Busy alt-rock indie trio General Fiasco took time out from their UK tour to appear at Belfast’s last remaining music megastore and mark the October 19 release of their much-anticipated new single We Are The Foolish. A crowd of over 250 people [some wearing beanies - ed] packed into the downstairs floor the HMV branch [...]
October 27, 2009
The Belfast Philharmonic has appointed Gail Evans to the post of Associate Accompanist of the Belfast Philharmonic Choir, Phil Kids and Philharmonic Youth Choir. Evans will work closely with the regular choir accompanist Stephen Doughty, and conductor Christopher Bell, developing her skills as a pianist. To get involved with Belfast Phil as a singer, click [...]
October 27, 2009
Everyday Demons, the debut album (on Albert Productions, an independent rock label) by The Answer has now shifted more than 100k units, enjoying critial acclaim and attracting praise from rock music’s aristocracy. The Co. Down band supported AC/DC on the Black Ice tour of North America. The Answer play the Ulster Hall on December 14, [...]
October 27, 2009
A new weekly jazz brunch event starts in East Belfast on Sunday, 18 October. The long-established SD Bell & Company owned coffee joint – located in Knock on Belfast’s Upper Newtownards Road – is the venue for a regular jazz session hosted by saxophonist Dan Forshaw. Forshaw, a player, teacher and occassional sideman, is described [...]
October 27, 2009
Methodist College Choir took the honours at the first semi-final of School Choir ’09 – an all-Ireland competition organised by peace-building charity Co-Operation Ireland – which took place in Belfast on October 15. The choir will sing again in the grand final at the Belfast’s Ulster Hall on November 15. Nearly 80 schools from the [...]
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