Category Archives: Irish Music

The Vinyl Art Form – U2′s no line on the horizon vinyl edition album

Posted on March 3, 2009 by admin

Vinyl is an underated and sadly disappearing art-form. My childhood memories are of record stores and beautiful abum covers of artists such as Abba, Neil Young and the Beatles. Thankfully a number of artists still release their new albums in … Continue reading →

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Patrick Alexander Guitar Luthier – blackspotguitars.com

Posted on August 4, 2008 by admin

Its not often you walk in to your local pub on a Saturday night and the guy sitting at the bar beside you is a lutheir who has been making guitars for 20 years. Patrick made his first guitar at … Continue reading →

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Rem on the cover of new music mag state.ie

Posted on April 4, 2008 by admin

Rem on the cover of new music mag state.ie, originally uploaded by lnoonan_blog. Check out the April edition of state.ie for an in-depth article on REM and the recording process for their new album Accelerate. There is also an interview … Continue reading →

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DADGAD Chord Progressions and backing irish music

Posted on March 19, 2008 by admin

I have resurrected my ambition to back irish music using the DADGAD tuning. I recently bought Pierre Bensusan’s book The Guitar Book and I am rereading Sarah McQuaid’s DADGAD book. Pierre’s book is a work of love and is evident … Continue reading →

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The ballad of Ronnie Drew – Get well soon

Posted on February 26, 2008 by admin

The chances are that if you are reading this from outside the country of Ireland you may have never heard off Ronnie Drew. Ronnie is the lead singer of the Dubliners. My childhood are full of memories of their music … Continue reading →

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I am successfully a failure but happy all in all

Posted on June 25, 2007 by admin

Immortal words from the Pale from the chart topping song Butterfly (1992). The band has just released a new album titled “The Contents Of A Shipwreck”. The new album has received good reviews. For all those who remember seeing them … Continue reading →

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Mike Regan Wexford Luthier

Posted on May 10, 2007 by admin

Mike Regan who makes beautiful instruments such as Mandolas and guitars now has a website www.fretbord.net. I own a Regan Mandola which has a beautiful sound due to the materials used in its construction. He can be contacted at fretbord@iol.ie.

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Una Healy – Now on Youtube

Posted on September 8, 2006 by admin

Thurles musician Una Healy has a performance of her song “Sorry” available to view on Youtube. Its a good song and can be purchased from downloadmusic.ie Una’s career has been going from strength to strength over the past few years. … Continue reading →

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U2 play an unforgettable gig in Dublin on a beautiful evening

Posted on June 29, 2005 by admin

Monday night was a perfect night for a concert, blue skies, warm sunshine and a bar less than 30 yards from where we were seated. There had been a number of complaints from people who attended the Friday night concert … Continue reading →

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How the Beatles rescued music

Posted on June 8, 2005 by admin

TIPPINST – Howard Goodall presented a very interesting programme on Monday morning on Channel 4 as to how versatile and complex some of the beatles music was. ‘The big story of 20th century music,’ he says, ‘is the way that … Continue reading →

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