Wallis Bird is one of the brightest stars in the new generation of singer songwriters emerging from Ireland. Her songs fuse elements of traditional folk music, blues and funk with an energetic handmade rock sound. Her exceptional voice allows for an already huge repertoire from soft folk ballads to ...

Finbarr Clancy, Brian Dunphy, Martin Furey and Darren Holden, renowned vocalists and musicians, have come together to create the most exciting Irish ballad group to emerge since The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem electrified the worldwide folk revival of the 1960s.Taking some of the classic ballad ...

Cathy Davey?s stunning new album ?The Nameless? went straight in at No.1 on the Irish charts.  She also achieved a bit of history by becoming the first Irish artist to top the mainstream and indie charts simultaneously.Her previous album ?Tales of Silversleeve? won Cathy a Meteor Music Award for Bes ...

Great things were predicted for Villagers after they made their OXEGEN debut last year and they now stand on the cusp of major international success.Conor J. O?Brien?s song-writing ability has been compared to Leonard Cohen and The Frames by The New York Times and Villagers have also been getting fi ...

As lead singer of Bloc Party, Kele Okereke has been an integral part of one of the most inventive and exhilarating bands of the last decade.  With the band now on a temporary break, Okereke has recorded his solo debut ?The Boxer?.The album is a bold statement of intent mixing dirty funk and frenetic ...

If you already know when you’re planning to arrive at this year’s Glastonbury, we’d be very grateful if you’d take a minute to email one of our special survey addresses (it’ll really help with giving us an idea of busy times etc). All you need to do it select the email address which applies to you ...

Preparing for the release of their third album in June, We Are Scientists now have former Razorlight drummer Andy Burrows on board.  Lead single ?Rules Don?t Stop? has been attracting some serious online buzz since it debuted on their Myspace and looks like it?ll take We Are Scientists to new height ...