Date: Sunday, November 30th Venue:Upstairs @ Dolan's, Dock Road, Limerick Doors: 8pm Admission: €20 Following the acclaimed release of her third album 'The Hollow of Morning' including the single 'Out of Our Hands, Gemma returns to Dolans with her fabulous band and the special guest Steve Reynolds on Sunday night. Gemma Hayes was s [...]

Date: Saturday, November 29th Venue: Upstairs @ Dolan’s, Dock Road, Limerick Doors: 9pm Admission: €10 / €8 for students One of Ireland’s Hottest Indie Bands play their last gig of the year at Dolan’s Upstairs on Saturday November 29th. They are just back from their North American Tour and will be showcasing some of their new ma [...]

Date: Saturday, November 29th Venue: Baker Place, Tait Square, Limerick Doors: 9pm Admission: €6 Ronan Stone and his full band, The Advertising Men, play on Saturday November 29th at Baker Place. “Ronan Stone is a songwriter from Dublin, Ireland, a connoisseur of all of the finer things in life such as kebabs from Zaytoon in Parlia [...]

Date: Saturday, November 29th Venue: Dolan’s Warehouse, Dock Road, Limerick Doors: 9.30pm Admission: €16 The Mentor records head man will be jetting in for another night of quality music and support in the main room will be Bad Boy Blast. Trevor Rockcliffe is a world renowned DJ and Producer of the highest calibre. There are few arou [...]

Date: Friday, November 28th Venue: Dolan’s Warehouse, Dock Road, Limerick Doors: 9pm Admission: €9 The band Director - Michael Moloney (vocals, guitars, keyboards), Eoin Aherne (guitars, backing vocals), Shay Lawlor (drums) and Rowan Averill (bass) - released their self-produced debut album, 'We Thrive on Big Cities' at the start of O [...]

Fred, the band who can; Working hard at bringing the fun back into rock n’ roll the most excellent Fred are getting their just rewards at home and across the water | Vincent Ryan talks to bassist Jamin about all things Fred and some French Canadian stuff Watching a guitarist hanging upside down from the rafters, playing a s [...]

The Perfect Season: Even with a beautiful record, a movie and an oscar under their belts, you could be forgiven for thinking the swell season have appeared from nowhere.jody looks back through the seasons. At 36 years of age, winning an Oscar for ‘Best Original Song’ may be the most outlandish and public achievment of his storybook [...]

Limber Up: Out on a Limb Records turned 5 and are throwing a party. You’re invited | Emma O’ Brien gets the details from Ciarán Ryan and Richard Bourke. Out On A Limb Records (OOAL) are a Limerick based, independent record label who celebrated five years of success in July but true to form they have postponed the revelry un [...]

Mach Schau is a new fortnightly free music night at the Clubhouse at Trinity Rooms. Born of a need to satisfy the demand for high quality entertainment on the nights when Schnitzel Comedy Club isn't tickling funny bones, it kicked off last month with the sublime Kiernan Mc Mullan playing to a packed room followed on with Walter Mitty and [...]

The Essential Guy Barker by Tom Neale; Anyone who has seen a film by Anthony Minghella, English Patient, Talented Mr Ripley, Cold Mountain, or heard him speak about film, theatre or opera, will appreciate that here is a man who knows and loves his music. So, you have to listen when he talks about trumpeter Guy Barker. 'He is that rare thing [...]
