Sharon Corr, Neil Jordan and Kevin Godley added to The Music Show
Sharon Corr, Neil Jordan & Kevin Godley are the latest additions to The Music Show.
Archive for the ‘2008 Music Show Participants’ Category
The Blizzards
Mullingar band The Blizzards’ debut single ‘First Girl to Leave Town’ went to No. 11 in the Irish charts in 2005. The following year the band signed with Universal Music Ireland, and their debut album A Public Display Of Affection, recorded by Marilyn Manson/Soundgarden/Hole producer Michael Beinhorn, debuted at no. 4 in the Irish charts [...]
Jaded Sun
Formed in 2003, hard rockers Jaded Sun released their debut EP Raw in 2004, and the title tune became the most downloaded track on Ireland’s download charts. The following year they recorded the follow up EP Falling On The Fears with Chris O’Brien and were commissioned to write the theme tune for a remake of [...]
Fionn Regan
Following the release of a triptych of EPs on Anvil Records, Bray’s Fionn Regan signed to Bella Union and released his critically lauded debut The End Of History in 2006. Four star reviews and Mercury, Meteor and Choice nominations resulted in Regan signing to the alt-country Lost Highway stable in the US, and the single [...]
Damien Dempsey
Damien Dempsey released his debut long-player They Don’t Teach This Shit In School back in 2000. Subsequent albums Seize The Day and Shots won praise from Christy Moore, Morrissey, Shane MacGowan, Sinéad O’Connor and Robert Plant. This year, Dempsey went back to his roots for The Rocky Road, a selection of robustly recorded trad standards [...]
Ham Sandwich
From Kells, Co. Meath, Ham Sandwich released four singles and an EP before their Karl Odlum produced debut album Carry The Meek appeared last February 15, the same day the band won the Meteors Hope for 2008 Award. On June 8 of this year singer Niamh Farrell gave birth to a boy, Oscar; less than [...]
Cathy Davey
Cathy Davey’s major label 2004 debut Something Ilk received muted commercial success, but upon the release of her second album, Tales Of Silversleeve, recorded at home with a little help from Sneaker Pimp Liam Howe, and which contained the singles ‘Reuben’ and ‘Sing For Your Supper’, she bagged a Choice Music Prize nomination for 2007 [...]
