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Edel Close reports: One band catching much deserved attention on the music circuit is A Plastic Rose. Recently supporting Driving By Night at their single launch in The Limelight, A Plastic Rose stole the show with good quality, catchy music and a great rapport with the audience. It is hard to find bands on the [...]

Oxfam Ireland is looking for bands, DJs, promoters, buskers, choirs, teachers and fans to organise all kinds of music events during October 2008 and donate the proceeds to Oxfam. Whatever form of music you’re into – from folk to funk – you can get involved now. There’s no limit to how big or small the [...]

Roisin White is one of the foremost Ulster song carriers and sings all over Ireland, singing a eclectic mix of songs which have been passed onto her by the likes of Joe Holmes, Eddie Butcher, Paddy Tunney, Bridget Tunney and Robert Cinnamond. Today, she enjoys invitations to sing at [...]

The Oh Yeah music centre [housed in Billy McBurney's former Outlet Records building in Belfast's pseudo-bohemian Cathedral Quarter - ed] has taken on its first paid employees: Stuart Bailie takes on the role of full-time CEO and Charlotte Dryden becomes Development Officer. To date, the Oh Yeah experience – including the Astral Weeks Revisited event [...]

tixdaq.com is a new price comparison website specialising in tickets for live music events. The service – still in test – is intended to help you find, compare and buy tickets at the best price by listing all available tickets from both the primary (direct) and secondary (resale) markets. tixdaq is free to use – [...]

Co. Antrim born singer-songwriter Kristyn Getty will be among various main stage performers appearing at New Horizon, a major Christian convention which takes place this year on the Coleraine Campus of the University of Ulster from Saturday, July 19 to Friday, July 25. Kristyn will be appearing with her composer husband Keith Getty, who co-wrote [...]

Clandeboye ‘08 Summer Festival of Music features a recital of piano sonatas by Ravel, Liszt and Schubert performed by classical pianist Barry Douglas on Wednesday, August 20. The Clandeboye ‘08 programme – staged at the Clandeboye Estate near Bangor, Co. Down [Google Map]- builds on the success of the 2007 and includes orchestral concerts by [...]

Country music enjoys a huge following in Ireland, north and south. Now, a major Ulster festival dedicated to the genre takes place at Dungannon Park, Co.Tyrone on Saturday and Sunday, August 2-3, 2008. Organised by JW Promotions, the UTV Country Music Festival boasts over 50 international, national and local acts performing on three stages

A new era for one Belfast’s few remaining independent record stores is now underway. Located in the exclusive Haymarket Arcade, Back Beat is open Monday to Saturday, 9am-5pm, and usually manned by proprieter and reggae-lover Robert Holmes. New singles and CDs by local artists are usually available and there’s plenty of vinyl too. Phone 028 [...]

A date for your diary: Music Mart 2008 is described as Northern Ireland’s first ever dedicated music industry trade show, with exhibitors and reps from labels, studios, venues, management, photographers and more. Entrance is free, and there’s complimentry tea on the brew – and rather nice biscuits. [one is informed that Music Mart is *not* part [...]

The Quire is a group of singers from Northern Ireland’s LGBT community. Formed in early 2005, the group’s mission is to excite, empower, educate, encourage, entertain and enrich the members of Quire, and the wider community through the celebration of music making, diversity and friendship. The Quire anticipates holding another recruitment session in September 2008. [...]

Now in its sixth year, the Clonmel Song Contest is claimed to be one of Ireland’s major songwriting events and is gathering international attention with entries from faraway places: Canada and Czech Republic, for example. The closing date for entries [€30 per song] is Monday, September 1, 2008 and the Grand Final takes place on [...]

by Edel Close, July 2008: Ed Zealous tonight headlined a good mix of quality local music in Auntie Annies as they launched their new double A-side single “Pretty Face” and “Gateway Cars“. The night kicked off with music from Two Door Cinema Club, followed by The Jane Bradfords. The evening brought a varied mix of [...]

Music students at the University of Ulster have teamed up with traditional Irish musician Padraig Ó Mianáin to produce their own CD. “Mian án mo Chroí” was launched at the University’s Foyle Arts Building by fiddle player and Derry Journal editor Martin McGinley. Traditional music students from the School of Creative Arts selected and arranged [...]