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ABC
(315,647 listeners)
80s, new wave, new romantic, pop
ABC (often spelled with three stars) are a British New Wave band from Sheffield, England fronted by singer Martin Fry. They charted ten UK and five US Top 40 singles between 1981 and 1990. Their last album Traffic was released in April 2008.
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Axis Of
(441 listeners)
under 2000 listeners, irish, celtic punk, folk punk
Axis Of are a powerful Alternative Hardcore band based in Belfast Northern Ireland. Despite their relatively young age they have made a tremendous impact with their uncompromisingly big sound, intense live shows and thoughtful lyrics. Following a string of packed out gigs all over Ireland they are starting to bring the same momentum over the UK and further afield.
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Bagatelle
(1,511 listeners)
classic rock, 90s, all, chillout
Bagatelle are an Irish rock band who first formed in the early seventies by Liam Reilly, Ken Doyle and John O'Brien, in Louth. In 1978 came their first hit single 'Summer in Dublin'.
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Brian Kennedy
(15,640 listeners)
irish, folk, eurovision, pop
A protege of Van Morrison, this Belfast boy is an Irish singer-song writer with a unique, gentle voice, and he puts it to good use in his many ballads. He represented Ireland at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2006. Born in Belfast on 12th October 1966, Brian Kennedy as a singer has perfect pitch and is often described as having ‘the voice which charms angels’.
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Casadh
(0 listeners)
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Cashier No.9
(6,685 listeners)
indie, northern ireland, belfast, irish
Cashier No.9 http://cashierno9.com/ For several years now, Danny Todd has been an accessory to great music from Northern Ireland.
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Cornershop
(211,163 listeners)
indie, britpop, alternative, british
Cornershop is an Indie Rock band formed in 1991 from Leicester, UK, consisting of Tjinder Singh (singer, songwriter, and dholki player), Ben Ayres (guitar, keyboards, and tamboura), Anthony Saffery (sitar, keyboards and harmonium), Nick Simms (drums) and Peter Bengry (percussion). Most of the original members were also in the Preston band General Havoc.
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Damien Dempsey
(27,533 listeners)
irish, singer-songwriter, folk, folk-rock
Damien Dempsey is from Donaghmede on Dublin's Northside. His earliest musical influences were the post-pub singsongs that his parents used to have at their home when he was a toddler. Good, bad or indifferent, everyone had to sing. Today his unique sound reflects the influence of traditional Sean-Nós as well as his musical heroes: Bob Marley and Elvis Presley.
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Donogh Hennessy
(219 listeners)
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Drunken Balordi
(155 listeners)
gypsy punk, gipsy, punk, punk rock
Drunken Balordi have been storming the music scene for the last 2 years playing to crowds all over Europe and USA. Their debut gig at the famous 100 Club in London was a fitting gig for a band with such strong punk roots, attitude and energy.
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Everlast
(406,975 listeners)
hip-hop, rock, alternative, blues
Erik Schrody (born August 18, 1969 in Valley Stream, New York), better known by his stage name Everlast, is a Grammy-Award winning Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, known for his solo hit What It's Like and as the front-man for rap group House of Pain.
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Gemma Hayes
(99,695 listeners)
singer-songwriter, female vocalists, irish, indie
Gemma Hayes is a singer-songwriter born August 11, 1977 in Ballyporeen, Tipperary, Ireland. She signed to Source Records/Virgin in 2001 and issued the folksy 4.35am EP and the more band-orientated Work to a Calm EP before releasing her debut album, Night on my Side, in 2002. The album was subsequently nominated for that year's Mercury Music Prize, now called the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.
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Glamslam
(1 listener)
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Irvine Welsh
(224 listeners)
scottish, audiobook, seen live
Irvine Welsh (born Leith, Edinburgh on September 27, 1958) is an acclaimed contemporary Scottish novelist, most famous for his novel "Trainspotting". He has also written plays and screenplays, as well as directing several short films.
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John Spillane
(2,806 listeners)
singer-songwriter, irish, singer-songwriter irish folk poet, under 2000 listeners
John Spillane (1961-present) is a singer/songwriter from Cork, Ireland. He graduated from University College Cork with a degree in Irish and in English.
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Juliet's Rescue
(46 listeners)
Juliet’s Rescue have recently released their debut eponymous self titled EP which was recorded in Manor Park Studios, Antrim with acclaimed producer/studio engineer Neal Calderwood. The group “crackle and fizz with promise on their debut release” with songs described as “anthemic… like Foals but with better hooks” (Edwin McFee, Hot Press 2010).
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Kanda Bongo Man
(20,703 listeners)
soukous, african, congo, africa
Kanda Bongo Man (born 1955), from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is a prominent soukous musician. He is most famous for the structural changes he implemented to soukous music.
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Martin Fry
(969 listeners)
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Michelle Shocked
(75,277 listeners)
folk, singer-songwriter, female vocalists, alt-country
Michelle Shocked (born Dallas, Texas, February, 1962) is the stage name of Michelle Karen Johnston, an American singer-songwriter.
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Mojo Fury
(1,952 listeners)
rock, indie, alternative, guitar
Mojo Fury are a Northern Irish alternative rock band from Lisburn, Northern Ireland, formed in 2004. Their musical style has been described as "alternative rock" with "progressive" and "hardcore" influence, and have been compared to NIN, Queens of the Stone Age and Nirvana.
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Méabh O'Hare
(1 listener)
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Neville Staple
(898 listeners)
fabfuckintastic, best version, 2 tone, ska revival
Neville Staple was a composer and a singer for The Specials, and was one of the founding members of the Fun Boy Three.
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Pauline Scanlon
(707 listeners)
female vocalists, folk, celtic, irish
Pauline Scanlon (born in Dingle, County Kerry, Ireland) is a singer of contemporary and traditional Irish music.
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Peatbog Faeries
(9,594 listeners)
folk, scottish, celtic, celtic fusion
Formed in 1994 as a pub band, and hailing from Dunvegan, Isle of Skye, Scotland, the Peatbog Faeries are one of the leading bands in the new interpretation of traditional Scottish music, crossing so many genres that they become extremely hard to define. A good effort (one of their own I think), is psychedelic bagpipe funk. Not to be confused with 'tartan techno'!
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Rikki Loney
(48 listeners)
british, sexy, x factor, x-factor
Rikki Loney (born 30 September 1987) was a finalist on the X Factor 2009. He auditioned in 2008, making it to the second day of bootcamp. He was in the Boys group, being mentored by Cheryl Cole. However, he was eliminated in the 2nd week of the live shows.
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Russian Chamber Philharmonic St. Petersburg
(0 listeners)
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Seamus Heaney
(720 listeners)
spoken word, poetry, audiobook, goodness
Seamus Heaney (born 13 April 1939, pronounced /ˈʃeɪməs ˈhiːni/) is an Irish poet, writer and lecturer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1995 and the T. S. Eliot Prize in 2006. He currently lives in Dublin, Ireland.
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Stevie Dunne
(5 listeners)
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Strait Laces
(578 listeners)
rock, punk, sxsw 2010, under 2000 listeners
The most exciting band to come out of the north west of Ireland this year is Strait Laces. Three young feisty lads making spiky-rock-pop, they always pack a punch with their music.
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The Beat Poets
(1,504 listeners)
surf, 53rd and 3rd, twang, indie rock
THIS PAGE IS SHARED BY TWO MUSICAL GROUPS NAMED "THE BEAT POETS" PLEASE BROWSE YOUR WAY THROUGH BOTH BANDS BACK CATALOGUES! 1. THE BEAT POETS 1986 - Present
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The Peatbog Faeries
(23 listeners)
Over the last few years The Peatbog Faeries have proved to be one of the most popular Celtic bands around.
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The Rapparees
(32 listeners)
The Rapparees have been together for around five years now and have been going from strength to strength receiving rave reviews on the way.
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The Vals
(656 listeners)
belfast, beatles, haldern2009, small faces
Electrique Mud/Unique Records (Dusseldorf, Germany) present the debut single from Belfast band The Vals. ‘Yesterday Today' is a song that doesn't shy away from the bands Beatlesque influences. Written by front-man Paul Doherty and recorded in band-mate John Rossi's bedroom, The track has become popular on various radio stations worldwide since it made an appearance on the bands MySpace site.
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The Wonder Stuff
(101,647 listeners)
indie, britpop, alternative, british
The Wonder Stuff are a band originally based in Stourbridge, in the Black Country, West Midlands, UK.
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Túcan
(89 listeners)
Túcan are an instrumental, acoustic guitar duo who incorporate a wide and varied range of styles into their music. Listening to such acoustic guitar legends as Paco de Lucia, Al di Meola, John McLaughlin and Django Reinhardt has inspired the pairs musical direction.