We were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Quiet Arch founder Lyndon Stephens yesterday morning. Lyndon was a giant of music in Belfast and beyond, with a legacy that stretched far beyond the recent years of Quiet Arch….
The North Coast’s Atlantic Sessions return for an incredible 11th year this month, with a busy schedule of events. A full programme of shows will run all weekend from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th November. As always with Atlantic Sessions, it’s the…
Every year Belfast hosts the largest music conference in Ireland and alongside of host of invaluable talks, panels and discussions, the evening features over 40 bands/artists showcasing their live shows. These evening showcases are curated by a multitude of movers…
The ten day music festival Sound of Belfast is returning for its sixth year from 1st – 10th November with perhaps its most diverse range of events yet. While Sound of Belfast has never been short of live shows, this year’s schedule…
With the proliferation of new musical talent in Northern Ireland at the end of the decade, for many it remains difficult to forget the artists who paved the way for the music scene as we now know it. Alternative rock…
Hot on the heels of the longlists for this year’s Northern Ireland Music Prize being released, the recipient of the next Oh Yeah Legend Award was announced this week. The winners of the special award this year will be none other than…
Is your weekend ahead looking a bit bare? You’d be hardpressed to find a better use of your time in Northern Ireland this weekend than Stendhal Festival. The festival returns to Limavady once again, with a three day schedule. With…
With festival season in full swing, it is once again time to return to the coast. ‘Coaster’ returns to The Atlantic Bar for a day of local music and festivities. Headlined by alt-rock darlings Jealous Of The Birds, and flanked…
With the Emmy nominations announced this week, one name in particular seemed familiar. Northern Irish musician Hannah Peel has been nominated for her soundtrack on the HBO documentary Game of Thrones: The Last Watch. Hailing from Craigavon and now residing back in Northern Ireland after…
In arguably what has been our highest quality year for entries, we are a little saddened to have to just select one overall winner for our Kickstart competition. After over a week and a half of deliberations our judging panel…
The Oh Yeah Centre‘s flagship talent development programme is returning once again for 2019/2020. Since 2010 Scratch My Progress has helped numerous new artists in Northern Ireland make a breakthrough in their music career. Featurning alumni that includes winners of Northern Irish music prizes…
We had real difficulty in narrowing down the initial entries for Kickstart this year and our panellists all felt the same trying to choose our finalists. As a result, we ended up with five finalists rather than our usual four….
With over eighty entries to the 2019 edition of our Kickstart competition, it was always going to be very difficult to narrow them down to a shortlist of twenty. Our team of contributors spent hours last week listening to a…
The prestigious Other Voices made its last and first visit to Belfast back in 2017, showcasing some of the best acts locally and from around Ireland. Now they’re set to return on Saturday 15th June, once again in Belfast’s picturesque Duncairn…
We hope the phrase better late than never will come to mind as we announce Kickstart 2019. For a variety of reasons we toyed with the idea of putting the Kickstart programme on hold for a year. However, after much…