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Author: Cathal Donovan O Neill

Bandcamp Friday, one year on: Fixity  

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on March 17, 2021

By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Music Editor  Welcome back to our look at Bandcamp Friday! This piece continues last issue’s column, where  I talk to Colm Cahallane of HAUSU Records.  This issue we’re talking to Dan Walsh of Fixity, the Tan Jackets, Cork Improvised Music Club, and much more. The Cork multi-instrumentalist is a big proponent…

Could Kate Bush Crash your Car?  

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on March 17, 2021March 17, 2021

By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Music Editor The fence at the end of my lane’s looking shaky, and I blame Kate Bush. I was taking a drive  with her last week, performing a three-point turn that quickly acquired several more points,  when she took control of the wheel, pulled the clutch up a little too far…

Bandcamp Friday, one year on: HAUSU Records  

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on March 4, 2021

By Cathal Donovan O’Neill, Music Editor Back in March 2020, online music retail platform Bandcamp announced that on the first Friday of every month they would cut their cut on items sold from about 30% to nothing, leaving all funds to the artist. It was a great move on a marketing and moral basis, but…

RTÉ’s Choice Prize returns for 2021

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on February 18, 2021

By Cathal Donovan O’Neill – Music Editor This year’s RTÉ Choice Prize is coming up soon, with both the album and single shortlists having recently been released. Here’s the lowdown on who’s up for the prize, what they can win, and how you can help your favourite. The RTÉ Choice Prize has been going since…

Stevie G’s 2020 Soul

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

Cork DJ Stevie G’s dropped his Soul Ireland 2020 mixtape, and it’s well worth listening to. A longtime advocate for Ireland’s rap, hip-hop, R&B and soul musicians, Stevie’s led club nights and primetime radio shows, but is best known for Black on Red on RedFM, where he mixes classics with new cuts. Collaborating with MC…

CONSORTIUM, reviewed

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on October 29, 2020October 29, 2020

On the 13th of February, Matt Corrigan played his first headliner upstairs at the Roundy, which he sold out. Wearing a white shirt, dark jeans and a look of intense solemnity, he lilted out the ‘dah, da-da dah’ bridge of ‘Tokyo’. A room dimly lit by stage lights, crammed full of friends, and their friends…

A sound you can’t predict: Rising stars from Direct Provision

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on October 16, 2020October 16, 2020

2020’s been a milestone for Irish music, even in a year without gigs. Denise Chaila’s gone from underground to RTÉ darling, while artists like Jafaris and Nealo are making airplay and playlist waves, disproving notions about race and heavy brogue in Irish rap. But meanwhile—and more importantly—the fight against Direct Provision has become more prominent,…

Weird summer, like no other

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on September 18, 2020September 20, 2020

Welcome to UCC, or welcome back! I’m hoping this finds you in good health and with an inbox free of emails that contain the line ‘In These Troubled Times’. Unless Fiona, Maeve or Fergal have used it in their editorials. Jesus, am I going to get fired before we even go to print? Forget it….

Comeback Kino: Behind One Of Ireland’s First Reopened Venues

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on August 21, 2020August 21, 2020

The live music industry has been devastated by COVID-19. Cyprus Avenue, The Roundy, Cork Opera House: They’ve all been shut since March, and the future is uncertain as phase four stretches into the future. With the law restricting indoor gatherings of fifty-plus (inclusive of staff and band), many venues are waiting it out or still…

Running an online (Half Moon) festival with Rachel Gleeson

By Cathal Donovan O Neill   Posted in Byline Music
Posted on June 26, 2020June 26, 2020

If you live in Cork, you’ve probably walked Half Moon Street hundreds of times. It’s the road joining the Crawford Art Gallery’s square to the city’s quays, running alongside the Opera House and multinational shopping venues. On your right as you walk from the square to the Lee, you’ll see a plethora of Irish writers…

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