Daily Archives: January 13, 2010

Choice Music Prize 2009 Shortlist

  By Lottie | January 13, 2010 - 4:11 pm | Featured Post, Music, The Culch
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The shortlist for Choice Music Prize - Irish Album of the Year 2009 has just been announced. The nominees are as follows: And So I Watch You From Afar “And So I Watch You From Afar” (Smalltown America)Bell X1 “Blue Lights On The Runway” (BellyUp)Codes “Trees Dream in Algebra” (EMI)Adrian Crowley “Season of the Sparks” (Chemikal Underground)Dark Room Notes “We Love You Dark Matter” (Gonzo)The Duckworth Lewis Method “The Duckworth Lewis Method” (1969/Divine Comedy Records)Julie Feeney “Pages” (Mittens) Valerie Francis “Slow Dynamo” (VF)Laura Izibor “Let The Truth Be Told” (Atlantic)The Swell Season “Strict Joy” (Plateau) Keep up to date with announcements on the CMP Twitter feed. The awards event will take place in Vicar Street, Dublin on Wednesday March 3 and as in previous years will feature performances from most if not all of the nominees. Tickets cost €27 euro including booking fees and go on sale on Monday next.

The Temple Bar Tradfest 2010

  By Peter | January 13, 2010 - 1:49 pm | Events, The Culch
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Living in Ballyboughal I am surrounded by some of the finest traditional irish music players the country has ever seen… I’m surrounded by a history of what seems to some to have never moved on… a history brimmed with stories of great nights and legendary sessions in O’Connors pub or up in The Naul where the likes of Seamus Ennis was born and reared. And it is amazing when people nee friends come out to where I live to see what happens every Friday night. It wasn’t until I heard Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh speaking at the launch of the Tradfest that I realised how difficult it is for an Irish music player/ singer to make a living from that in this country…