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The Sunday Business Post newspaper reports that revenue in the Irish music industry fell 13% last year, and the blame is being laid on illegal downloading. However, although the number of CDs sold fell 10%, netting the industry €110 million, legal downloads almost doubled, and some 80% of singles are now purchased online. Managing [...]

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 [...]

by Robert Lynd, UlsterMusic.com
Ulster-born doctor Eoghan Colgan – from Newcastle, Co. Down – took the main prize at the O2 Undiscovered 2007 award ceremony in London, England impressing the panel of judges with his self-penned song The Only One I Want. Over 3000 submissions were received from across the UK in the British [...]

A long-overdue new folk club celebrates its opening night [unluckily? - ed] this coming Friday, April 13  at Belfast’s downtown Garrick Bar. Belfast’s Raw Bar Folk Club will be held from 9pm in the back lounge and picks off with a concert that includes Flook’s Brian Finnegan, Solas‘ Eamon McIlholme and Damian O’Kane plus guests. [...]