Pete Kennedy

First Published August 2015 PETE POWERED COUNTRY! If I was to ask you which Irish country star has two British Country Music Association U.K. Album of the Year Awards to his name, won back to back, and just in the last few years, I wonder how many of you would be in contention for first … Continue reading Pete Kennedy →

Harvest Fest

First Published September 2017 HATS OFF TO HARVEST FEST This long-awaited weekend of Harvest Fest finally rolled around just a couple of weeks back, so I boarded a west-bound train to make the beautiful town of Westport (one of the two festival locations, the other being Enniskillen) my home for what turned out to be … Continue reading Harvest Fest →

Hannah Hawkshaw

First Published August 2017 THE FACE OF A MODERN MISS UNIVERSE (Part 1) Whenever people mention something like the Miss Universe pageant it's usually the same old prejudices that first - and fast - spill forth. The most obvious 'sure-all-that-is' that's launched forward from the pulpit of the Know-it-all-ery being the somewhat lazy comparison to … Continue reading Hannah Hawkshaw →

Hannah Hawkshaw

First Published July 2018 WORLD IN HER SIGHTS, UNIVERSE ON HER MIND (Part 2) Less than a year ago I had the pleasure of sitting down in a Dublin cafe and sharing a coffee and an afternoon with a pretty remarkable young lady. At that time, I already knew Hannah Hawkshaw as an extremely talented singer/songwriter, and a … Continue reading Hannah Hawkshaw →

Charlie Landsborough

First Published January 2019 "APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE, BUT ALSO WHAT OTHERS HAVE" I can still remember when Charlie Landsborough first hit the scene in a big way. I was fascinated by the song 'What Colour Is The Wind', and the magical question its gorgeous lyric posed. But equally so, I was fascinated by Charlie himself. For a man for … Continue reading Charlie Landsborough →