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Turn your FM/DAB radio on Thursday nights ’round midnight and hear Rory McConnell (26) broadcast live on BBC Radio 1 from the thumping heart of Belfast. Rory champions local artists, so if you are banded and want him to hear your oeuvre just send a CD, short biography and contact details to: Rory McConnell […]

True Story, the debut album from Ulster drummer David Lyttle, features 8 original compositions plus an “all-star line-up” of Ireland’s most sought-after jazz musicians. Lyttle has become one of Ireland’s in-demand drummers working with leading Irish and American musicians. Listen on-line at www.myspace.com/davidlyttlejazz or buy on-line at www.davidlyttle.com

SellaBand is a Web 2.0 contraption that lets music fans sponsor unknown bands/artists by buying shares (”parts”) in those same bands/artists. Once a band has raised $50k by racking up sales of 5000 parts, SellaBand arranges a professional studio session. The recorded songs are then sold to new fans, and both the artists and owners […]

Radio 1’s eclectic Irish firebrand, Queen’s University Belfast alumnus and former Shine apparatchik, Annie Mac continues her national tour with support from Kissy Sell Out on Thursday, December 20, at Shivo, Leicester: www.shivoo.net. Those with radio sets can tune to Annie Mac’s Mash-Up on BBC Radio 1 every Friday from 9pm - 11pm:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/anniemac/biography.shtml
MySpace: www.myspace.com/anniemac16

Indie/alt artist Tom McShane is the latest musician from Ulster to expand his touring into the US writes UlsterMusic.com contributor Nick Fitzsimons. Tom’s recent tour, which took in Seattle (Washington), Portland (Oregon), Los Angeles (SoCal) and a two-night stand in San Francisco, focused on urban areas, especially those with large student populations - a key […]

Thinking of starting a recording label or need some help on monetizing your music intellectual property in world of Web 2.0? Check out this Brum dude’s webwear: http://newmusicstrategies.com/

Despite attempts by short-changed shareholders to thwart the impending deal, publisher EMAP is moving to dispose of its radio station assests - including Northern Ireland’s first ever commerical radio station Downtown Radio (DTR), and sister greater Belfast 97.4MHz broadcaster Cool FM - to German media monster Bauer, publisher of a roster of women’s magazines […]

The Priory Singers made their debut over 20 years ago in 1986 and under the direction of their founder, Dr Harry Grindle, they rapidly established themselves as one of the country’s leading chamber choirs. Their extensive repertoire includes music of all periods and their programmes frequently feature less familiar works as well as music specially […]

UlsterMusic.com has germinated and is growing. The editor now seeks music business writers to contribute high-quality, intelligent copy (news, features, articles, reviews, obituaries, viewpoints, etc) on an occassional basis. No previous experience neccessary. Payment in street-credits and kudos. Apply to ulster.music@googlemail.com

Lee Hedley (b. Newtownards, Co. Down) signed to Urban Angel Music [www.urbanangelmusic.com] in October 2007 and is now writing and recording an original blues-rock album with the Belfast label. (UAM recently tasted Irish chart success with Lila). Hedley’s new album - as yet untitled - will be toured in Ireland and the UK when released […]

Based in Co. Antrim, Haste to the Wedding are a five-piece folk band specialising in traditional ceili dance music and song. They come from various musical backgrounds, and have extensive experience playing traditional music from Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales and further afield.

Publicity-shy progressive rockers We Are Knives have released a 6-track CD on indie label Feraliminal Recordings. Recorded over two days at Einstein Studios, Antrim with the help of one Frankie McClay, this debut CD is available to buy using PayPal via http://www.myspace.com/theweareknivestrio

UK based mobile music company Omnifone [http://www.omnifone.com] has launched a new “unlimited” subscription-based music download service called MusicStation to take on the current giants in the global mobile music market. Vodafone’s UK consumers will be the first mobile users in the UK to have the freedom to download, play and share unlimited amounts of music, […]

Octave Music Solutions - winners of the Belfast Business Awards 2007 “Excellence in Entrepreneurship” category - was created to provide a centralised contact point for musicians looking for work and those seeking music for entertainment. Based in Belfast, Octave brings together expertise from the music and recruitment industries, to provide music solutions to all areas […]

Electronic indie popsters Clone Quartet yesterday released their debut album Well-Oiled Machine through a partnership between labels Smalltown America and Tigertrap Records. Founded in Belfast by singer and multi-instrumentalist Andy Henry, the band have played support to CSS, The Rapture and Uffie, recorded a Radio 1 session, completed their first UK tour in July, and […]

The launch of the 2008 International Festival of Chamber Music takes place at Direct Wine Shipments, Belfast on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 7.30pm. (Entrance is by invitation only and tickets will be issued on a first come, first served basis: see http://www.belfastmusicsociety.org/launch.html).

According to ifoAppleStore [www.ifoapplestore.com], Apple is finalizing negotiations to locate a retail store in the Victoria Square complex in Belfast, the first store on the island of Ireland. The store is now assigned space “UG5″ on the 2nd level of the new 800,000 square-foot set of buildings in city centre that includes 98 shops, residential […]

The range of music played by the Hounds of Ulster includes, jigs, reels marches, slow airs and hornpipes. During the short time that the group has been formed it has attained accolades from many influential people engaged within the Ulster-Scots music and entertainment field. The age of the membership ranges from 6 to 60+ years […]

Congratulations to Urban Angel Music signing Lila who made the Irish Top 50 Singles chart with her debut single Hold On. The same Belfast based music company is also seeking submissions from artists/songwriters for its fast-growing record label and publishing division, and plans to exhibit at the MIDEM 2008 music conference and festival in France.

Angela Huntington (soprano) and Ann Carr (contralto) are guest artistes with the Robert Wilson conducted King’s Corale [the Polyphonic Spree backed out - ed] on Saturday, December 1 from 7.30pm at Fisherwick Presbyterian Church, Malone Road, Belfast. The suggested donation on the door is £7 . Part of that goes to support a children’s hospice.

FATE magazine has launched the promotional website with on-line voting for the FATE Awards 2008, to be held at the Waterfront on February 22, 2008. The awards celebrate the best in the local entertainments industry and recognise those people in the business that have gone that extra kilometer. The organisers say that bars, restaurants, venues, […]

NIMIC are hosting a high-profile Music: It’s the Business event on Monday, December 3 that looks specifically at the business of music for film, TV and multimedia. The potential incomes for writers, composers and recording artists from the use of their work in film, television, advertisements and multimedia are substantial. These ‘secondary’ incomes from recorded […]

According to a report in The Register, 45% of the UK population listen to an mp3 player more than four times a week. Market research company Frukt polled over 900 UK inhabitants and discovered that it isn’t just the youth taking their tunes with them: 19% of over-40’s are equally attached to their mp3 players, […]

Described as “The Irish Bette Midler”, Rose-Marie took the UK charts by storm back in the day with her first hit single When I leave the World Behind. That song broke into the charts on three occasions. And she has 19 albums to her credit. So where is she now? [she ain’t on MySpace - […]

So the rumours are true. UlsterMusic.com is officially “carbon neutral”. [but don’t ask me what that actually means - ed]. Let the people and the plants of planet Earth rejoice. Read more: http://www.green.tv

Metal-heads, check this out: US magazine Decibel covers the entire spectrum of extreme metal, from platinum acts to genre pioneers to the best of the underground. Decibel’s monthly Hall of Fame articles tell the authoritative stories behind the genre’s most classic albums. On-line, the award-winning decibelmagazine.com offers up news, exclusive content, magazine archives, a dynamic […]

The world premiere of Ossa, a new work by Belfast-born composer Neil Martin, takes place on November 25, 2007 in the Whitla Hall. Specially composed to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls, the performance of the work by the Belfast Philharmonic Choir will be broadcast live on BBC Radio Ulster at […]

If you were a doctor/physician/GP you’d almost certainly be a member of the most powerful “closed shop” union in the UK - the British Medical Association. The BMA enjoys mighty lobbying power and has recently secured a salary package for its hardworking GP members in excess of £100k PA. If you are a grafting musician, […]

Queen’s Radio - www.queensradio.org - is a student-run radio station based at Queen’s University Students Union [QUBSU - www.qubsu.org] and has been “broadcasting” on FM for over 4 years - and AM for a year. As well as a daytime playlist-driven music schedule, and chart-driven and specialist music shows in the evening, QR […]

Tom McShane - an accomplished musician from Northern Ireland - is presently on tour on the west coast of the USA. Tom’s first releases, the lo-fi, home-recorded Songs Are Sad and the follow-up single, Scene at the Citadel have attracted critical acclaim and earned Tom a strong fan base. Tom is signed to Penny Distribution […]

cdcleisurelimited - the owners of Belfast’s happening music venues The Limelight, Spring & Airbrake, Katy Dalys, and Auntie Annies - have launched an on-line ticket purchase service at www.geturticket.com and refreshed the look-and-feel of websites for their cluster of rock, indie, metal, pop orientated venues [Read more]. If one registers before year-end one could win […]

Former Dead Kennedy punk-band frontman singer and songwriter, now political philosopher, Jello Biafra speaks his mind at the Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast’s Cathedral Quater on Nov 22, 2007 from 8pm. Tickets £11 from www.wegottickets.com

Is your da pictured pogoing or puking in grainy monochrome here? Check it out, just in casey: http://www.irishrock.org/ipnw/index.html

How does pop music have the power to convey emotion, express the inexplicable and defy time? Listen to this conversational duet and find out: http://www.homepages.indiana.edu/020201/text/conversations.html

Which big name acts would you like to see headline Oxegen 2008? The Oxegen organisers are seeking suggestions from festival-goers. Last summer, 80,000 fans witnessed sets from Muse, Snow Patrol, The Klaxons, My Chemical Romance, Razorlight and Arcade Fire - voted the best festival band of 2007. So which up-and-coming acts do you think would go down a treat […]

Named after that frightful song by Danni’s sister - [covered by Frank Sidebottom - ed] - but this UK-made website might be of interest to those music makers seeking fame and fortune by an alternative route to that of uncle Tom: http://www.ishouldbesolucky.com

CoolChaser http://www.coolchaser.com offers no-cost templates to MySpace members that simplify the creation of nicely designed, personalized, profile pages with all the bells and whistles a MySpace cadet would want. Most of these templates are unbranded and in various colour palettes and styles; there are also corporate-sponsored templates to choose from.

Foy Vance breaks his UK and Ireland tour schedule to return to Belfast in early December to work with David Holmes on some tracks for the Ocean’s 11 soundtrackmeister’s new album and also remix Foy’s Be With Me for release in 2008. Foy also plans to re-record Shed a Little Light before Christmas, to release […]

Originally scheduled for release back in May, Almost, the long-awaited brand new CD album from established Belfast singer-songwriter and covers band man Ken Haddock is to be officially released at a special gig on November 21, 2007 from 8pm at The Empire Music Hall, Botanic Avenue, Belfast. Ken - backed by a full band […]

An event run by the industry for the industry - the second Mobile Music Now! takes place on Wednesday, December 5 at BAFTA, Piccadilly, London.

Would you stump up £15 per annum to join the Duke Special fan club and receive “exclusive benefits”? That’s competitions to win genuine Duke items and concert tickets, a thrice-yearly fanzine, webcasts, downloads, and a signed photo. [one wonders if they use the old robo-signature machine once abused by Donald Rumsfeld - ed]. To join […]

NIMIC hosts a high profile Music: It’s the Business event - 3-6pm on Wednesday, November 7, at the Spring & Airbrake, Ormeau Avenue, Belfast - focused on the live music sector. The event will feature presentations and a Q&A session with some of Northern Ireland’s major live music industry players: Feargal Sharkey - Chairman of […]

Together Again, the new duets CD album from Donegal man Daniel O’Donnell and singing partner Mary Duff, has penetrated the UK Top 10 and this week hangs out at number 6. Together Again celebrates the 20th anniversary of Daniel and Mary singing together on stage. Alongside a free 8-track DVD, the album features “classic hits […]

BBC Radio 2 and the British Academy of Composers & Songwriters (BACS) are running a competition to give aspiring new songwriters their big break. Like Ulster’s 20th century pop-song svengali Jimmy Kennedy, do you have what it takes to pen a chart-topping tune or two? The 60 finalists attend a 2-day masterclass where they can […]

Ignition, 18 Roses, Notion and Escape Act play The 27 Club, at the Square Peg in Warrenpoint on November 3. [be at the square or be elsewhere - ed]

http://www.myspace.com/thesquarepeg27club

Komodo Studios is running a competition, giving the winning artist/band at least a week (56 hours) of studio time with producer Alwyn Walker to record two tracks. In addition, the 2 runners-up will each win 8 hours of studio time. To enter, simply send a press-pack to:

The University of Ulster’s Lunchtime Concert Series continues next week with performances by jazz trio Paul McIntyre on piano, Nick Scott on bass and Greg McCarthy on drums. The trio will perform their interpretations of some favorite jazz standards as well as improvised pieces from mainstream, hard bop and gospel genres. The concerts will take […]

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

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 year […]

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