Updated / Wednesday, 3 Mar 2021
09:36
For RTÉ Arena, Kelly-Anne Byrne and Pat Carty review new albums. including releases from Wyvern Lingo, with
Awake You Lie, legendary musician, Willie Nelson, with
That s Life, a Frank Sinatra covers album and Julien Baker s third solo album,
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As they release their new album,
Awake You Lie, singer and guitarist Saoirse Ruane tells how the trio spent 2019 on a non-stop tour. Looking back at all the places we played it s hard to believe now, Saoirse says. Then we went straight into a recording studio in Berlin to work on our album. We had just finished it when the world came to an end.
Going back to their days in Loreto College in their hometown of Bray, Co Wicklow, they remember delving into the record collections of their respective parents and listening to artists like Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Simon & Garfunkel, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell and David Bowie.
Wicklow trio Wyvern Lingo have returned with their second album
Awake You Lie. Bassist and singer Karen Cowley talks to Alan Corr about recording in Berlin and why they are musos at heart
At the risk of coming across all
Smash Hits magazine, not that there is anything remotely wrong with that, we begin with a question that may be on some people s lips when they first encounter Wyvern Lingo.
Just where did they get their name?
The band’s Karen Cowley (vocals, synth, bass) is a mile a minute talker but suddenly her verbal bounce is cut short by my question. The word wyvern appeared to Saoirse in a dream and lingo appeared to Caoimhe in a dream and we put the two together . . . she says haltingly.
Thursday, February 25th, 8pm, â¬8/â¬12, The brilliant Bray trio are not waiting around for restrictions to be lifted â theyâre going to perform a special show at the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray, and you are virtually invited. The gig is to celebrate the launch of their second album, Awake You Lie, which reawakens many of the trioâs musical obsessions from the 1990s and noughties, running the gamut from R&B bangers to indie anthems. The icing on this musical cáca milis is the soulful voices of Caoimhe Barry, Karen Cowley and Saoirse Duane, proving that three really is a magic number. Who needs Haim when weâve got three of our finest women in music right here on our digital doorstep. The band will preview tracks from the album a day before its official release, with Bray visual artist 1iing Heaney bringing her digital artwork for the album cover to life right there in the venue.