music
Cds have finally arrived.
If you have already sent me your address, then thank you very much – I have your address on file. I know mailouts don’t have the best chance with some spam filters, so I figured I’d best remind people through the website too. But, the CDs have finally arrived back from the manufacturer, and this [...]
Feedback makes it worth it.
I started a post doing a “2011 in review” sort of post, but quickly realised that my entire focus for all of last year was in getting the album recorded and released. So, in lieu of a rather repetitive reflection on the past year, instead I’m going to look at the effect that all that [...]
Music from 2011 that I really liked.
(in no particular order except the first one:) PJ Harvey – Let England Shake Drawing on English folk traditions, and folk traditions from around the world, to tell stories of the horrors of war inspired by actual accounts from WWI amongst other sources. The stark contrast of the descriptions in the lyrics with the jaunty [...]
post-launch gigs roundup
Firstly, thanks so much to everyone who turned out on the wet, windy night in Galway last Wednesday, and everyone who showed up in Dublin on Thursday for the gig in the gorgeous, intimate venue upstairs in Twisted Pepper. It brought a smile to my face to see so many familiar and unfamiliar faces coming [...]
Today my album went live on iTunes
I’m not gonna lie – that brought a big smile to my face. It’s about €1 more expensive than it is to buy it direct from Bandcamp, but iPhone users can download it direct to their phones through the iTunes store, if that’s something that you wanna do, whereas with Bandcamp, you do really need [...]