#Music

by Alan Finn on Jan 15th, 2014 - 5494 Views

There is a ‘Tupac Tribute Concert 2K14’ On Friday 7th of February 2014, at 8pm in the Tivoli Theatre here in Dublin. The Theatre, are presenting OUTLAWZS (aka Outlaw Immortalz), who were founded by Tupac Shakur in 1995. They performed and recorded many tracks with the legendary hip hop producer. This... 

by Alan Finn on Jan 14th, 2014 - 2602 Views

Aiken Promotions presents Songs For Lovers – A Valentine Night Spectacular – featuring Jack Lukeman live at Vicar Street, on Friday 14th February 2014. Jack will perform a very special Songs For Lovers concert in the intimate surroundings of Vicar Street on Valentine’s Night, Friday the... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 16th, 2013 - 4586 Views

Below is the Top 10 Trending Music Videos on YouTube during 2013, calculated based on visitors to the video-sharing website by Irish residents. This chart comes out each year, and it features the most popular music videos that have been shared on external websites, and have been viewed by a significant... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 14th, 2013 - 4821 Views

After selling out the Academy, on Abbey Street lower, here in our wonderful city of Dublin, Conor Hamilton has a lot to be thankful for. Aged only 15 he is already making a name for himself as a singer songwriter and he has a few video’s up on his YouTube channel. So how did this young man at the... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 12th, 2013 - 3026 Views

If you are into arts and crafts or homemade food, then there is an exciting event happening just down the road from us, from Friday December the 20th. Sweeney’s Bar on Dame Street are holding a 3 day Pop-Up Christmassy Market, and they have assembled some of the finest handmade arts, crafts and... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Dec 10th, 2013 - 3204 Views

The Fountain Youth Project held it’s first disco at the weekend, with three of the youth club members djing on the night! Jason Fitzpatrick, Gerard Fox and Craig Hanlon took part in our recent Djing And Music Production tuition, held at our Fountain Youth Project premises on Basin Street in Dublin... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 10th, 2013 - 2358 Views

There is a very special event taking place next week at the Computer Clubhouse, which is run by The South West Inner City Network (SWICN), an umbrella organisation for groups such as ourselves in this part of the city. The SWICN Computer Clubhouse is to hold it’s annual showcase, which presents... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 10th, 2013 - 3441 Views

The UK rock group, Elbow, have announced that next year they will play at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, right here in Dublin 8. The gig is pencilled in for Wednesday June the 25th 2014, and tickets go on sale from Tickmaster.ie from this Thursday at 9am. They are priced at €49.50. The band are... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Dec 9th, 2013 - 3518 Views

Here is my list of what I feel are the top ten quintessential Christmas Pop hits… 10. The Little Drummer Boy – David Bowie and Bing Crosby (1977) This collaboration earns its place simply due to it bizarreness. Renowned rock star Bowie, famous for trans-gender extreme drug taking in Berlin (which... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Nov 27th, 2013 - 2537 Views

The organisation RADE, whose speciality is promoting recovery from drug abuse through performance in drama and entertainment, has this year decided to produce a play based on the Lock Out in honour of its centenary. People recovering from addiction have donned bonnets and caps to recapture the spirit... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Nov 22nd, 2013 - 3312 Views

With the assistance of The MY Project (Music for Youth), the Fountain Youth Project is collaborating with the Swan Youth Project in a programme to train our music mad young people in the proper use of DJ equipment. Under the supervision of Evan Kenny from The MY Project, young people from 15-21yrs are... 

by Alan Finn on Oct 30th, 2013 - 3910 Views

IMAGE: Kelly Hannon, Starz Ireland 2013 Final Winner, pic by Louise Hannon Photography Saturday 19th October has been marked on my calendar for a while now, so when it finally came, I arrived at Liberty Hall here on Eden Quay in our wonderful city of Dublin to see the Starz final show of 2013. After... 

by Alan Finn on Oct 15th, 2013 - 4320 Views

With less than one week to go who is going to be crowned King, or indeed Queen of the Starz’s competition? After months of hard work for all the acts and the judges, it’s crunch time. Top Notch as you may be aware, is a rap and hip hop artist and is in the finals after being saved with a wild card... 

by Alan Finn on Oct 8th, 2013 - 4317 Views

With the end of the Starz competion looming, its now time for all the final acts to pull off their best performances yet. Recently featured in your favorite online newswire, FRG.ie, we wrote a piece on the Starz progress, and we also did a number of interviews with a couple of the acts. Today we introduce... 

by Alan Finn on Oct 8th, 2013 - 4262 Views

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony playing live @ Double Door in Chicago, September 2013. Bloodshed Promotions are proud to have recently have announced the legendary and the Grammy award winning group from USA, Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, for one night only, Saturday 29th November at the Voodoo Lounge, Arran Quay Dublin. Tickets... 

by Alan Finn on Oct 1st, 2013 - 3178 Views

On Saturday 14th September, 36 Acts battled their way through the Starz’s Music competition at the Vanilla night club in Donnybrook here in our wonderful city of Dublin. 26 of the 36 acts bagged themselves a place in the final which will be held Saturday 19th October in Liberty Hall, Eden Quay here... 

by Alan Finn on Sep 28th, 2013 - 26561 Views

With the sun gently shining on the calm blue sea, one could easily think they were on a island of the coast of Mexico or Spain, but no, we were in Blackrock, Dublin. I went to meet Blackrock’s coolest new group, The Klares, who have a lot going on for them right now. I went out to meet this unque... 

by Alan Finn on Sep 20th, 2013 - 2741 Views

It was another great night on Wednesday the 18th September when Deacon Blue, the great group from Scotland, played to a packed house at the Olympia Theatre here in our wonderful city of Dublin. This gig was just brilliant and it ticked all the boxes for me. Ricky and the other five piece group –... 

by Damien Hughes on Sep 19th, 2013 - 8470 Views

A young singer from the area – Yazz aka Top-Notch – has filmed a music video here locally. Scenes were shot in Fatima (beside the F2 Centre), St. Theresa’s Gardens (directly outside Donore Avenue boxing club), outside Dublin Castle and along the canal in Drimnagh. There was even some... 

by Alan Finn on Sep 6th, 2013 - 2679 Views

On Thursday the 12th September at Sweeney’s Bar on Dame Street, in our wonderful city of Dublin at 8pm till last order’s, you can once again catch the one and only, Explosive Joe Wrenn. One of Dublin’s most wanted men on the Rap & Hip Hop scene, he will be joined by Jay Hickey, Noel Sweeney,...