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.
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.
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.
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