Search Results for 'guitarist'

Gemma Hayes has just been announced as the support act for Ray Lamontagne who plays the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Sunday September 6. Gemma is enjoying the success of an artist that comes from years of hard work and love of music, and this showed this January when Hayes was nominated for Best Irish Female at the 2009 Meteor Irelands Music Awards. Hayes' third album The Hollow of Morning was released in May of last year in Ireland, and debuted at number 12 in the Irish Albums Chart, and earlier this year she performed at the Oscar Wilde party in Los Angeles, California. The annual event takes place days before the Oscars, and celebrates the best of Irish popular culture.

Director returned with a bang to the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Friday October 30. Their second album, I’ll Wait For Sound, was released in May charted at No 11 in the Irish charts and was preceded by the single, ‘Sing It Without A Tune’. Their second single, ‘Moment to Moment’, was released In Ireland in July. The band are due to tour outside of Ireland to support the release of the album in UK/mainland Europe on September 21.

Internationally acclaimed vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Clive Barnes who lives locally, returns to the live circuit for September and October as an artist at the top of his game. Along with him comes The Ghost Country, Barnes new album.

“HEIDI TALBOT sings in a voice that’s both awestruck and tender,” says The New York Times, while Village Voice describes her as “Björk combined with Enya”.

THE IRISH music scene has been littered with ‘next big thing’ bands since U2 broke through to international stardom in the early 1980s.

Director returned with a bang to the Royal Theatre Castlebar on Friday October 30 their second album I’ll Wait For Sound released in May charted at No. 11 in the Irish charts and was preceded by the single “Sing It Without A Tune.” Since their irresistible bid for notice on the Dublin rock circuit in 2005, Director’s crafted, intelligent guitar music has stood them apart from the usual suspects.

“CHAZ DE Paolo is a fretburner with strong, undistorted Stratocaster tone, chops, and a grip on dramatic dynamics that brings a level of interest to his blues-rock compositions and covers.”

Mullingar-based rock band Ever27 have taken the unusual step of releasing two singles on the same day, October 24. One of the singles is entitled ‘Closer’ and the other is ‘Wake Up’.

THE 2009 Galway Jazz Festival takes place from Thursday November 19 to Sunday 22 and will feature acts from Norway, The US, Germany, Britain, Italy, and Ireland.

He’s back. Guitar genius Preston Reed makes a highly anticipated return visit to the Linenhall Arts Centre in Castlebar on Wednesday November 11 at 8pm.