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The Longest Night - CODES and Gemma Hayes joined by Glen Hansard

  By Darren Byrne | December 17, 2009 - 11:33 am | Events, Music, The Culch
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The 21st of December is the longest night of the year, the worst night of the year to be without a home. Dublin Simon Community are asking you to get onboard and play your part in ending homelessness this December 21st. Some of Ireland’s hottest music acts have been lined up to perform at Dublin Simon’s Longest Night gig on the 21st at The Button Factory, Temple Bar. Dublin’s newest music sensation and friends of Culch.ie, CODES, have been confirmed to perform at the event, along with one of Ireland’s most accomplished female artists, Gemma Hayes. Also performing will be the extraordinarily talented Colm Mac Con Iomaire, the fiddle player with The Frames. Colm supported Swell Season last December in the Olympia and was amazing in his own right. Speaking of Swell Season, Glen Hansard has just been confirmed to join the lineup. The Longest Night is a fundraising project … There’s more →

Return of The Swell Season

  By Darren Byrne | August 18, 2009 - 7:55 pm | Music, The Culch
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It was one of the best gigs of last year for me - The Swell Season in The Olympia. Lottie, Anthony McG and me arrived just before the support act came on stage. There was a bit too long of a delay between the excellent Hare’s Corner departing and Swell Season taking to the stage, which quietened the crowd a little. Hansard et al didn’t get the rapturous greeting they deserved. Indeed, the first few songs, which were sweet and melodic, were met with applause and some polite whoops. But when they played their Oscar winning song, Falling Slowly, the mood turned and it became a night to remember. Falling Slowly was delivered with such passion and gusto that it was hard not to be drawn into the performance. From that point on, they had us in the palms of their hands.