Belfast’s new community radio station, Féile FM 103.2, is descibed as “an exciting new community radio station for Belfast with a diverse programme schedule.” Tune into Féile FM on 103.2 MHz in the greater Belfast area or on-line at www.feilefm.com
October 24, 2007
BBC News on-line reports: Huge pirate music site shut down British and Dutch police have shut down a “widely-used” source of illegally-downloaded music. A flat on Teesside and several properties in Amsterdam were raided as part of an Interpol investigation into the members-only website OiNK. The UK-run site has leaked 60 major pre-release albums this [...]
October 23, 2007
Something In The Air is the second “limited edition” EP release by local songstress Ana Mae. From the up-beat Something In The Air, the darker second track Stay and on to live favourite Is There Anything You Can Do this new digital EP demonstrates that Ana Mae can deliver power pop.
October 22, 2007
The Barry McCrudden Jazz Trio (Belfast, Co. Antrim) play music from across the jazz and blues spectrum. Their style ranges from “hot swing” to cool blues. Their repertoire includes those standards as performed by Sinatra, Jamie Cullum, Michael Buble, Nat King Cole, Billie Holliday and many other jazz legends.
October 21, 2007
OnBeat is a new independant record label based in Glasgow, Scotland. The label seeks the best unsigned artists from across the UK: check out recently signed artist Wull the Thief. more: www.ONBEAT.co.uk
October 20, 2007
Messrs. Duke Special and Foy Vance play Sligo Live – Irish Roots & Branches over the RoI Bank Holiday weekend in Sligo, Co. Sligo – a county neighbouring Ulster. more: http://www.sligolive.ie
October 19, 2007
One-A-Chord is a new music promotion company with over 20 years experience in music and a focus on reliability and detail. One-A-Chord offer the option of equipment hire – and state that 10% of their profits go to charity. MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/oneachordmusicpromotions e-mail: inoneachord@yahoo.com
October 18, 2007
Oxjam is a unique music festival staged throughout the month of October across Ireland and the UK with the aim of raising awareness and money for projects undertaken by Oxfam. Over the course of 31 days in October hundreds of musicians and volunteers will bust a gut to make this festival a huge success and raise as much money as possible all while entertaining you good people and having a great time doing so.
October 16, 2007
Running now for seven years, The Real Music Club lays claim to being Ulster’s leading promoter of acoustic (“real”) music. Based at The Errigle Inn on the Ormeau Road [where be thy Google map? - ed] the first venue in Belfast city to hold an entertainment license, the club specialises in acoustic music performed by [...]
October 13, 2007
Established in 2000, Heaven Bound is a female gospel trio from Co. Antrim who “…seek to serve our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, through song…“. The trio launched their new CD recording The Power Of The Cross on September 15 in Ballymena: 700 people gathered at Cambridge House Grammar School for the evening. Other artists [...]
October 12, 2007
Fermanagh based vocalist-entertainer Phil Franco (45) performs songs from the ’50′s and ’60′s and can be hired for functions/events at reasonable rates. e-mail: songs1962 AT aol.com mobi: 07017 778 877
October 11, 2007
The UK-wide launch of prog-folksters catoan CD and will i [not to be confused with hip-hop artist & Black Eyed Pea will.i.am - ed] is celebrated on Oct 11 at the Empire Music Hall, Belfast. The catoan “street-team” has been busy chalking the pavements of bucolic south Belfast with marketing messages… [does this guerilla marketing [...]
October 10, 2007
Pyrotechnical instrumental rock band And So I Watch You From Afar – secretly DV recorded [Digital 8 - ed] at Armagh outdoor alt.fest Homemade Jam – has outlined plans to record a new CD with vocal accompanyment from guest singers. The band enter AU [October 2007 issue] magazine’s The Hot 40 Ireland’s Must See Acts [...]
October 9, 2007
Today UlsterMusic.com breaks cover and becomes visible to search engines like Google, Ask and Yahoo! [the title of this post is just a pseudo-surrealist, counter-intuitive and slight irritating anti-statement about UlsterMusic.com - ed] pictured: the publisher reclines in his private LearJet
October 7, 2007
News reaches UlsterMusic.com that Belfast based up-and-coming classic rock band In The Name Of is pro-actively seeking embedded management to develop the band. The band has secured a date at Liverpool’s The Cavern but are keen as mustard to secure more on-the-road action. A Day In Hell is the name of the band’s first EP. [...]
October 6, 2007
The Oh Yeah Building hosts OXJAM Belfast’s 30th anniversary celebration of Ulster punk music on Saturday, October 20 with a loud [note: >115dB sound pressure and human hearing is seriously damaged - ed] and raucous “all-ages” show featuring Fighting With Wire, Steer Clear, Killing April, Glitterwax and The Fools. doors: 6.00pm – bring your ear-plugs [...]
October 5, 2007
More information later about next year’s Ulster Fleadh: http://www.ulsterfleadh.com
October 3, 2007
It could be the name of another band with a MySpace website [maybe it is - ed] but it’s the actually the design of a drool T-shirt from Busted Tees. €¢> http://www.bustedtees.com/shirt/tom/male
October 2, 2007
A carnival of music: exhibition, workshops, seminars and entertainment. Suss it out at www.musicireland.ie where> Dublin, RDS, Main Hall when> Sat, Oct 6 – Sun, Oct 7 [dates in blue - ed] tix> www.ticketmaster.ie
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