IASCA and FMC in association with Culture Ireland are giving the gift of music from Ireland to dignitaries travelling with HRH The Queen and President Obama during their individual visits to Ireland this month. 
 
The double CD entitled, Music From Ireland 2011 will be presented to over 1000 visiting dignitaries travelling with the UK and US heads of state. The main aim of the project is to promote Irish artists both at home (pr & streaming) and abroad (CD) and hope the artists involved benefit by being heard by the recipients, which include international press.

The artist selection process involved representative organisations Music Network, The Contemporary Music Centre, Improvised Music Company and First Music Contact nominating artists they feel currently represent a particular genre. The Arts Council and Culture Ireland advised the final list.
 
The music is divided in to four chapters, each chapter representing two genres:

Indie & Rock
Clasical & Contemporary
Traditional & Folk
Jazz & world

Mick Flannery - Safety Rope

Depreston

Panalangin OV

"I've constantly got Delamere on repeat, I'm personally a massive fan and I know they are catching the attention of the right people, watch this space"
ROB ADCOCK, BBC INTRODUCING

“It's easy to see Delamere really making a name for themselves”
LOUDER THAN WAR

“ professional, technically smooth as silk, layered and intricate, yet there is a raw and emotive edge providing veracity and an underlying darkness and yearning that always gets me”
BACKSEAT MAFIA
 

With DELAMERE's festival season now all wrapped up, new single 'Heart' is set to provide one last dose of shimmering Summer sun ahead of their UK Tour dates this Autumn.
 
Though they formed in the Midlands, Stoke's Delamere are a band met with open arms anywhere they go. Adopted by Manchester, welcomed by Sheffield and recently, even that there London has got in on the act. Having spent a Summer playing various festivals across the UK, most notable of which saw them play every date of Dot to Dot, the band are now looking ahead to the inevitable first album. Before that however, still riding high on the praise that was heaped on their Bright Young Things EP earlier this year, Delamere have rerecorded one of their earliest releases in order to whet appetites just a little more.

More polished than its original iteration, 'Heart' sees the return of the band's emphatic percussion, bringing with it swathes of optimistic synths, rumbling bass and singer James Fitchford's fraught vocal delivery. Where previous singles, 'Bright Young Things', 'Headstrong' and 'Do You Want Me' all offered up a moodier, more frenetic side to Delamere, hinting at both a more electronically-driven direction and a more subdued introspective approach to their lyricism. Following on from those, 'Heart' feels more like a cathartic release; its vast chorus providing a rich landscape that's difficult not to revisit.

With Delamere's festival season all but wrapped up, 'Heart' will provde fans with one last dose of shimmering Summer sun ahead of the inevitable onslaught of Autumn releases. And with the likes of Artrocker, Louder Than War and Backseat Mafia all championing the band for bigger things, it's the perfect track to see where Delamere have been, and more importantly, to see exactly where they are today.


October
10th - Manchester - Academy 3
14th - Birmingham - The Sunflower Lounge
15th - London - The Black Heart
16th - Liverpool - The Magnet
21st - Leeds - Oporto
23rd - Sheffield - The Rocking Chair
25th - Bristol - Start The Bus w/ Alex Vargas

November

6th - Preston - The Ferret
14th - Nottingham - Bodega


Heart

Heaven's Hounds is taken from Weird Dreams' new album, Luxury Alone, out 10th June.  Weird Dreams play The Waiting Room, London on 7th March. Tickets here - https://tickets.songkick.com/events/26011288

Pre-order Luxury Alone 
iTunes (w/ IG) - http://smarturl.it/LuxuryAlone.iTunes
CD/black vinyl/ltd ed sky blue vinyl -  http://smarturl.it/LuxuryAlone.LtdVinyl 

Weird Dreams - Heaven's Hounds

My new EP 'Art! at the expense of mental health, Vol. 1' is out now on Aesop. Stream/buy it here: smarturl.it/jens-vol1

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Nobody's Problem

Magic Tide

I'm Not Calling

06 Souls Like the Wheels

The Lumineers- Boots of Spanish Leather (Bob Dylan Cover)

'Little Big Mistakes' is available on: 
iTunes -  goo.gl/j2cpJs
Bandcamp - goo.gl/0rAkx3

VIDEO - http://youtu.be/FFAsvL--0Cw

Sit at the desk 
look at the screen 
think about the girl you could have been 
ponder your little big mistakes, 
and the difference they won't make 

city lights glow 
for the big show 
make it a bit of doe 
do what you know 
but if you cannot see the stars then 
you don't know where you are 

in the universe, really quite large 
put some perspective in your glass 
or you better prepare your frown 
for a life of sitting down 

your parents had sex
maybe you were planned 
maybe you were told that you were planned 
but the world can now confirm 
that you were the quickest sperm 

you were designed , designed to move 
so get a move on, sing a little song, 
pull a rabbit from a hat 
cos it won't be coming back 

Lighten up Roy 
feel a bit of joy, get a bit of romance in your loins, 
make love in the driving rain 
and continue the cosmic chain 

One goes out, one goes in, 
ones got great cheeky grin 
ones the captain of the sea 
don't take it all so seriously. 

You were the quickest little sperm.

The Lumineers- Boots of Spanish Leather (Bob Dylan Cover)

Nicholas Laughlin