Deputy Entertainment Editor Cathal Donovan O’Neill presents you with the five best gigs of the week taking place right here in Cork. Welcome to the first instalment of the Motley Gig Guide, where every Sunday/Monday I deliver the five hottest gigs this week straight to your screen. Cork’s music scene is class right now, pulling great acts from all over the country and beyond. … Continue reading The Motley Gig Guide: Sep 16th-23rd 2019
Laurie Shelly talks to singer-songwriter Rosie Carney about her debut album, growing up in Donegal, overcoming difficulties and working with her idols ahead of her gig at Cork’s Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival. Rosie Carney wrote her debut album’s opening track when she was 14. Most people would probably like for their 14-year-old self’s writings to stay in diaries and boxes under the … Continue reading Interview: Rosie Carney
In the last issue of Motley Magazine, I sat down with Trick Mist as he was preparing the launch of his debut album Both Ends. A Christmas break and a few gigs in Cork, Dundalk, London, and Manchester later, here we are with our copy of the awaited LP. The introduction of the album certainly is memorable and unique. A simple juxtaposition of a train … Continue reading Both Ends – Review
If anyone knows me well enough, then they know that one thing I can never say no to is a good old musical. Since I was a young child I was brought up watching classic musical films such as Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and Oliver, to name a few. Some people say the things you watch when you are young are all just … Continue reading Les Misérables in Dublin: Review
Having had the very successful interview back in September with Gus, I was very excited to attend the band’s tour in Dublin in the Olympia Theatre. And I can sure as hell tell you we were not disappointed. Receiving excellent treatment from the venue we were directed up a hallway, down a staircase, up another and into one of the high rise boxes. I felt … Continue reading Alt-J at the Olympia: Gig Review
It could have been in his home town of Dundalk, or somewhere between Manchester and London, or even perhaps in India that Trick Mist (a.k.a Gavin Murray) and I decided to meet. We instead sat down in a café in Cork, his current residence. After two years of hard work and travels, the electronic musician and songwriter brings us his debut album Both Ends, an … Continue reading Interview with Trick Mist
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