JAMIE LAWSON + guests Jamie Lawson – Wasn’t Expecting That – becomes viral youtube hit – from 1000 to 25,000 youtube hits in just over a week and with appearances on Ian Dempsey’s show on Today FM, The Late Late Show & Ireland AM he’s now at over 68,000 and rising fast.
ROBERT DELANEY Plus guest Donal De Blacam. EP launch.
JOHN SPILLANE plus ENDA REILLY. Twice winner of the meteor award in the best folk/trad category, John Spillane has toured the country and the world spreading joy with a mix of melodic tunes, entertaining stories and poetic lyrics.
FUTURES APART plus SLEEP THIEVES. Futures Apart are a five piece futuromatic band from Wexford, Ireland. Each member brings their own strengths to the group, drawing from their varied personal tastes thus creating a fiercely original yet familiar sound of intense energy.
plus guest STEVE J (The Koubas). We’re a five piece band from Ireland. We write, record and mix our own music. We have known each other for a long time and have played music together on and off for a few years and have now decided to form a proper band.
Beautiful South frontman Paul Heaton has just announced a return to Dublin at Whelan’s, Wexford Street, on Sunday 10th of April. After the Housemartins disbanded in the late ′80s, Paul Heaton fronted the Beautiful South, a group that mirrored the Housemartins′ no-frills approach.
TOBY KAAR plus Coherex. Hailing from Cork City, Toby Kaar has been gaining recognition all over Ireland for his mix of hip-hop, house and electronica.
TKO + The Lynchburg Mob & Jack and The Band. After some hibernation time recording their debut album, TKO will return to Whelans for their first headline show in over a year to celebrate the release of their “Keystone” EP.
(Acoustic show) plus guests. Taking a break from work on her third album, Wexford wonder Wallis Bird returns to Ireland for a short solo acoustic summer tour finishing up at Whelan’s on 9th May.
HALVES + Jennifer Evans. Choice Music Prize Nominees. It Goes, It Goes (Forever & Ever) is the haunting, ambitious and spine-tingling debut album from Irish trio Brian Cash, Elis Czerniak & Tim Czerniak, collectively known as Halves.
