Amy Ellen – My Heart is available @ Spotify. by Walter Price If you’re a fan of the sounds of Kacey Musgraves, Ben Gibbard and/or Jenny Lewis, there’s a brand new voice that’s about to soothe your soul. Dublin singer-songwriter Amy Ellen [Murphy] just dropped her debut single “My Heart”, and there are a couple…
Maija Sofia – The Wife of Michael Cleary is available @ Apple Music. by Walter Price A pop song about a tragic name/crime forgotten to history? Probably not an ordinary top-of-the-charts crowd-pleaser but Irish singer-songwriter Maija Sofia isn’t your ordinary writer/performer. In the past five or so years she’s dropped weighty tales that are fair…
Aleigh – Bad Things is available @ Apple Music. by Walter Price The many selves/lives we live, choices made, the journeys between urges, missteps, and redemptions are all varying and complicated personal plights. The brand new single, “Bad Things”, from indie-star-on-the-rise Aleigh is a daunting tale that will ring familiar with most. As the songwriter…
Kieran O’Brien has a new EP, ‘Turn‘, out 13 September 2017. by Kieran O’Brien I could list hundreds of my favorite albums, but instead, I’ve focused my top 5 around certain records that have affected me significantly throughout my teen years. While they might or might not be reflected in my music I don’t know,…
Field trip is on Bandcamp. by Walter Price Galway, Ireland’s pop-rock outfit Field Trip, not to be confused with the plethora of other bands of the same name, have a fresh five-track EP titled ‘Evening’s Over’ (Citog Records). The release is filled with Lemonheads, Dinsaur Jr., and Teenage Fanclub riffs and lyrical heft. Take those comparisons and add…
Eoin Dolan interview on From the Keller Podcast. Irish singer-songwriter Eoin Dolan stops by The Keller to chat about getting started in music at a very young age, the sounds of 60’s era West Coast, learning the technical side of music and much more. Eoin Dolan Facebook / Website / YouTube / Bandcamp ORDER…
Eoin Dolan new single “Dear Brian” by Walter Price On September 22 Irish Surf-pop purveyor Eoin Dolan is set to release a new self-titled album (in association with Citóg Records).and the songwriter has released the first single “Dear Brian”. As with his previous tracks Dolan uses his brilliantly deceiving delivery to tell a tale…
Video Maija Sofia Stain fr The Sugar Sea by Walter Price Last November Irish singer.songwriter Maija Sofia released an EP of beautifully dark and subtle pop songs called The Sugar Sea and the from the foundation of the second track, “Stains”, a new video was born. Conceptually Sofia’s and aided with editing and support from Ciarán O’Brien…
Lonely lovers scream… by J.P, Kallio Today’s new song is almost like a photograph. It is a moment in an argument. When I usually tell a story in a song, it comes from somewhere and ends somewhere. But this time I wanted to leave all of the before and after to your imagination. I…
Just one soul wondering what to do… by J.P, Kallio Lately I have been more and more worried about the state of the world. I am worried about what we are leaving behind us. How many species are going to be hunted down to extinction in our life time? How much of the polar…
If I could only show you how to let go…. by J.P. Kallio This song is probably as far as I have pushed the boat out musically from where I started from. Let’s just say that the younger version of me would just have laughed if he was told I’ll be making tracks like these…
But my feet won’t let me go… by J.P. Kallio This week’s song is a love song, but with a twist. This song is all about the complexity of a relationships. This song is all about (wait for it) the confusing concept of make-up sex. It is all about the passionate fire between two…
I dreamt about seeing her one more time…… by J.P. Kallio This weeks song is a final part of a trilogy. The story started with “Tell my darling” where a misguided young man thought expressing true love requires a diamond ring. As he did not have the money he resorted to breaking into a jewelry store…
by Marc Griffiths Far from Daylight, the new Album from Ireland’s The Blood Red Mountain Band has a problem and it’s not with the Music. As a reviewer I follow a process, I first listen to the music, pretty standard you would think, but it’s not always as easy as you would like to…
You are walking on the dark side of the road, where nothing seems to grow…. by J.P. Kallio Let me ask you this, how often do you find yourself seeing the glass half empty, even when it is nearly full? How often do you give up on dreams before you even try to do…