Rock Flock Of Five - Hand Pages Of Steel Lunged B.S.

Well at least the weekly album column has a name now. You like? This week I’ve deliberately gone to the far ends of the musical spectrum that jumped out of my postbox… Julie Feeney - Pages I quite liked the first album and I suppose I feel the same about this and you really do have to admire anyone who writes words, music, plays everything, sings all the parts AND conducts the orchestra. It’s pretty, chirpy, borderline classical pop music that plinks along quite nicely in the background but won’t go changing your world or, I think, anyone else’s. It will, however fit quite nicely in the background of a nice dinner party or maybe for that first time you bring a new date back for coffee or a glass of wine and you’d quite like to see them again. Some will find her vocals warm, melodic and quirky, some will find … There’s more

Review: Gardiner Street Gospel Choir @ The Helix

I started going to Gardiner Street Gospel mass in March. Why? Multiple reasons: I had heard their recordings & warmed to them. I live within walking distance Gardiner St. My head was all over the place, needed some sorting out & I thought “it can’t hurt to try this”. At the risk of sounding a little nutty, I came out of that church a changed person & I’ve been hooked ever since. I was gleeful when I saw they were doing a gig in The Helix, DCU, partly because it meant a lot more GSGC than you’d get at a mass but mainly because they would reach a wider audience - after all, mass just ain’t everyone’s cuppa The gig opened with the fabulous Conor McKeon & The Legends of Swing who got us in the finger-clicking mood with some Rat Pack & Van Morrison tunes. GSGC opened with Pride … There’s more