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Crooked Timber is out March 23, Therapy? play in-store at HMV Belfast at 5.30pm Monday, and Iain Todd interviews the band for UlsterMusic.com:It is late on a Tuesday afternoon when I meet lead singer Andy Cairns, bassist Michael McKeegan and publicist James Rollins outside the Holiday Inn in downtown Belfast. With the new album, Crooked Timber, [...]

Horse Face Promotions announces that entries are now open for the N.I. Battle of the Bands: 6 weeks over June-July 2009, 20 bands and £1000 in prize money. The first heat kicks off on June 25, 2009 and it all goes from there. The competition is open to bands and solo artists of all genres [...]

Total Production International magazine has published an in-depth article about the live staging of Snow Patrol’s massive world tour, the band’s biggest to date: http://www.tpimagazine.com/News/217766/snow_patrol_the_one_million_suns_tour.html

The annual Brass Band League of Northern Ireland (BBL) 2009 competition takes place for the first time at the Alley Theatre in Strabane. The event on April 4 promises to offer the very best in Ireland’s brass bands, with over 20 bands battling it out for the championship crown. There are four sections in the [...]

The much-loved singer Eileen Donaghy died back in October 2008. The Irish Times ran this obituary:
One of the most popular singers of the 1960s, Eileen Donaghy sang Irish ballads at a time when little music with a traditional Irish flavour could be heard. She sang recognisably Irish songs at a time when most music heard was [...]

The new Jenny Boggs Centre of Music Excellence in Bangor, Co. Down, was opened in October 2008 and since then pupil numbers have grown steadily. The centre welcomes everyone from complete beginner to aspiring artiste, from pre-school age to retired, from “just for pleasure” to serious musician. At present the centre offers a programme of [...]

A new digital recording and rehearsal studio has opened at the Valley Business Centre in Newtownabbey. Resonate offers flexible and competitively priced rehearsal facilities, with enough gear to suit most musical styles. Special recording packages are available for new and up-and-coming bands: for a limited time, the rehearsal space rate is £8 per hour (3 [...]