Found 33 matches.
Music | Interview
100% | 5 Nov 2009
The Mighty Flynn
The Hot Press Newsdesk
She first caught our ears as the breathy vocalist covering ‘Let’s Dance’ on the Ballygowan ad, but Miss Paula Flynn now has her own album of original songs on release.
Music | Interview
90% | 5 Jul 2007
No Bowie does it better
Colm O Hare
Her beautiful lo-fi cover of a David Bowie song has made student Paula Flynn a sensation. Here she talks about her unlikely route to overnight stardom.
Music | News
88% | 12 Nov 2008
Paula Flynn receives Uaneen Fitzsimons Award
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The honey larynxed Miss Paula Flynn donned her gowns this week to receive the 2008 Uaneen Fitzsimons Award at Dublin City University.
Music | News
68% | 25 May 2007
Paula Flynn storms the charts
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Stellarsound feat. Paula Flynn’s cover of David Bowie’s ‘Let’s Dance’ has debuted at number 11 here on download sales alone.
Music Review | Album
63% | 19 Oct 2009
Miss Paula Flynn
Jackie Hayden
Sparkling debut from the voice of Ballygowan.
Music | News
59% | 12 Sep 2007
Stellarsound scoop Shark Award
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Stellarsound & Paula Flynn have won the Hot Press-sponsored award for 'Best Use of Music in Advertising' at the 2007 Shark Awards.
Music | News
56% | 11 Feb 2009
Lennon release date confirmed
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Jinx Lennon has confirmed the date for the release of his new album Trauma Themes Idiot Times which will hit the stores on March 20th.
Music | News
56% | 17 Apr 2009
Focus group launch debut single
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Self-styled Slaneyside gunslingers, and hot favourites of Jinx Lennon, The Focus Group launch their much anticipated debut single ‘Bits & Bobs’ next Thursday.
Music | News
54% | 12 Sep 2008
The Inside Track: High Jinx at the Picnic
Roisin Dwyer
News and gossip from the domestic front with Roisin Dwyer.
Music | News
52% | 28 Sep 2009
Great month of free gigs in Tower
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Miss Paula Flynn kicks things off on Thursday.
Music | News
49% | 5 Aug 2008
The true history of the Kelly gang
Greg McAteer
He's been described as Australia's Bob Dylan but Paul Kelly, currently en route to Ireland, is too original a talent to pigeonhole.
Hot Features | Reports
49% | 13 Sep 2007
It’s A Jingle Out There
Jackie Hayden
The use of rock music for soundtracking and advertising purposes has opened up important new avenues for artists eager to get their music out to a mass audience.
Music | Interview
38% | 13 Nov 2008
Hurt So Good
Greg McAteer
A fine new disc from Scots exile Robin James Hurt leads this fortnight's parade.
Music | News
36% | 23 Jan 2008
Jinx Lennon plans Irish tour
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Ireland's very own urban poet Jinx Lennon has revealed the dates of a nationwide tour over the next couple of weeks.
Music | News
34% | 3 Mar 2006
Jinx Lennon tours Ireland
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Punk-funk poet Jinx Lennon introduces the nation – well, two nations actually – to his Know Your Station Gouger Nation album when he plays Ireland later this season.
Music | News
32% | 30 Aug 2008
Friday's done and the chat was fun!
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The HP Chatroom had a storming first day with appearances from Jinx Lennon, Kíla and Carbon/Silicon's Mick Jones and Tony James.
Music | News
32% | 5 Mar 2009
Jinx Lennon announces tour & album
The Hot Press Newsdesk
And Dundalk are back in the top flight. Life in El Paso is pretty sweet!
Hot Features | Reports
31% | 30 Sep 2009
A Tour You Can’t A-Fjord To Miss
Greg McAteer
Jinx Lennon’s backing singer is spreading her solo wings, while some of Scandinavia’s most acclaimed folkies are bound for these shores.
Music | News
31% | 27 Aug 2009
Jinx Lennon confirms DVD release
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Bard of Dundalk is also going on nationwide tour.
Music Review | Album
31% | 28 Mar 2006
Know Your Station Gouger Nation!!!
Steve Cummins
To say Know Your Station Gouger Nation grates in parts is an understatement. In truth the combination too often sounds more like street poetry with an improvised backing than anything of real musical heft or subtlety.
Music Review | Album
31% | 27 Mar 2009
Trauma themes idiot times
Edwin McFee
Dundalk’s chief rebel MC comes good on his third album
Music | News
30% | 22 Jul 2009
Flat Lake Festival line-up announced
The Hot Press Newsdesk
Keith Allen, Shane MacGowan & Cillian Murphy are all Clones-bound next month.
Hot Features | Reports
29% | 14 Jul 2008
Getting Moore than they bargained for
Greg McAteer
Heckling the opening act at a Christy Moore gig can bring unforeseen consequences, as some punters found out recently.
Hot Features | Reports
28% | 3 Mar 2008
Folk That: What Damien did next
Greg McAteer
Damien Dempsey's appearance at the recent Meteor Awards should whet appetites for his next project, a collection of old-time Dublin ballads.
Music | News
28% | 10 Aug 2007
Hard Working Class Heroes: The Irish line-up in full
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The full line-up of Irish acts appearing at this year's showcase of unsigned talent has been released.
Music | News
28% | 24 Nov 2008
The Inside Track: Xmas Marks the Spot
Roisin Dwyer
A preview into events leading up to Christmas, Roisin Dwyer's got the latest.
Music Review | Live
26% | 1 Sep 2008
Electric Picnic 2008: Friday
Ruraidh Conlon O'Reilly
Friday at Electric Picnic saw Sigur Ros pull off a spellbinding main stage performance, Christy Moore lift the mood of all, and many comings and goings at the Hot Press Chatroom.
Hot Features | Reports
25% | 2 Apr 2009
Time Paddy's day took a-hike
Greg McAteer
The annual orgy of Paddywhackery that is St Patrick’s Day has just passed – leaving our columnist fuming at the degrading cheesiness of it all.
Hot Features | Reports
25% | 17 Aug 2009
Coors Blimey
Greg McAteer
If you prefer your festivals mud-free and folk infused, then read on...
Hot Features | Reports
25% | 15 Dec 2008
A Christmas tale...
Greg McAteer
...In which our correspondent embarks on an epic journey through Yuletides past and present.
Hot Features | Reports
24% | 15 Sep 2008
Daze like these
Greg McAteer
The final curtain has fallen on festival season - but there's no reason to feel down. Folk thrills aplenty await in the weeks to come.
Hot Features | Reports
24% | 19 Jun 2008
Where It's Flat
Greg McAteer
It's been called the "Exploding Plastic Inevitable Turnip", but don't let that put you off: the Flat Lake Festival is rapidly becoming a highlight of the folk calendar.
Hot Features | Reports
24% | 9 May 2008
The Cuirt is now in session
Tom Mathews
The great and the good of the Irish arts scene gathered in Galway for the opening of the Cuirt Literary Festival.
