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Archive for November, 2006
Crane Lane Theatre
Published by November 27th, 2006 in cork, gigs, photos, pubs, reviews and venues. 19 CommentsCrane Lane / Phoenix St, Cork — [Map] After months of apparent stagnation there is finally some activity afoot on the Cork pub/bar/venue scene. In recent weeks we have seen the Tikki Lounge move to a bigger and better home at the Isobar, the Roundy has started doing live music (albeit on a limited basis) [...]
Happy Birthday Jesus – The Freakscene Christmas Album
Published by November 27th, 2006 in christmas, cork, music and releases. ClosedA collection of 11 original Christmas songs by Irish artists. Release date: Friday December 1st only €12! Available from: Road Records in Dublin, Virgin, HMV, Plugd Records in Cork, online at www.cdbaby.com and www.roadrecs.com ….many more to be added by the release date! Listen to the songs and find out more at www.myspace.com/freakscenechristmas Freakscene is [...]
Club Tikki, Every Tuesday @ The Isobar
Published by November 25th, 2006 in club nights, news, venues and weekly. ClosedClub Tikki – kicks off December 5th Tikki Lounge, Little Hanover St. Click here to see it on a map Every Tuesday — Late License — doors 11pm till 1.30 ×’ƒ5 / ×’ƒ4 with convincing sob story (buy your wrist bands/tkts in The Tikki Lounge, that then gives you access to the bigger room next [...]
Ron Sexsmith @ The Crane Lane Theatre
Published by November 19th, 2006 in artists, gigs, venues and video. 2 CommentsRon Sexsmith played at the Crane Lane Theatre last Friday night. Here are some videos and photos from the first gig in the new venue. Time Being Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) – George Harrison Click the song name to watch more videos from the gig: Wishing Wells Former Glory Cheap Hotel8300 [...]
update: Other Voices 5 performers announced
Published by November 19th, 2006 in TV, artists, gigs and news. 1 CommentTwo weeks after the tickets sold out in a matter of hours, the (partial) line-up has been revealed by RTE. Friday 1 December The Four of Us Joan as Policewoman Saturday 2 December Lisa Hannigan Simple Kid Cerys Mathews Damien Rice Sunday 3 December The Blizzards Mariza Monday 4 December Director The Flaws Get Cape, [...]
corkgigs group / tags on Flickr and YouTube
Published by November 17th, 2006 in photos, video and website. 1 CommentIf you have any decent photos or video footage of gigs in Cork and would like to share them with this website’s audience, then simply tag them with ‘corkgigs’ and there’s a good chance they’ll be featured here. We’ll write something to automate this in the near future no doubt. And there’s a group on [...]
Roundy Room Sessions @ The Roundy bar
Published by November 9th, 2006 in gigs, venues and weekly. 4 CommentsUpdate – here’s a map showing the location of the Roundy Bar From Sunday 12th November the Roundy bar on Castle St will host a new weekly slot to be called the ‘Roundy Room Sessions.’ According to Hot Press, local singer/songwriter Ken Cotter is the man behind it. Of course you’ll have to pay hotpress [...]
Other Voices 5 tickets on sale
Published by November 3rd, 2006 in acoustic, gigs and video. 4 CommentsLast December I drove down to Dingle to see Elbow perform in St. James’ Church for the recording of RTE’s Other Voices series 4. The experience surpassed my high expectations. The other acts performing on the night (Miriam Ingram, Claire Sproule and Stephen Fretwell) I knew little about, but was suitably impressed by their rousing [...]
