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If Ireland’s music scene has a first lady, Cathy Davey is surely the chanteuse who best fits the bill.

Standing on a Grecian style balcony looking over Cobh harbour, Cathy Davey reckons she’s pretty happy with how the year has turned out. After all she is an Irish Choice Music Prize nominated and Meteor Award winning singer/songwriter who is still gigging on the back of her critically acclaimed second album Tales of Silversleeve, which was released in October of 2007. “I’m going around Cork at the moment. It’s an amazing place, I’m happy this month,” she explains.

I’m not one of those indie-chic girls. I’d like to be, but in all honesty, I’m not. I like the stuff you hear on the radio, the stuff that plays in the background of Grey’s Anatomy, and the stuff you hear when your shakin’ your stuff in the nightclubs. I went and saw Blondie during the Arts Festival (highlight of my summer!) and I will go see Paddy Casey at the Roisin in January. My CD collection includes everything from opera to show tunes to gangster rap to bubblegum pop. My musical tastes are as wide and varied as you could imagine, so trying to put down on paper my favourite musical moments of the year isn’t an easy task, or a neat and tidy one at that, especially for such a brilliant year in music.

IF YOU are a regular listener to the Ray D’Arcy Show on Today FM you’re probably more than aware of this CD already.

THE IRISH rock, indie, and singer-songwriter scene has never been healthier or more vibrant yet there is still a feeling that many of our best bands are still ‘local heroes’.

Meath singer/songwriter Eugene Donegan released his eagerly anticipated debut album Little Apples on March 27. 

THERE IS an endearing group of musicians doing the circuit at the moment. All wonderfully talented, creative, and in love with what they do. Watching them perform is always a pleasure.

There’s an endearing group of musicians doing the circuit at the moment. All wonderfully talented, creative, and in love with what they do watching them perform is always a pleasure.