Posts Tagged ‘ Oracle ’

One measly day is not long enough to celebrate the life of Arthur Guinness. So Music Friday this week will be rocking out with Irish Acts to pay homage to the brilliant Irishman who came up with the black stuff we all love. Pull yourself a pint and enjoy! Fighting for Jane from Dublin,...

Oracle’s charity single The Underlying Flame is now available. This is a very special song and the proceeds are being donated to Macmillan Cancer Support. The song tells us that we are all heroes even if we don’t necessarily feel like it all the time. We may not be able to leap tall buildings...

This Music Friday I decided to use videos of some of our favorites in case people had never seen them. It’s always good to put a face with the music. So grab your favorite brew, some pop corn and sit back and enjoy the show. Colenso Parade Fighting for Jane Paddy Nash & the...

Music Friday again and, as promised, we are showcasing talent from Northern Ireland, specifically Belfast, today. These bands run the gamut from rock to more poplike to a bit folky to almost country. There is really something here for everyone. They are all great bands. Some of them we have featured before but some...

Spring has finally sprung in my neck of the woods, although I have heard about blizzards still roaming around the North. Enough with the winter weather already. Time to start gearing up for the festival season. Here are a few that will take place in April. I think this will be a great year...

Oracle has announced a Launch Party at Auntie Annie’s in Belfast on Sun Mar 27 from 9:00 pm to 12:00 am. The party is to celebrate the launch of their debut EP Jewels Of The Sky Three of the songs on this EP were semi finalists in the 2010 UK Songwriters’ Contest. The band...

Music Friday again already and I’m in the mood for some great Irish Rock Music. I think the rock scene in Ireland is exciting and a lot of great music is coming from the Emerald Isle these days. I am a rock fan so that is what I gravitate to and what I want...

Well, sorta. It’s midweek and we want it to be the weekend. We are eager for the holidays to get here but need 6 more months at least to get everything done in time. So the only thing to do when faced with such paradoxical situations is to go to the movies and escape...

For Music Friday this week we will be traveling to Northern Ireland. There is so much great music coming out of that area that I am going to have to do 2 posts to give you a good sample of the talent there. I will do groups this week and solos next week. Both...

Time for some good old rock this Friday. My personal taste in rock has always run toward Irish and English Rock and today’s bands reflect that. There is a lot of similarity between Irish Rock and the original songs we love by some of our favorite Celt Rock bands. There are a few favorites...

Photo Courtesy Paul McClean Brian, David, Peter & Chris ~ Oracle The new single by Oracle is called The Underlying Flame. This is one of those songs that has the potential to really move people with its message of perseverance and hope. It’s the kind of song that can inspire people to be more...

Over the next couple of days we will be having the entire multistory steel and glass Fanrealm corporate headquarters rewired for DSL so we may have some downtime here during the switch. It won’t affect the website in any way just my access to it. To keep you informed and entertained here are some...

Don’t worry we won’t sing. We’ve posted some widgets that belong to people who can sing and they do it quite well. This has been an amazing year. We started out with a simple idea – to have a place to collect the great music we either have loved for ages or discover on...

The day we’ve been waiting for is finally here! There are Arthur’s Day celebrations going on the world over. There will be lots of music and Guinness flowing today. We have put together our own completely unofficial line up of entertainment for you to enjoy with your pint at 17:59. It’s a virtual battle...

I was thrilled to get this EP in the mail last Friday. For American readers who may not be familiar with EPs I’ll give a brief explanation. EP stands for Extended Play as opposed to single which had only one song per side and to LP which was Long Play and had 5 or...