On the album: Kevin Murphy (cello), Karl Odlum (bass & some guitar), Tom Osander (percussion), Bill Blackmore (trumpet), Steve Shannon (bass & programming)
For upcoming gigs Kevin Murphy(cello), Kevin Barry(guitar/mandolin), Conor Murray(drums), Bill Blackmore (trumpet)
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The sun, the sky, the trees, the grass, the people I love.
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Margaret Healy started gigging the Dublin singer-songwriter circuit in 1999. Through this, she hooked up with singer-songwriter Patrick Barrett (The Hedge Schools) and Ken Burke (singer-songwriter) to make her first album "...and you are?". This was released late 2001 to much acclaim. Part of the album was recorded with Nitin Sawhney in his Spirit Dance studios in London, contributing to the hip-hoppy-electro aspect of the album. Supports with Jim White in HQ, Paul Brady, The Frames, The Four of Us in Vicar St./ The Shelter and Irish tours with Maria Doyle Kennedy and The Ruby Sessions followed, aswell as sets in Lisdoonvarna at the RDS and the Sirens launch. The track "Someting Real" was featured on RTE series The Big Bow Wow, the CD compilation "Sirens" (alongside Patti Smith, Sinead O' Connor, Ani Di Franco.... ), and The Ruby Session CD. The video for "Call It a Moment" was shown on Fish and No Disco with interviews/ live footage and Margaret's live session on Ian Dempsey's morning show was re-aired in the "Five Of The Best" show at the end of the year!
In March 2005, Margaret headed to Spirit Dance London again to begin work on the second album, this time working with Sawhney engineer/programmer Dean Barratt. Recording continued through 2005/06 with Karl Odlum and Kevin O'Byrne. Further recording and editing and two final mixes were done with Steve Shannon in 2007, and then the remaining 8 tracks were mixed by Joe Chester. Phew, what a journey! The other musicians involved in recording were Kevin Murphy (cello), Karl Odlum (bass/guitars/programming), Dean Barratt (programming) Bill Blackmore (trumpet) and Tom Osander (percussion). And a special mention must be given to artist Susan O' Doherty for the wonderful illustrations she painted for the cover art.
The end result of all that hard work "Girls, Boys & Clockwork Toys" was released nationwide on 17th April 2009. The reaction has been extremely positive with some great reviews (see below), gig supports for Declan O' Rourke and Mundy and spins on Dan Hegarty's 2FM midnight show and John Kelly's The JK Ensemble on RTE lyric fm. The album was launched in Whelans Upstairs on 13th May and the first single Tick Tock got national playlisting for the following 4 weeks on Radio One! Girls, Boys & Clockwork Toys is available to buy in stores nationwide and also on iTunes, Amazon & Play.com
"...easily one of the best Irish albums of the year. ****" Sunday Business Post,
"...questioning and vulnerable songs, deftly played and beautifully scored..****" Hot Press,
"..should be snapped up by whoever makes the sequel to Magnolia.." The Ticket,
"..a beautiful collection of grown-up songs and dark lullabies that will keep you up at night just to listen one more time." Totally Dublin
Read an interview Margaret did with the Herald's Eamonn Carr: Like Clockwork
All well over here in Dublin and getting over the football results for Ireland from last night.Hoping alls well there and thought I,d invite you along to MySpace to have a listen to some new songs that I recorded in my small bedroom on a vocal mic and my computer!!Its a flavour of whats to come and hope you enjoy them. Big wishes from Peter
'Kimberly' can be downloaded straight to media enabled phones by texting 'music 3919 M' to 57501 - note the spaces!
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If you're in Kilkenny you can buy the hard copy from Hearbeat city and Rollercoaster, or if you're in Dublin you'll find it in Tower Records.
All support in keeping us off the dole and stopping us stealing your taxes is greatly appreciated in the matter. See you in a town near you soon.
Michael Brunnock will be performing with his Irish Band "Little Palace" November 5th 8pm Whelans, Dublin November 7th 9pm Headfort Arms, Kells, Co. Meath November 12th 8pm The Backroom, Navan, Co. Meath Little Palace will be releasing their New Single "Beekeeper" from their latest album Invitation Time. We all hope to see you there. Keep Music Alive go hear a show.
Hey, I'm sending this out to those who cared enough to comment on my music page. Fragile Matter is now Speak Easy Three, as I found a band to play with full time we went for a name change, this is also why ive kinda fell off the face of the earth for a little while. Anyway I've posted a couple of basement recorded demos of the new trio so check em out and let me know what you think. We will begin recording an album sometime this month and have began booking shows. So stay tuned for news,pictures, songs and other media in the very near future!
Everyone at indiecater records would like to wish you a happy summer and let you know that there is an indiepop song from the Very Most available to download FREE from our site!
