Real World Records announce new album – Joseph Arthur “The Family” out June 3rd 2016
“Joseph Arthur is a long-term disrupter and a challenger of the norms. He is possibly the most talented musician of the last twenty years in the US”Huffington Post
Earlier this year Will Varley walked out on stage at the Royal Albert Hall, shortly after signing a record deal with independent music champions Xtra Mile Recordings.
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AFTER THE GIG
Indie & Alternative Dance Party | Drinks Promos | 11pm til 3am or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue – Free Entry via front door until 10:30pm
Fusing traditional roots with contemporary folk and rock, Davie Furey’s sound is characterised by storytelling, energy and guitar riffs that beat like a pulse. Citing Christy Moore, Bob Dylan, Pearl Jam and Bruce Springsteen as a diverse cross-section of influences
On his third LP he sounds closer to Smog’s Bill Callahan, his forlorn baritone suffused with a world-weariness that suggests a singer twice his age and experience. UNCUT
Somber and yet stirring, Each Other is an album that encourages shoe gazing, day dreaming and simply settling into quiet contemplation.PASTE
Nashville Singer-Songwriter PATRICK DAVIS Returns to Dublin July 14th at Whelan’s
Nashville based singer-songwriter Patrick Davis who has written for the likes of Lady Antebellum, Darius Rucker, Jimmy Buffett & Ireland’s own Imelda May will be performing a solo acoustic set July 14th at Whelan’s.
Shane O Reilly is a singer songwriter from Dublin, Ireland. At 28 years of age he’s been working in the music industry from an early age. He started off as a busker aged 13 on the streets of Dublin and then moved into playing in bands
George Fox
Davey Reilly
Chris O’Neill
Seamus Stackpoole
Aoife O’Connor
Conor Duffy
Marcus O’Dea
with Duane Doogan as MC.
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Pop the Cherry Comedy bring you a truly electric night in Whelan’s every Monday – This is stand-up comedy brought to you by young, new and emerging talent on the Irish comedy scene.
Even without a record label or traditional backing, Matt Simons has already been heard around the globe. After being noticed from a Facebook ad he created for his independent album Pieces
MUTEFISH are culturally diverse six piece band from Ireland, Poland, Lithuania, Portugal and Ukraine. They fuse the musical sounds and cultures of Eastern Europe with traditional Irish influences resulting in an engaging melodic compilation of tracks.
Fantastic Negrito is a man’s truth told in the form of black roots music. Each song is a true story about a musician from Oakland who experienced the highs of a million dollar record deal
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AFTER THE GIG
Indie & Alternative Dance Party | Drinks Promos | 11pm til 3am or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue – Free Entry via front door until 10:30pm
Michael Franti knows all about the power of music. He knows how it can inspire, uplift and make people want to dance or cry. He felt it firsthand recently when he heard the children’s chorus at New York’s PS22 elementary school singing “I’m Alive (Life Sounds Like),” the celebratory first single from Franti’s tenth studio album, All People.
“It moved me to tears, to hear these kids singing, ‘Everybody wants me to be who they want me to be.’ That’s who I wrote ‘People’ for. To let them know, your mission in life should be to be yourself and to embrace the diversity of others.”
It’s a rule the barefoot, 6-foot-6 San Francisco based singer-songwriter-guitarist and philanthropist has diligently followed over the past two decades, proactively creating and supporting numerous environmental, humanitarian and social causes. It explains the evolution of sound on All People , colossal dance beats and dizzying electronic effects taking the fore, as well as a lyrical sincerity that has always had Franti singing about what moves him most.
All People is the follow-up to Franti’s wildly successful 2010 release, “The Sound of Sunshine”, his highest charting album to date. Recorded primarily at his home with guitarist J Bowman, the two recorded some 35 songs before settling on the final track list for All People . For the first time, Franti reached out to collaborate with various writers and producers.
“It was like speed dating,” Franti says. “You’ve got a limited amount of time to write the greatest song you’ve ever heard. But when it works, it’s magic.”
The chemistry is evident on collaborations with multi-platinum Australian producer/songwriter Adrian Newman, who co-wrote “Long Ride Home,” “Closer To You,” “Say Goodbye” and “I’m Alive (Life Sounds Like)”, as well as with the seven-time Grammy-nominated Canadian production team The Matrix, who produced and co-wrote the tracks “11:59” and “On and On.”
Sam Hollander, another collaborator who has worked with chart-topping acts like Train, One Direction and Katy Perry, came on for the songs “Wherever You Are” and “I Don’t Wanna Go.” Franti says, “He also comes from a similar musical experience as I do, growing up when rap, punk and reggae were merging. But he also really knows the pop realm.”
Not that Franti has completely left behind the world of the 24-hour news cycle. His outrage can be heard on tracks like “11:59” and “Say Goodbye,” which was inspired by the Trayvon Martin shooting. Instead, Franti has both widened his scope of the world and pulled in closer for his most intimate moments.
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Many of the love songs on All People are born from his relationship with his partner Sara. “These songs are about the power of unconditional love, born out of tough times. It’s rare to find someone who accepts you being your own authentic self. In the past I didn’t always give space for the broad spectrum of emotion, but this time I made an effort to write about everything I experience.”
More than ever, the songwriter looked to his primary influences for inspiration, referencing the wide range of work by music icons like John Lennon, Bob Marley, Johnny Cash, Marvin Gaye and the Clash. Of the sound on All People Franti says, “My favorite artists were great at pop form. I don’t think I’ve changed what I do. I just realized I can do it simpler and more direct.”
Franti and his band Spearhead are known for the communal spirit they create with their extraordinary live shows. The singer regularly brings down the barrier between the performers on stage and the people in the audience; whether venturing into the crowd to slap hands or pulling fans up to dance, sing and play along with the band. He’s a dynamic performer who effortlessly moves tens of thousands of people with his invocations. Watching him, you can’t help but think about how much he delights in every moment.
From his beginnings in the post-punk band the Beatings and critically acclaimed hiphop group Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprisy (who toured with U2 and Public Enemy) Franti has remained a devoted defender of the underdog.
For a decade, Franti hosted the Power to the Peaceful free concerts in San Francisco, at first to support incarcerated political activist Mumia Abu Jamal, then as a platform to speak out against escalating violence around the globe. He’s made several trips to hot spots in the Middle East to see war’s human toll with his own eyes. In 2005, he made the film “I Know I’m Not Alone” about his travels through Iraq, Palestine and Israel.
“I made a commitment to myself years ago that I wouldn’t just read about what was happening in the world,” he says. “I needed to go and experience it.”
It was on these trips that he realized people don’t necessarily want to hear songs that bluntly address the ills of the world but rather songs that will offer them some escape from their difficulties.
“I wouldn’t want to live in a society where anger is a force that gets things done,” Franti says. “Some people react by throwing a trash can through a window. I’d rather go play music in a school, prison or war zone. Those are the ways I choose to affect change.”
The same week his 2009 smash “Say Hey (I Love You)” broke, eventually selling over 2-million downloads, Franti’s appendix ruptured and put him in the hospital close to death. It was another moment that changed his perspective on songwriting, leading to the triumphant tone of All People .
“I want to make music that is timeless,” Franti says. “At this point in my life when I turn on the radio and hear my song it means a lot to me. When I was a kid I would go on these long drives with my family I and still remember the songs we would listen to in the car. It means I’m part of somebody’s life passages. As an artist, I cherish those moments.”
TICKETS
ON SALE FRI 17th June, 9AM: €28.60 available online from WAV Tickets [Lo-Call 1890 200 078] (50c per ticket service charge applies on phone, internet or creditcard bookings)
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AFTER THE GIG
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue (FREE ENTRY, 12am).
In following his musical horizon, Felix Riebl has sung, danced, hooted, hollered, loved, shouted, sweated and danced from hundreds of stages, in scores of countries.
Three Underneath are a three-piece post-grunge band based in Dublin, Ireland. The band have been receiving immensely positive reviews in the run-up to the release of their debut album in September.
Video “Never Let You Go” featuring Dick Van Dyke racks up over 3 million views on Youtube
DUSTBOWL REVIVAL – ( dustbowlrevival.com ) – is a Venice, California-based roots collective that merges old school bluegrass, gospel, jug-band, swamp blues and the hot swing of the 1930’s to form a spicy roots cocktail.
The You Haven’t Heard of Us Yet Tour is a showcase for some of the finest in Irish undiscovered talent. Bringing some furious Belfast Northy Rock, some Rough and Ready Rural Punk and Dublins own sons (and daughter) under one roof for one night only.
Elevation Falls aim is to echo the great Rock bands of the past, with a modern twist.
Fronted by the powerful vocal talents of EF’s Warrior Queen Hazel Jade, flanked by her two duelling guitarists Chris and Darragh, with drums and bass pounding the beat through Ally and Gabriel, their energy and performance will really knock you out!
Releasing their debut single in 2013, R51 are a 5 piece from Belfast with a vision of shoe-gaze inspired, brooding pop music with an alternative rock riff tinge.
If Scott Pilgrim got knocked up by the ghost of John Peel to the entire back catalogue of placebo and letlive., THIS would be the sound of the labour pains, the melodic cochophany of progressive basslines, hard heavy drums and New Wave licks, all ducttaped together and tossed terra firma into a vat full of acid and Black Francis’ tears. It’s new. It’s fun. It’s 1440.
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue – Free Entry via front door until 10:30pm | Drinks Promos
Irish instrumental band Megacone are set for their first release since signing with Dimestore Records in 2015. The new 4 track vinyl EP “Absolute Magnitude” was recorded with Rían Trench (Leo Drezden, Solar Bears) in The Meadow Studios.
Russell Hogg Sonnets & Sisters Red Riot The Crossfire Hurricanes Space Wobble Aine Duffy & The Hypnotyst Elly D Foreign Affairs The Moves Narrow Sky
^ Upstairs ^
8pm // FREE ENTRY
The King Kong Club is a weekly battle of the bands with a twist;
The Clap-O-Meter!
The band that makes the most noise wins and carries on to the next round!
Lauren Ni Chasaide Wynner Three Underneath Chinese Newspaper Niamh Kelly Scoops Permanent Deja Vu
^ Upstairs ^
8pm // FREE ENTRY
The King Kong Club is a weekly battle of the bands with a twist;
The Clap-O-Meter!
The band that makes the most noise wins and carries on to the next round!
We Went Down Hoodoo Reelin Seskin Lane Denis Delaney Jack and the Darling Ones Sketch The Ink-Lings
^ Upstairs ^
8pm // FREE ENTRY
The King Kong Club is a weekly battle of the bands with a twist;
The Clap-O-Meter!
The band that makes the most noise wins and carries on to the next round!
Two giants of the Irish trad scene, Andy Irvine and Donal Lunny are uniting for an evening of great music, a mixture of traditional songs, and originals composed by Andy
Never afraid of the brutal, the voice is raw and soulful and the guitar playing is vintage. Phil Cosby will take you on a journey through luscious soundscapes and driving dance grooves, to transcendent rock.
Country music hitmaker Phil Vassar is a piano-pounding powerhouse on stage who taps into his audiences via social media for song requests throughout his more than 135 shows a year.
Whelan’s Indie Club w/ Late Bar from 10:30pm or check out the bands playing The Midnight Hour in the upstairs venue – Free Entry via front door until 10:30pm | Drinks Promos
DICK GAUGHAN has sung his heart and soul out for four decades and continues to tweak our consciences and exorcise complacency. His explosive and dexterous guitar-playing and tremendous voice express his passionate, often affectionate, and always truthful, songs perfectly.
Whether reaffirming his own Scottish working-class identity, or contemplating a wider world vision, Gaughan has a remarkable gift for drawing his audiences into his personal and poignant commentaries on life, the world and an alternative future.
Gaughan’s is one of the finest and most sublime voices on the planet, capable of capturing the heart with the most tender of traditional ballads in one moment and stirring the fire of the spirit with his uncompromising commentary on social injustice in the next.
This show promises an intimate afternoon in the company of a great singer-songwriter whose live shows are lauded wherever he goes.
‘AN UNFORGETTABLE ARTIST, ABLE TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT YOU THINK AND FEEL THROUGH THE POWER OF MUSIC’ – APPLESEED RECORDINGS.
Cork-born, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Niall Connolly brings the urgency to folk and the finely-crafted story to indie rock. Born in 1977, alongside the birth of punk, his work bears evidence of the roots and influences that made him a songwriter