SpeakeasyJazz Limerick invite you to enjoy the sounds of  Blue Noise with Steve Hanks, Joe O Callaghan, Fiach O Brien and Barry O Donoghue on Thursday March 11th at Shannon Rowing Club. Having graduated from Leeds College of Music Steve Hanks picked up sticks (flute, sax and any other pipe he could get his hands on!) and settled in Ireland bringing his music. He has been teaching music over at The Limerick Jazz Workshops for around two years now and he can be seen jamming with his students in Bentleys on a Tuesday night after workshops. Returning on the night will be Joe O Callaghan trained on guitar with Ronan Guilfoyle and is a member of the Limerick Jazz house trio and is also a teacher at The Limerick Jazz Workshops, his nimble talent is well known to Jazzer’s in Limerick. Fiach O Brien on Drums and Barry O Donoghue on Bass, both hail from the Newpark music center in Dublin and introduce original music by the next generation of Irish Jazz muso’s at Newpark nights, Tuesdays at The Twisted Pepper in Dublin until March 20th.  This fearless bunch of Jazz cats will be performing original and improvised compositions and will be joined later in the evening by DJ Leon, a master of scratch who will add an interesting element to the fusion created by the band.  This one promises to be a hard-boppin, swingin and funky show!

For info and booking contact speakeasyjazzlimerick@gmail.com/facebook.ie

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What the F&*k is Tech House? welcomes Lerosa Live in The Underground @ Baker Place on Saturday March 13th from 10pm with support from Jack Buckley and Jim Plug’d. Born in Rome, Leo aka Lerosa’s love of electronic music was began with  the Italian pop music of the 1980s via his discovery of hip hop and acid house . He began djing in the early 90s and in 1995 moved to Dublin where he immersed himself in darker, deeper electronica and electro by the likes of Autechre, Drexciya and the extended Detroit- inspired musical underworld. Leo began producing his own music in 2000, concentrating initially on electro but broadening his range into unconventional house and techno styles. His debut release was the Maike ep on Dublin’s D1 Recordings in 2005. He followed this up with a critically acclaimed Ruski  released on Real Soon following up with the equally outstanding Seeker E.P on Enclave Recordings. More recently he has released on the seminal Millions Of Moments  imprint as well as the ace new label Quintessentials. Lerosa continues to produce original music and is increasingly in demand as a remixer. This is going to be fun night of house and techno sounds.
For more info & sounds visit www.myspace.com/lerosa or http://www.myspace.com/whatthefuckistechhouse

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Dane Bowers, fresh from the Big Brother house comes for a exclusive DJ Set on March 16th at Trinity Rooms. The Big Brother star started his career with Another Level and had seven Top 10 singles in two years in the UK, including 1998’s UK Number one “Freak Me”; and a platinum selling, self-titled debut album. 1999’s gold selling Nexus followed, along with BRIT Awards nominations and the opening slot on Janet Jackson’s European tour. After the group split, Bowers wrote and fronted two UK Top 10 hits, for the UK garage act Truesteppers in 2000, “Buggin’” and “Out Of Your Mind”. The latter featured the first solo outing of Spice Girl, Victoria Beckham.
In 2001, two solo singles released under the moniker of ‘Dane’, “Shut Up And Forget About It” (allegedly written about his relationship with Jordan) and “Another Lover”, both stalled at number nine on the UK Singles Chart; and an album, Facing The Crowd remained unreleased. Bowers subsequently went on to focus on behind the scenes work, writing and producing, including a collaboration for Victoria Beckham’s debut solo album, in the autumn of that year. He also ventured into presenting in 2002, co-hosting Popstars: The Rivals “Extra” show with the former Pop Idol contestant, Hayley Evetts. In 2004, Bowers wrote and starred in a sitcom pilot called “Bow to the Bowers.” It was a satirical look at the music industry, casting Bowers as an egotistical, vain version of himself. Bowers appeared in the follow up TV show to Totally Scott-Lee, called Totally Boyband, in which five boy band members from past groups were modeled into a new singing act. January 2010, Bowers entered Channel Four’s Celebrity Big Brother and won the hearts of the nation to finish 2nd! Dane was underdog in the contest but his likable and honest personality really made a impression on people helping him stay in the BB house till the last night. Now he comes to Trinity Rooms on March 16th for our Paddy’s Eve Big Bash.

For more info logo onto www.trinityrooms.ie

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Floyd Soul & The Wolf return to Limerick on the second spell of the band their now legendary Full Moon Shows for 2010. Word is that they’ll be playing renegade shows in such far flung places as an abandoned castle, a forest, and to top it off, a graveyard. Floyd Soul & The Wolf roll into Baker Place on Saturday March 20th for a free show which promises to deliver another night of action bordering on the primal driven by the catchy, the shocking and delectable. This Waterford four-piece have found a distinct sound, equal parts modern and classic. It’s only a matter of time before they bring their sound to back to the States after their recent return from recording their debut album in Nashville, Tennessee with Nanci Griffith producer Thomm Jutz, it  is set for release in 2010.  A full moon won’t be necessary though, as the four-piece are an acclaimed live act, described as ‘playing as if our very lives depend on it.’
For more info and howling sounds visit www.myspace.com/floydsoul