlholme and Damian O’Kane plus guests. [...]
Big bands jazz walled city in May
April 11, 2007
This year’s City of Derry Jazz & Big Band Festival is to be held in a certain walled city in Co. Londonderry from Thursday, May 3 – Sunday, May 6. The 4-day music festival also embraces a series of classic “jazz” films, including a rarely seen documentry about recently reformed trio The Police [not the [...]
Kiss of the Spider man
April 2, 2007
Colin Reid debuts his new ‘must have’ instrumental CD album Dear Spider – with cheesecake artwork by Mark Case. And according to the press release … The fourth recording from guitarist Colin Reid, reveals his talents more fully than previous releases – on Dear Spider, we see him equally at home as composer, writer and [...]
Billy MacKenzie: Boy Keeps Swinging
April 1, 2007
by Robin Murray, editor of fanzine Marchin’ On www.myspace.com/marchingon Born in 1957, Billy MacKenzie came from travelling stock, raised in a rich tradition of song and oral culture. His large family had eclectic tastes exposing him to dancehall records as well as jazz artists such as Billie Holiday. A lifelong influence, The Associates would cover [...]
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