William 'Liam' Clancy (1935-2009) (Irish;Liam Mac Fhlannchadha) was an Irish folk singer. With his brothers Tom, and Patrick Clancy, as well as Tommy Makem, he was part of the popular group The Clancy Brothers And Tommy Makem.
Gary Lightbody (born Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1976) is best known for his work as the frontman of the Scotland-based Indie rock band Snow Patrol. After attending Campbell College, he moved to Dundee, Scotland in 1994 to attend Dundee University. It is here that he formed Snow Patrol with fellow students Jonny Quinn and Mark McClelland. He also performed in the Scottish supergroup The Reindeer Section.
www.myspace.com/notain Operating under the stage name Ain, Irish singer/songwriter Aindriú Conroy has based himself in London since the dissolution of the Opiates, his Dublin noise rock project, in 2005. The Kildare native's subsequent emergence as a solo performer could scarcely have provided a greater contrast. He stripped his music of all excessive ornamentation and complexity and instead embraced the simple structures of prewar Delta blues and sparse, nuanced arrangements consisting of little more than acoustic guitar and the singer's own haunted vocals.
'Million Dollar Reload' are 5 pasty face oiks from Northern Ireland, according to Classic Rock's Geoff Barton. In reality, they are the hardest working, hardest rocking band the country has ever seen. Formed in 2005 they immediately began writing their own material. Phil Conalane, Kie McMurray and Andy Mack began the writing process in the late summer of that year and during this time 'Superslave', 'Degeneration' and 'Give It All' were penned.
DRN started writing and rehearsing in the summer of 2006. Early sessions yielded demos which were sent out to some of the band’s favourite producers – when the calls started coming in the band new they had hit on the right formula. Choosing to work with acclaimed producers Flood (U2, Depeche Mode, PJ Harvey) and Tom Rixton (Elastica, The Chalets, Tom Vek) the band recorded the underground hit Love Like Nicotine which was released in Ireland in June 2007 to universal critical acclaim, rammed dancefloors and heavy alternative radio rotation.
Jason Byrne is a comedian born in Ballinteer, Dublin, Ireland'. In August 2006 Byrne made his tenth Edinburgh Festival appearance and is a regular at the Kilkenny Cat Laughs comedy festival. Awards & Nominations * Finalist in So You Think You're Funny in 1996
* He was nominated for the Perrier Best Newcomer Award in 1998
* He was nominated for the Perrier Award in 2001 for his show entitled " Jason Byrne ".
Formed in Dublin in the late 1990’s, MrNorth have had quite an odyssey leading up to the release of their debut record Lifesize. The four-piece, made up of two brothers, a first cousin and a next door neighbor, started playing together when they were young teens. After making some noise on the Dublin scene, the boys left Ireland for Vicenza, Italy. The trip was supposed to last for 3 months, just long enough for a producer to put down some tracks for a record. Instead, the band became local favorites and toured all of Italy for the next two years.
Delirium Tremens Rock are from Belfast and write songs no-one wants to hear, except themselves. Delirium Tremens Rock are: Beater Killgore Men Pile Demon Sinnery Lyin McSteel