Back in the habit. I hope you enjoying your summer. I haven’t seen much sunshine or much holidays for that matter. But I am content in the knowledge that I have the music that allows the bit of escapism from the world that should be part of our daily lives. Nothing nicer than doing nothing […]
Each month the Eirecana podcast brings you the best of americana, alt-country and folk from Irish and international artists. With discussion on everything from the scene in Ireland to emerging artists, if you are a fan of this genre, there is something for you here. Episode IX – Where’s the sun? It’s the […]
Each month the Eirecana podcast brings you the best of americana, alt-country and folk from Irish and international artists. With discussion on everything from the scene in Ireland to emerging artists, if you are a fan of this genre, there is something for you here. Episode VIII – Spring is here…or is it? It’s […]
So another year, another great Roots Festival. Around this time each year for the last number of years, I start to get excited about what this weekend will bring. The most enjoyable thing about the Roots Festival, apart from the great head-liners, which are always consistently good, is the Music trail. The experience of meandering […]
So I am still progressing through the Eirecana radio back catalogue. This show features a lot of new music. I decided to browse in inbox and see what I found. The results are here for you to listen to. Don’t forget to listen back to previous shows on Mixcloud if you want some quality americana […]
So how do you like the new place? It is currently a work in progress here but hopefully I will have the whole place kitted out before too long. In the meantime I thought I would get back to the bread and butter of this blog which is great music. I have been previewing recently […]
So I have decided to migrate from Blogger to WordPress. I’m doing this for a number of reasons including design, handiness and other reasons. Firstly I find the choice of WordPress themes makes it a bit easier for the layout of the blog. I want to make Eirecana as easy to browse as possible so […]
Sometimes I have to go looking for bands. Sometimes they music come to me. Sometimes I feel like going in search for the music myself even when the music does come to me. Today was one of those days. I often consult Breaking Tunes (it’s a brilliant platform for new Irish artists) and happened to […]
Back to action this week with some Southern Blues. Well it’s not what you think. This band hail from Cork and are exponents of some fine truthful foot-tapin’ blues that you have ever heard. One Horse Pony are a Cork based outfit formed a number of years ago through the very organic process of playing […]
Bringing you the best of americana, alt-country and folk from Ireland and internationally. Eirecana Podcast – Podcast VII: February Blues Welcome to 2016. Seeing as I didn’t get a show up in January, I thought I would celebrate all that the first month of the year symbolises in my February podcast. Thus the February blues. […]