In November/December 1977 and January 1978, Rory Gallagher recorded a complete new studio album in San Francisco.
There were a variety of reasons why the album wasn’t released at the time – though, in 1992, Rory did reveal that the main reason it didn’t come out (it would have fitted

Well April was one of

Apologies for the late  blogging of this event.

Here is a small collection of images from the rally down in Lisburn.

High 5!

After many weeks in Europe, The Pat McManus Band arrived back in Northern Ireland.
Did they head off home for a well earned breather?
Did they fairycakes!!

 

What started out as something that was top secret, turned into the biggest surprise that hit facebook!  That’s right! Northern Ireland’s rock n’ roll sensation THE ANSWER

On what can only be described as a Belfast Heat wave in April SO:NI put on the hottest show in the city in the Empire Music Hall on the 21^st April. With so many gigs to choose from in a purely

So, did everyone have as good a Saturday as I did? Lots to drink, lots of music and lots of gorgeous women? No? Tough fucking shit, then!
The drinking? Yep, check that box... Evidently, given the stinker of the hangover the Monk has this morning!
The music? Well... I suppose this where I

Happy easter everyone!  A great weekend to remember Jesus!

Today was Good Friday, and where was I? Down at the Spring & Airbrake shooting TASTE, a classic 3 piece irish rock/blues band.

Taste are most famously known for being led by the

We have created a new mailing list servicethe aim of this list is to keep all the local rockers in the loop of events that are coming up , bands can post details on new releases etc or anyone can post gossip / gig new etc

Well, the kind and wonderful folks on rockradioni added me to their list of getting stuff to review - no beer reviews offered as yet, but music aplenty. Thanks to Seatzie for the suggestion of adding me to the list.

So far I'm working the way