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Lorna Keating interviews The Barley Mob. 24/06/2010
Rocking up to Slattery’s in Rathmines for a chat with The Barley Mob, winners of this year’s Rising Stars Award, I kept my eye out for lead singer Adam Daly. Holding court at the bar, the band’s charismatic front man wasn’t easy to miss and once I’d introduced myself we settled in for a good old chinwag. Having checked out the band at the recent Dublin City Soul Festival I was pleasantly surprised to find Adam as magnetic in person as on stage. We started off by talking about his enthusiasm for music and how far The Barley Mob...
Day two of the Dublin City Soul Festival’s urban picnic party was yet another night to remember, or not, as the case may be for a lot of sorry heads today! What a night though! The amount of polished Irish talent knocking around continues to amaze me… of the musical variety of course.
A group of us were lucky enough to grab a perfect table. Nicely nestled between the Porter Houses’ yummy brews and the very front of the stage, but we gave it all up for very special guests John Shelley and the Creatures and hit the dance floor. As soon as the band played their track “Long may you...
Let’s face it, a trip to Temple Bar generally means a trip to the ATM where you proceed to extract the dregs of an already exhausted barrel of mula. Last night, the fourth annual Dublin City Soul Festival swooped into the cultural epicenter of Dublin and pumped some life and soul back into its cobble-street veins. The event’s organizers flashed their soulful wands (well… clipboards, timetables, P.A systems, i-phones and the like) over Meeting House Square and whalah!… Fantastic FREE live music, good weather, good food and drink equals VERY HAPPY PEOPLE!
The majority of the...
Point Village Market Rocks!
Point Village Market is in the heart of Dublin’s Docklands, on the doorstep of the new O2 Arena, and with the Big Wheel just completed you can’t miss it! Featuring a cool range of market stalls from artisan foods and Irish crafts to handmade clothes and wooden toys the market is a one stop shop for all your weekend needs. Point Village Market is a breath of fresh air for those searching an alternative to faceless high street shops. With tasty hot food and cold beers on offer it’s the perfect place to wind down and meet friends – you can spend the day here as there’s plenty to do in...Grass Roots
Lorna Keating interviews The Barley Mob. 24/06/2010
Rocking up to Slattery’s in Rathmines for a chat with The Barley Mob, winners of this year’s Rising Stars Award, I kept my eye out for lead singer Adam Daly. Holding court at the bar, the band’s charismatic front man wasn’t easy to miss and once I’d introduced myself we settled in for a good old chinwag. Having checked out the band at the recent Dublin City Soul Festival I was pleasantly surprised to find Adam as magnetic in person as on stage. We started off by talking about his enthusiasm for music and how far The Barley Mob...
Day Two of the Urban Picnic Party Reviewed
Day two of the Dublin City Soul Festival’s urban picnic party was yet another night to remember, or not, as the case may be for a lot of sorry heads today! What a night though! The amount of polished Irish talent knocking around continues to amaze me… of the musical variety of course.
A group of us were lucky enough to grab a perfect table. Nicely nestled between the Porter Houses’ yummy brews and the very front of the stage, but we gave it all up for very special guests John Shelley and the Creatures and hit the dance floor. As soon as the band played their track “Long may you...
Temple Bar Redeems its Soul
Let’s face it, a trip to Temple Bar generally means a trip to the ATM where you proceed to extract the dregs of an already exhausted barrel of mula. Last night, the fourth annual Dublin City Soul Festival swooped into the cultural epicenter of Dublin and pumped some life and soul back into its cobble-street veins. The event’s organizers flashed their soulful wands (well… clipboards, timetables, P.A systems, i-phones and the like) over Meeting House Square and whalah!… Fantastic FREE live music, good weather, good food and drink equals VERY HAPPY PEOPLE!
The majority of the...
