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Morgan La Faye are another example of the plethora of fresh talent which has oozed its way out of Lucan’s leafy suburbs recently. Either two people like Jeff Buckley and PJ Harvey hooked up to act as the areas exclusive Adam and Eve or else there’s something in the water. Whatever the reason, there’s definitely a well endowed creative gene pool circulating on the outskirts of town.
The four lads who make up the band Morgan La Faye are no exception to this. The musicians are no stranger to the thousand or so MySpace fans they’ve accumulated over the years. But for those of you who...
Bringing soul to the city since 2009, Monaghan duo Niall Kirk & Pete Cadden are set to rock the decks at this year’s Dublin City Soul Festival. Together they are Amen Brother, a funkadelic DJ collaboration who specialise in soul and funk with a good dash of their own feel good factor thrown into the mix. I caught up with them recently to dig deeper into their unique musical world. First up – how did the guys get started? “We were asked to do a set for a friend’s 21st birthday party at a local club in Monaghan” explains Niall “It went down so well that the owner asked us to do...
On what was arguably the best weather in the last few years, kicking off a week of beautiful weather, before the volcano madness, it was a bit weird heading into the darkness of the Twisted Pepper to see Creamy Goodness.
Creamy Goodness are a seven piece funk, soul, and R&B band headed up by Eamon Cooke.
Difficult to get space for this kind of music in Ireland today. Not least for what MTV and the like have done to the R&B tag; but the kind of music myself and some friends used to call dancey tunes with funky beats. Though come to think of it, it became a bit of an umbrella term; we...
If you’re looking for a bit of feel-good music then Wayne Brennan’s your main man. The inner sleeve of his debut album In My Hands says so itself. It invites you in with three warm words: “Happiness is inside”. Who wouldn’t say no to be a bit of happiness?
Wayne doesn’t disappoint. His opening track ‘Slow the pace down’ asks the listener to stop and “take a look at yourself”. Once you do this he ups the pace and hits you with a nice pick-me-up with ‘Green Green Grass’. He opens up every bit of his soul for all to see in this album. The honesty and vulnerability of his...
Morgan La Faye – Whelans Gig Review
Morgan La Faye are another example of the plethora of fresh talent which has oozed its way out of Lucan’s leafy suburbs recently. Either two people like Jeff Buckley and PJ Harvey hooked up to act as the areas exclusive Adam and Eve or else there’s something in the water. Whatever the reason, there’s definitely a well endowed creative gene pool circulating on the outskirts of town.
The four lads who make up the band Morgan La Faye are no exception to this. The musicians are no stranger to the thousand or so MySpace fans they’ve accumulated over the years. But for those of you who...
Amen Brother
Bringing soul to the city since 2009, Monaghan duo Niall Kirk & Pete Cadden are set to rock the decks at this year’s Dublin City Soul Festival. Together they are Amen Brother, a funkadelic DJ collaboration who specialise in soul and funk with a good dash of their own feel good factor thrown into the mix. I caught up with them recently to dig deeper into their unique musical world. First up – how did the guys get started? “We were asked to do a set for a friend’s 21st birthday party at a local club in Monaghan” explains Niall “It went down so well that the owner asked us to do...
Creamy Goodness in the Twisted Pepper
On what was arguably the best weather in the last few years, kicking off a week of beautiful weather, before the volcano madness, it was a bit weird heading into the darkness of the Twisted Pepper to see Creamy Goodness.
Creamy Goodness are a seven piece funk, soul, and R&B band headed up by Eamon Cooke.
Difficult to get space for this kind of music in Ireland today. Not least for what MTV and the like have done to the R&B tag; but the kind of music myself and some friends used to call dancey tunes with funky beats. Though come to think of it, it became a bit of an umbrella term; we...
Wayne Brennan- Album Review In My Hands
If you’re looking for a bit of feel-good music then Wayne Brennan’s your main man. The inner sleeve of his debut album In My Hands says so itself. It invites you in with three warm words: “Happiness is inside”. Who wouldn’t say no to be a bit of happiness?
Wayne doesn’t disappoint. His opening track ‘Slow the pace down’ asks the listener to stop and “take a look at yourself”. Once you do this he ups the pace and hits you with a nice pick-me-up with ‘Green Green Grass’. He opens up every bit of his soul for all to see in this album. The honesty and vulnerability of his...
