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With a programme top-heavy with blues and jazz, Belfast’s Big River International Blues and Jazz Festival runs August 21-25 in venues around downtown Belfast. Ulster jazz performers scheduled to perform include David Lyttle, Ken Haddock, Linley Hamilton, Julie Follis, The Metro Jazz Band, The Apex Jazz Band and The Panama Jazz Band. More: http://www.bigriverbluesandjazz.com

Featuring a host of local bands playing blues, indie, pop, rock and jazz, this year’s Hilden Beer & Music Festival (Hilden, near Lisburn) takes place over the busy late summer bank holiday weekend: August 22-24 http://www.taproomhilden.com

Richard Murray is an accomplished singer-songwriter from Ballymena, Co. Antrim. Like many a jobbing musician, after years of working as a session musician and producer for various kinds of band and artists, he finally decided to release his own first album of original material. The result of his labours is “Desert Wind“, an album described [...]

Andersonstown Traditional & Contemporary Music School restarts its guitar classes with series of free workshops by guitar legend Gordie McAllister.  There are classes at beginner (Wednesday, August 20), intermediate and advanced levels (Wednesday, August 27) at Music Notes Café, The Westcourt Centre (formerly St Mary’s Grammar School), Barrack Street, Belfast starting at 6.00pm sharp. For [...]

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According to a report in Billboard, the former Tourist, former Eurythmic, now solo artist Annie Lennox covers the song “Shining Light” by Ulster alt-rockers Ash on her forthcoming 14-track retrospective album “The Annie Lennox Collection“, her last album for Sony BMG. Lennox has also contributed a rework of Keane’s “Closer Now”. The 54-year-old iconic Aberdonian [...]

Broadcaster UTV has launched an urgent search for the best unsigned bands in Ireland to appear in a new television talent show. Airing this autumn, “Live at the Limelight” is a series of four 60-minute programmes. Interested unsigned acts should send demo recordings to UTV or submit their music via http://www.myspace.com/liveatthelimelight by becoming a “Friend”. [...]

In the run up to the sixth annual City of Derry Guitar Festival (August 23-26, 2008)  there will be two free informal concerts sponsored by one of the festival’s main backers this year, the Derry Credit Union. In the first of these concerts on Wednesday, August 8. 1pm-2pm in the Verbal Arts Centre [...]

NEWSFLASH: Stendal has been cancelled owing to poor sales of advance tickets.
Edel Close reports: The inaugural Stendhal music festival takes place mid-August near Limavady, Co. Londonderry. Set in the picturesque environs of Ballymully Cottage Farm in Limavady, Stendhal festival expects over 6000 revellers to enjoy it’s first year. But run your eyes down the [...]

Red-top tabloid Sunday World is hosting a series of live music events across Ireland: the best act from each face-off goes forward to slug it out at the “L.A. or Busk” finals in Dublin. The overall champs take a trip to earthquake-prone Los Angeles, California to play a showcase event in front of “music professionals”. [...]

Calling all tuba players in Ulster: the deadline for registration for the 19th International Competition “Città di Porcia” (Porcia, Italy) for tuba players in November 2008 is September 20. More: http://www.musicaporcia.it

A significant ingredient in the promotional mix for any aspiring band or artist is compelling image collateral: still and moving. As part of its portfolio of marketing services for the music industry, newly founded White Mountain Entertainment offers narrative-driven music video production, professional monochrome/colour photography and electronic press kits (EPKs) at [...]

Hailing from Co, Donegal, up-and-coming singer Shauna Mullin (25) has been described as being one of the finest exponents of traditional song at present. Mullin is currently touring as lead singer with the David Munnelly Band and was recently awarded the “Newcomer of the Year” by liveIreland, the Dublin based internet broadcaster. “She is the [...]