7 European music acts you need to know about
Eurovision is around the corner, so you ll be listening to European pop soon whether you want to or not. Here are 7 acts from across the continent that are making more than just a wave right now
There’s never been a better time to freshen up those playlists, and there’s something for everyone in this collection of new, or under the radar acts to listen out for this year.
An intriguing mix of pop, rock, and soul, with a hint of Irish country and grunge. Sound confusing? It’s not meant to be, and is all packaged up in accessible, catchy hooks, and lyrics with powerful messages at their soul.
Musician Zaska is crowd funding to finish the concept album themed around sustainability.
The album is ready to go but he needs help raising €16,000 to bring the work to life. Benefactors can help with as little as €5 if they don t have 10 grand, which will get them a hi-res download of the first single. Other valuables in exchange for contributions at different tiers include a private live-stream concert, guitar lessons, song dedications, the album on vinyl, digital tracks and more. The theme is not just sustainability for the planet but for all aspects of living a harmonious life. It s a hopeful album about our ability to turn it all around for ourselves and the next generation, he said of the album.
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International Women s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. It also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equality. We ve rounded up six trailblazing female Irish artists who continue to inspire, encourage and make their mark on women s rights every day.
Denise Chaila
Fast-rising Limerick star Denise Chaila has been making waves in the music industry since the release of her infectiously catchy chart-topping hit single,
Chaila, which was released last summer.
Just mere months later, her powerful debut album,
Go Bravely, lit up the music scene, with many praising the talented artist for her flowing lyrics covering themes of identity, belonging and sexism.
It was depending on your point of view either wonderfully fortuitous or horribly unlucky. In February of last year, some three months after Wyvern Lingo had moved to Berlin to make an album and to forge a new life in the city, Covid-19 had gone from an isolated case here and there to something that was causing German health authorities serious concern. Lockdown looked inevitable, especially when the first case in Berlin was detected at the beginning of March.
The virus put paid to the plans of the all-female trio from Bray, Co Wicklow, to put roots down in the city, but they managed to leave the prestigious JRS Studios with a fully completed second album. And the highly accomplished