November 13th: JERRY FISH Live in-store this weekend! DOM MARTIN Giveaway, CLAPTON Box Set, LISA HANNIGAN vinyl reissue, new SAM FENDER, and RIP Johnny Duhan

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Hi folks

Hope yer doing well enough.

Must say im really looking forward to our weekend of instores

Sunday ( the 17th)  with Jerry Fish should be special….its at 4 bells….siopa will open at 3.15 …the new album “dreaming of Daniel” is only super…beautifully made …can’t wait to hear a few of these songs live….what a deserving light Jerry has always shone on Daniel Johnston ( would make the man proud id say)

Jerry will be performing with pianist Cian on Sunday at 4 pm in the shop , will sign copies of the album on either CD or LP after the performance and have the chats, id say Jerry would be cool with signing any other Jerry related albums ye have at home as well … .if you can’t make it in please write to us to inform us or just request a signed copy of the album if that’s easier.

Heres an absolute beauty from the record

 

Jerry Fish – The Story of an Artist (COVER)

 

Now, you would want to have your head examined if you had a chance to hear that live and didn’t take it…well guess what folks…Sunday 4 pm at Musiczone.ie….FREE….all ages, introduce the kids to a bit of quality live music….anyways sin sin , get in!!

 

I’m not forgetting you Sarah Hickey!!

Sarah is a really talented up and coming musician from Cork and has her debut CD out this week.

Sarah will perform songs from the CD on Saturday at 2PM accompanied by two fellow musicians…she will sign copies of her CD after the performance.

Here is a beautiful  song from the album

Sarah Hickey – Anymore Live

 

I hope both Sarah and Jerry sell tons of their albums!!

Hopefully see ye on Saturday AND Sunday or ill be waiting for the postman.

 

Right releases in the siopa for this friday the 15th November include ( aside from Jerry and Sarah)



 



 

 

Then releases for the 22nd nov include



 



 



Nice little giveaway folks here….check this guy  Dom Martin out,  a really lovely guitar player.

Heres a tune….lovely tune in fairness

Belfast Blues

So Dom is playing a gig in the Pav on tuesday the 26th of November and the label are giving us 10 guest spots for the  show…including a meet and greet /photo  if you want….just reply to us with interest in going and tag us in a social media post about the gig…i know a lot of ye auld crustys may not know what a social media post is so replying is ok as well.

Let us know if you and guest want to go or just you and we will get you on the guest list.

 

Right main week for this week is Friday the 29th of November ( will be ordering these albums in the next few days)….Black Friday is that day as well but those releases were ordered about 2 weeks ago now….Shane you might input the black friday list here as well please ( although theres feck all  i can probably do about them now, whats done is done with them)

Black Friday List of Releases

Anyhoo…heres whats due 



 



 

Got the new Mary Coughlan CD in folks from the lady herself…a gas ticket id say, very enjoyable dealing with her to be honest….6 or so signed CDs here now if interested folks, her vocals are brilliant on it, played it 3 times in full yesterday , lovely listen…heres a tune

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rq9CR-SCEJA

 

Going to hand ye over to Shane now as he takes ye down the road with announcements extra….

Hi everyone! Thanks Ray. Starting to get towards the time of year when we think about the albums of the year. David Murphy’s album ‘Cuimhne Ghlinn’ has been mentioned.
Jack White’s one too. And Nick Cave. Will have to go back over the ones I enjoyed throughout the year.

Hope all is well with ye.
Lots to get through for me. First up is a lovely vinyl reissue of LISA HANNIGAN – Passenger. Been out of print for a while now. Class album. Here’s a great live version of opening track, ‘Home’, from Baltimore! https://youtu.be/csaHks2gydQ?si=ngb-EIkKI55IKRAM
The record is released on December 6th.

From the other side of the atlantic, ADRIANNE LENKER (Big Thief) is releasing a limited 7 inch single, ‘Once A Bunch/Who Can Say. That’s out soon, Friday week!

Pity about Ireland in the rugby last Friday. They really weren’t at it on the day. Way more mistakes than usual. And the best teams will punish you. Hope this Friday will be better.

A guy I like, SAM FENDER is releasing his third album ‘People Watching‘ on the 21st of February next year. He has a bit of Springsteen about him I think. Strong songs. Even though they get a bit over played on the radio (as usual), they’re not as annoying as other chart songs.
Here’s a new track played live from it, sound isn’t great but worth a watch: https://youtu.be/luqwwnXF08I?si=30blreHBIruI4VPK

And a week after that bdrmm release their new album ‘Mictronic‘. These lot are gathering steam. CD, black vinyl or Coloured indies vinyl of that available.

There are a few more that I could prattle on about but I’m behind a bit and have to drop off presents to my niece later, she’s 1.

Here’s the aul Instagram page. Not sure if Adam got a new video up but there’s definitely a Santa’s sack worth coming soon: https://www.instagram.com/musiczone.ie/?hl=en

If ye got this far, thanks! Slán.


Thanks Shane

 

I was home latish from work last night and was having a bit of grub in the  kitchen and the 9 o’clock news was on the telly….was on about a double tragedy on a beach in Galway…next thing the reporter mentioned that the man that passed was Johnny Duhan…well my heart sank ( a real thing when you get a land like that)…ahh i was very saddened by the news. A couple of interactions Johnny and i had ( never met) about 10 years ago id say now, when Johnny had a new album out, i touched base with him about getting some copies for the shop….simple arrangement was made, i paid him for 5 copies ( what he asked me for) and he sent them to me…..but with a lovely ( long) note or ( short) letter with the CDs….the letter was dear to me ( he said a couple of lovely things about our simple honest interaction) i had it up on the wall behind the counter in the shop in Douglas Court , but i managed to misplace it during one of the moves ( fairly certain after the fire) ….i was gutted about it, Bobby would tell you, i used be moaning to him about myself and why i didnt keep it safe…would have thought about the letter a few times since and then that tragic news last night. Johnny saw our little thing for what it was, he saw it….its 50/50 with it, a lot of folk ignore us or you sense dont trust us ( thats worse!!), that we are out to win. To help is the goal ( and cover our cost ultimately) not to win…Johnny saw it, he was cool beans about it and wrote a note about it.

When i was a teen and started drinking an auld flagan a little before my time in the bushes and apartment building sites by Wilton shopping centre, we used sing a song or two, i mentioned before here “ dirty old town” the Pogues was one of mine, another was the voyage by Christy Moore…i only found out last night was written by the wonderful and sound man Johnny Duhan…rest in peace Johnny, thoughts with your family…what impact 50/60 words on a page can make sir…thank you.

Have to leave with this tonight…you should watch it, Johnny adds a bit of a slant to his song, gives you a sense of the man….top man id say

The Voyage

 

Ray, Shane, Young Adam and Mia