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No sense re-inventing the wheel [unless its frictionless - ed] so if you are a bored bassist seeking a busy band – or a bearded band seeking a hairy harpsicordist, here’s one of those sticky cyber-niches to check out:
find: http://belfast.gumtree.com/belfast/musicians_2784_1.html
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The Limavady Jazz & Blues Festival – a weekend of music, June 7-10. “Soak up the warm hospitality and infectious atmosphere that keeps Limavady swinging and singing with jazz and blues music“.
more: http://www.limavadyjazzandblues.com/
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The Northern Ireland Dance Music Awards 2007 took place at Belfast’s La Lea last week (May 25). The event, the second in the series, was again organised by ClubLife, the Dundonald based dance music promotions, marketing and events company. ClubLife director Christopher Lynch said: “Last year’s event at the Europa hotel was a big hit.” [...]

Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal: Thursday, May 31 – Sunday, June 3
Now in its fifth consecutive year, another unique 4-day Rory Gallagher International Tribute Festival takes place in the small Co. Donegal town of Ballyshannon, the birthplace of Ulster’s legendary rock and blues guitarist. Thousands of Rory Gallagher fans – from all over the world – are [...]

London-based Indie-rockers V//Formation are set to return to the island of Ireland this coming July for a summer tour: the band play the Belfast (The Limelight) on July 19, then the cities of Derry, Dublin and Galway. More info to follow plus [maybe] an exclusive interview with the band.
home: http://www.vformation.net
dates: http://www.myspace.com/vformation
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17th Annual Holywood International Jazz Festival 2007: Friday-Saturday-Sunday, June 1-2-3…
Ulster Jazz Events presents another weekend of swing and jazz, in and around Holywood town, on the coastline of County Down. Making their first appearance at the prestigious event will be The Jive Aces from London, arguably Britain’s busiest and best swing band of their [...]

Formed in 2006, Audio-ill is an independent record label dedicated to promoting new original music – from Northern Ireland in particular – with an emphasis on building a musical community [in this (almost) post-EMI era - ed] “that offers support and a fair deal to everyone involved”. Before Jiffy-bagging your precious demo, Audio-ill suggests that [...]

According to the esteemed Daily Telegraph, e-tailer Amazon.com is seriously considering the imminent launch of an on-line music download store to smite the mighty iTunes. Known for shifting books, CDs and DVDs, Amazon has apparently approached all the major record labels offering to sell DRM-free MP3s. The move could cause controversy in the record industry [...]

Here’s a find: a traditional Irish music social networking and tune-swap website, featuring a discussions page for the Belfast scene:
The Session: http://www.thesession.org/
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The Rotterdam Bar, the once-popular live music venue down by the dockside of the river Lagan in Belfast’s historic Sailortown, has been shuttered pending total demolition to make way for new-build appartments. Botannic Inns, former owners of The Rotterdam, located in the cul-de-sac end of Pilot Street, off Corporation Street, sold the ailing business some [...]