Acclaimed artists Cian Sweeney (aka 1000 Beasts) and Laoise Leahy are among the lecturers at MTU Cork School of Music – considered one of the leading conse.
NEWCASTLE West singer/songwriter Emmet Scanlan is set to play The Window Sessions, at Cleary’s Bar, in the town, this Friday, July 22. No stranger to The .
Light at the end of the tunnel for East Cork songwriter
Written at the outset of the first lockdown, East Cork singer-songwriter Julia-Maria’s new single Morning Light points to the change of pace that many of us experienced over the Covid crisis’ quieter moments. Mike McGrath-Bryan finds out more.
Julianne Quirke, who performs as Julia-Maria. Picture: Niamh Barry
As things start to shift toward something resembling normal, or functioning at least, post-Covid, it s easy to look back at those first hectic weeks of the crisis - what had to be done, what could have gone wrong, the lives that were saved by staying in and keeping safe - and be overcome by those raw feelings of anxiety and worry. But in the quiet time that lockdown created for many of us, also came moments of reflection, re-evaluation and realisation.