Photo of Jess from Rufus Coates & Jess Smith

Soundtrack – Jess from Rufus Coates & Jess Smith

Image : Jean de Oliveira  [Used with permission]       Jess Smith, singer from atmospheric folk-blues band Rufus Coates & Jess Smith  on the soundtrack to her life.       What is the first album/single that you ever bought? The first single i bought was The Cranberries “Salvation” (had to google the single 🙂 […]

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Picture of Festival guide to Vantastival

Festival Guide to Vantastival

Image by Vantastival [Used with permission]     Festival info Taking place from 1st – 3rd of June at the picturesque setting of Beaulieu House, Drogheda, Co. Louth, this independent boutique festival is on the radar of music enthusiasts across Ireland who are looking for something unique from their weekend entertainment.   Vantastival boasts a BYOB policy which […]

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Interview with musician Gerry Gormley

Soundtrack – Emma O’ Reilly

Image by Remy Connolly [Used with permission]     Emma O’Reilly –  Dramatic pop rock/indie/alternative singer-songwriter on the soundtrack to her life.     First album/single you bought… I genuinely can’t remember what the first CD I bought for myself was – but I was in my teens when I started regularly buying music. By then I […]

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Interview with musician Gerry Gormley

  Image by Tarik Yilmaz [Used with permission]   “I started off late with the music, I moved over to Australia when I was about 25 years old and I only picked up a guitar when I was over in Australia”, Gerry Gormley, a singer songwriter, based in Wicklow but originally from Trim, Co. Meath, is sitting […]

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