Violinist Rhoda Barfoot has released her own beautiful recording of Silent Night: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYa3kNWhVgA
Classically trained Rhoda recently performed at St Swithin’s Church, Magherafelt in aid of NI Children’s Hospice.
Mastering the mystery of mastering
What is mastering? Mixing is the balancing of levels of the different voices and instruments in a song, and mastering is the balancing of songs in an album and optimising them so they sound as good as possible – whatever the “end medium” is (CD, LP, mp3, radio, PA system. Continue reading
Oh Yeah hiring General Manager
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Oh Yeah Music Centre in Belfast is hiring a General Manager. The General Manager will support the CEO and Board of Oh Yeah Music Centre in the development, implementation and monitoring of business strategies to support the objectives of the Oh Yeah Music Centre. Continue reading
Keys to perform at Peace convention
Ulster singer/songwriter Chris Keys has been selected for the Tipperary song of peace final held at the Excel theatre Tipperary. The competion will take place on Saturday 4th June and is part of the long running ‘Tipperary peace convention’. Keys will be performing his song ‘New day’ as he battles it out against songwriters from all over the world in the chance to win the ‘Tipperary song of peace 2011 crystal trophy’.
You can listen to Chris’ music at http://www.chriskeys.com/ and http://www.tipperarypeace.ie/
The Wee Wee Man
“The Wee Wee Man. Songs from the Moon Shed.” is the debut 21-track album from Belfast born songwriter, storyteller, illustrator and poet Randall Stephen Hall. Launched at The Black Box in September 2010, this new CD has enjoyed significant airplay on local radio, especially The Gerry Anderson Show on BBC Radio Ulster. Listeners have responded positively to Hall’s whimsical songs in the Ulster Scots vernacular like “The Wee Wee Man”, “Biscuits”, “Get Your Pig On”, “The Lang Staine” and others. The album can be purchased on-line.
Fair delights Ulster vinylistas: Sat, June 26
Following on from the success of the Record/CD Fair held at the Oh Yeah Centre back in March, another date has been scheduled at the same venue: Saturday, June 26. (There are still a few tables still available for dealers). The March fair at Oh Yeah was the first to be held in Belfast for 6 years and generated considerable interest. Even Record Collector magazine reported on the event. Ulster vinyl junkies descended on the event to root through 1000′s of discs. More at http://www.myspace.com/belfastrecordfair
Music Foundation Northern Ireland
BREAKING NEWS: Music Foundation Northern Ireland [MFNI] is a recently-formed, non-profit organisation for supporting a membership of music creatives based in Ulster and beyond, especially “rights-holders” of Celtic music intellectual property [songs, lyrics, arrangements, compositions, jingles, etc - ed]. More information to follow, plus an exclusive Ulster Music interview with MFNI chairman Richard Abbott.
Saint Patrick unites the Waterfront
Ray Casserly reviews the St. Patrick’s concert at the Waterfront Hall on March 1, 2010. If you missed out on the opportunity to see the Music Unites concert at the Waterfront, then you missed the Hounds of Ulster, Venue-I and the Doherty School of Irish Dance at their best in Belfast. Continue reading
Vintage vinyl market at Oh Yeah
The next Belfast Record Fair is on Saturday, June 26 at the Oh Yeah Centre, Belfast. There’s also one in Bangor, Co. Down on July 3.
Brian Houston showstopper
Latter-day troubadour and singer-songwriter Brian Houston performs a special concert in Belfast soon. Tickets from TicketMaster:
http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/18004452DD6B3DCA?artistid=952039&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1