This year’s Francis McPeake International Summer School – held in Belfast from July 30 to August 4 – offers a comprehensive, hands-on education in Irish traditional, jazz and Ulster-Scots music. The oganisers promise an outstanding gathering of internationally renowned tutors across all disciplines: six days of immersion in classes, recitals, ceilithe, sessions, invited performances and [...]
June 22, 2007
Pixie Saytar, the Belfast based New York singer-songwriter launches her 10-track debut CD album The White Book at the Bunker, Lavery’s, Belfast on Thursday, 28 June. Expect music, people and snack-food in a smoke-free atmosphere. On the bill, from 9pm: * Pixie Saytar & The Sunshine 3 – USA/Belfast * Ghost Mice – USA * [...]
June 22, 2007
Duke Special headlines Glasgowbury, the “small but massive” one-day music festival near Draperstown on Saturday, July 21. Now in its 7th year, this time around the event has 3 live stages, performance areas, a movie house, circus acts, craft Shops and a “holistic zone” [presumably for UFO parking - ed]. Glasgowbury – named after co-founder [...]
June 15, 2007
Local and international artists play “unplugged” every Thursday evening from 8pm-10pm at the Mofo Music Club, Thyme Square Restaurant in Dromore, Co. Down. FREE admission and nibbles. June 7: Ted Magee – plays Neil Young songs and more… June 14: Sal Hanvey – http://www.myspace.com/salhanvey June 21: Summer Solstice Party – Denise Marie – singer/songwriter/guitarist from [...]
June 14, 2007
No less than four American indie bands come together on stage on Friday, June 15 at a club called Lucky’s in downtown Greenville, North Carolina to raise funds for an east-coast charity helping disadvantaged teenagers from Northern Ireland see the world in a different light. Started in the late 1970′s, the Ulster Project has sponsored [...]
June 14, 2007
Celebrating and promoting creative and urban arts, trans is a four-week programme of seminars, workshops, gigs, events and exhibitions, taking place in the heart of Belfast. The Coca-Cola Urban Arts Academy is the biggest trans project. Now in its 3rd year, UAA continues to provide the best courses in urban arts providing a wonderful opportunity [...]
June 8, 2007
UM/mp3: Deceased soccer player and on-off playboy George Best is the subject of yet another song about his legendary footwork on the football field. Entitled The Conjurer, the CD single is released for sale June 9 and was written on the night Best died from long-term illnesses arising from his chronic alocholism. The single is [...]
June 5, 2007
UM/mp3: Musician and former Genesis frontman Peter Gabriel has advanced plans to launch We7, a music download website that aims to benefit both music listeners and musicians. Registered users will shortly be able to download music for free, but adverts “embedded” into each track will provide a revenue stream for recording artists. We7 aims to [...]
June 3, 2007
UM/job: Limerick University seeks applications for a full-time lecturer in Irish Traditional Music/Dance by Friday, June 15, 2007; salaried €50k – €82k p.a. The job requirements include a proven track record [not record track - ed] in Irish traditional music/dance performance or “a related performance practice”. The duties of the postholder include the delivery of [...]
June 3, 2007
Introducing singer-songwriter and Bangor man Micah Vincent contestant in Coke/iTunes 2007 showcase: http://www.music.coca-cola.com/home more: http://www.myspace.com/mjvincent -UM-
June 2, 2007
UM is more than news, reviews, interviews, blues… UM is also about the business and music education. You won’t find a review of the Elton John Rocket Man concert at the Odyssey here – Reg Dwight is not UM. But here’s a link to on-line tuition for the flute, the first instrument for many a [...]
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