Dublin-based indie singer songwriter Lisa Hannigan has been touring and recording as a solo artist since 2007. During that time, her sound has been continually expanding - from the quirky, stripped back and self-produced Sea Sew (2008) to the superb chamber-folk At Swim (2016) where the musician immersed her voice into sumptuous ... [Continue Reading]
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Leyla McCalla: The Capitalist Blues
It feels like everyone’s in a pressure cooker in this country Born in New-York City of Haitian parents, cellist, banjo player and singer songwriter Leyla McCalla settled in New-Orleans in 2010. As time goes by, Leyla McCalla’s music is digging ever so deeper into the kaleidoscopic cultural diversity of the Deep South. Produced ... [Continue Reading]
Anna Mieke: Idle Mind
I’ve been wandering long… Already a distinguished performer at music festivals across Ireland, Anna-Mieke Bishop is a multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter originally from Co. Wicklow. A nomad at heart, years of travelling and living in different corners of the world (“from the west of Ireland to Spain to Bangladesh to ... [Continue Reading]
Cosmo Sheldrake: The Much Much How How and I
Come along catch a Heffalump, Sit with me on a muddy clump, We’ll sing a song of days gone by […] We’ll dance and sing till sundown, And feast with abandon, We’ll sleep when the morning comes, And we’ll rise by the sound of the birdsongs. Come Along Based in London, Cosmo Sheldrake is a young composer, ... [Continue Reading]
Snorri Hallgrímsson: Orbit
Home is not a place Places are not home Home is people “Homeless” I spin consistent circles ‘round the centre “Orbit” Snorri Hallgrímsson is a classically trained composer and multi-instrumentalist from Reykjavík, Iceland. Involved in the production of The Chopin Project, the Broadchurch OST and Island Songs, he is also ... [Continue Reading]
Brigid Mae Power: The Two Worlds
Oh I thought I'd found a balance Between the Skies and the Earth "Down on the ground" Commanding immediate attention, Galway-based visual artist and singer songwriter Brigid Mae Power is a unique voice in the current musical landscape. Ploughing her own furrow on the contemporary folk scene, the artist released her ... [Continue Reading]
