Posts Tagged ‘ Music ’

On a recent trip to Portland, OR the intrepid Fanrealm staff was invited to take a tour of CDBaby, the center of the Universe in the Indie Music world. From the minute we walked in the door we were impressed with the atmosphere.  That same fun feeling that goes into their famous emails was...

Like a fine Scotch whisky, Peat & Barley’s music is complex, inviting and always goes down smooth. The interplay between Bill Mitchell’s hammered dulcimer and Becky Ross’s fiddle – trading melody, rhythm and harmony – draws the listener into the ebb and flow of the music in a centering and refreshing way. Widely-regarded for...

Steve Reel is a composer, musician and audio engineer. Originally from Chesapeake, VA, he hit the road as a musician at age 20. Steve is now considerably older than that, and resides in central FL. He performs with several music groups, including Steve Reel and the Reels, which has been performing Celtic music since...

Sephira is an Irish act comprised of two sisters, Ruth and Joyce O’Leary. Their self titled cd is the second from these talented sisters combining some of the songs from their critically acclaimed cd Believe and an EP also entitled Sephira. The years of musical study they have done is obvious from the first...

By Stacey P. I discovered Ronan Keating last year, after listening to Phil Coulter’s Songs I Loved So Well. After hearing his voice on the last song, Town I Loved So Well, with Phil, I felt I needed to hear more from this man. While he isn’t well known on this side of the...

Marc Gunn is a singer/songwriter/musican/creative genius from Austin, Texas. I have been a fan of his for many years and have several of his cds. They are all in the line up for reviews but somehow this one bumped its way to the top. You don’t have to be the possession of any cats...

Now that one of my all time favorite bands is back in the studio working on the next cd, I though it was more than time to review their last one. Like all the previous cds, this one is great music and great fun. Lots of original tunes here, many based on the real...

Mickey recently posted that he “Will be appearing on Malachi Cush radio show mid 106 on Sunday at 12.00 along with Plunkett McGartland! We might even get a song from Malachi TUNE IN!” Malachi is another incredibly talented NI singer and local radio personality. His show originates in Cookstown, County Tyrone. Give the lads...

Singles! I can’t tell you how happy I am to see the return of singles. I hated it when the record companies decided that they could force you to buy a whole album to get the song you liked. I was thrilled when mp3s came along and you got that power back again. Okay,...

I was stumbling around on myspace and I discovered this great Irish Indie band. Now in full why am I always the last one to know type of disclosure I have to admit they are hardly undiscovered. Their music has been featured in Six Feet Under and the Closer but since I am not...

As many of you know, I spent 10 days this summer past in Ireland, mostly touring the North. Along the way, I was able to connect with a young lad I discovered quite by accident (almost a year ago now) while researching the trip. He stole my heart with the first song of his...

Congratulations to Keith on reaching 1 million hits on his My Space page. If any of you haven’t been there, go to http://www.myspace.com/keithharkin and listen to his great music. Keith is a real up and coming force to be reckoned with on the Irish music scene and he has thousands of American fans also....

For the last several months I have been listening to the first CD of Mickey Coleman, called “Carefully Crafted”. Most of the songs on it are composed by the artist, and are just incredible! I like to compare Mr. Coleman to Bob Dylan, only I love Mr. Coleman’s music far more than Mr. Dylan’s....

I had been trying to get to a Gaelic Storm show for months but every time they came to my area some sort of conflict arose. Luckily for me this band tours a lot. The next time they came close happened to coincide with the weekend of my 25th wedding anniversary so I insisted...