Blackgate

10” – Hand Numbered 10” Black Vinyl Limited to 500 copies housed in a Custom 10” Deluxe Tip-On Gatefold with Half Speed Mastering by Barry “Bazza” Grint at Air Mastering Studios, London.Pressed at Optimal Media, Germany, on 100g vinyl. “Fabulous playing by Caimin Gilmore” — Journal of Music “Caimin Gilmore’s upright bass-playing was reminiscent of […]

All Smiles Tonight

Poor Creature is comprised of Ruth Clinton, Cormac MacDiarmada and John Dermody, all three are members of other bands (Landless and Lankum respectively) who have built a large following on re-interpreting songs from the past Songs that have existed for centuries can seem immutable and anchored to time. A new generation of Irish musicians are keen to acknowledge that musical […]

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady

Remastered from the analog tapes. LP pressed on 180gram Purple Vinyl and packaged in a gatefold jacket with 12page booklet. Compass Records Group is announcing the SPECIAL EDITION release of the Mulligan Records classic ANDY IRVINE / PAUL BRADY. Long thought of as one of the seminal releases in the Irish music cannon, the album […]

Andy Irvine & Paul Brady

Compass Records Group is announcing the SPECIAL EDITION release of the Mulligan Records classic ANDY IRVINE / PAUL BRADY. Long thought of as one of the seminal releases in the Irish music cannon, the album has been praised by artists such as Bob Dylan (who recorded Paul Brady’s arrangement of Arthur McBride And The Sergeant), […]

Luireach

FOR FANS OF LANKUM, LISA ONEILL, JOHN FRANCIS FLYNN, YE VAGABONDS & OXN PRODUCED BY LANKUM PRODUCER & OXN MEMBER JOHN SPUD MURPHY The Newry Highwayman / Blackwaterside / Luireach Bhride / The Fishermans Wife / The Grey Selkie of Sule Skerry / Death and the Lady / The Hag / My Lagan Love / […]

Nine Waves

Ye Vagabonds release their second album for Rough Trades River Lea label on May 13th 2022 Nine Waves was recorded in the Dublin Mountains at Hellfire Studios, produced by John Spud Murphy (whose previous work includes records by black midi, Lankum and caroline). The album features 11 tracks of both traditional and original songs and […]

Fire Draw Near:an Anthology Of Irish Traditional Song & Music

River Lea (a division of Rough Trade) releases Fire Draw Near – an album of Irish traditional songs and music from the archives, compiled by Ian Lynch of Dublin band Lankum. “This CD is a collection of 13 rare, strange and wonderful gems from the Irish tradition. Recorded in various parts of the country over […]

You Can Walk Across It On The Grass: The Boutique Sounds Of Swinging London

Clamshell Box • Celebration of the mid-60s Swinging London scene at its brash, colourful zenith. • A cornucopia of club-friendly mod R&B/soul, era-defining pop hits and cult TV/film themes as England swung like a pendulum do. In April 1966, American magazine Time ran a front-page feature, captioned “You Can Walk Across It On The Grass”, […]

Rock Legends

6 CD + DVD SIX CD / DVD SUPER DELUXE EDITION FEATURING 74 UNRELEASED TRACKS 83 TRACKS NEVER PREVIOUSLY RELEASED ON CD ALTERNATE VERSIONS OF ALL THE HITS, RARITIES, LIVE TRACKS & RARE FOOTAGE RELEASED 23rd OCTOBER BY UMC PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED ‘JAILBREAK (DEMO)’ AVAILABLE NOW (LINK) “Thin Lizzy was one of the most original bands […]