We are finally back with our Spotlight Artists for 2021. For anyone new to this segment: Welcome! To those who are returning to our blog: Welcome Back! After taking a break for January, we decided to kick off our 2021 segment in style with… Continue Reading “Spotlight Artist and Single Review: Roisin O – Heart + Bones”
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Such an interesting title for a rather simple concept! With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, my mind is drawn to the countless music playlists that flood the internet every February in the run up to making people feel that “love is in the… Continue Reading “‘Where Do Broken Hearts Go?’ Or The Mindset of ‘Someday I’ll Have This!’”
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*gingermeister voice*(look them up on TikTok, coffee gremlin is hilarious) Hello! It is the last playlist addition of 2020 which means I can officially say HAPPY NEW YEAR!! This month’s selection of songs is different as these aren’t songs I heard; these are some… Continue Reading “My Year in Music – December”
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Hello all! Start off November’s Monthly Round Up by taking a deep breath and exhale slowly; we all made it through November! It’s been a whirlwind of a month with lots of things happening across the world and at home and yet; it still… Continue Reading “November Monthly Round Up”
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August has come and gone and school is in session, ladies and gents, which means that I am officially on my holidays after finishing my contract in the local Post Office for another year. You know those holidays that I can’t go on because… Continue Reading “My Year In Music – August”
Category: Music Muchness, My Year in MusicTags: 7 Things, Adagio For Strings, Adele, Anna Kendrick, Anuel AA, August, Billy Idol, Budapest, Build Me Up Buttercup, Cant Stop The Feeling, Chasing Abbey, Deep End, Ed Drewett, Electric Feel, Familia, Fifteen, Foo Fighters, Gavin James, George Ezra, Got To Be Real, Hello, Home, Human, I Need You Tonight, I Remember, into the woods, Jason Derulo, John Summit, Justin Timberlake, Kanye West, Katy Perry, Killer Queen, Love Lockdown, Mama Do, Maroon 5, Martin Garrix, Mary J Blige, Men Without Hats, MGMT, Miley Cyrus, Mothers Daughter, Music, My Year in Music, Never Ending, Never Really Over, Nicki Minaj, Ocean to Ocean, On The Steps of the Palace, Paddy Casey, Pixie Lott, Playlist, Professor Green, Queen, Rag n Bone Man, Rhea, Safety Dance, Saints and Sinners, Savage Love, Spotify, Sugar, Taylor Swift, The Book of Love, The Coronas, The Cranberries, The Foundations, Tiesto, Times Like These, White Wedding, Will Smith, YouTube, Zombie
Hello hello dear readers! July is FINALLY over and boy did it fly! We are all birthday-ed out here (well Niamh is anyway). Work is back with a vengeance. Many many hours, lots of customers and we are missing the majority of the nice… Continue Reading “July Monthly Round Up”
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Another month, another extended stay in isolation but the good news is that restrictions are gradually being relaxed in Ireland, so we’ll soon be back to our usual social selves hopefully. I’m aware that this is later than usual this time around but more… Continue Reading “My Year in Music – May 2020”
Category: Music Muchness, My Year in MusicTags: 21 Guns, 5 Seconds of Summer, 5sos, All the Things She Said, Beyonce, Blackpink, Break My Stride, Cascada, Charli XCX, Charlie Puth, Ddu du du, Dead Horse, Dido, DJ Fresh, Eminem, Evacuate The Dancefloor, Fancy, Fire Is Love, Foo Fighters, Gabrielle Aplin, Galantis, Green Day, Harry Styles, Havent Met You Yet, Hayley Williams, I Need You To Hate Me, If the World Was Ending, Iggy Azalea, Im Yours, Imagine Dragons, Imani Williams, Irish Music, Jason Mraz, JC Stewart, JP Saxe, Julia Michaels, Lay Your Head On Me, Lost in the Thick Of It, Major Lazer, Marcus Mumford, Matthew Wilder, May 2020, Metallica, Miami, Michael Buble, Music, My Year in Music, Naughty Girl, Perfect, Pink, Place Your Hands, Reef, Rihanna, Runaway, Saarloos, Same Jeans, Say You Do, Selena Gomez, Shots, Shut Up and Drive, Sigala, Spotify, Stan, Stay Safe, Survive, tATu, The Coronas, The Pretender, The View, True Tides, Usher, Watermelon Sugar, We Dont Talk Anymore, Whiskey In the Jar, Wildflower, Will Smith, Yeah, YouTube
So in case you haven’t guessed, the Covid19 pandemic has really put a spanner in some of the plans we made but we shall soldier on while we social distance and self isolate. #WeAreAllinThisTogether. But it got me thinking what songs would you think… Continue Reading “25 Songs for Covid19 Isolation”
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Happy Irish Month all! Yes, March is in full swing and we are ready to be painted green while waving Irish Flags for all to see! So, I have had this idea in my head for AGES and I am delighted that Emma decided… Continue Reading “A-C Artists of the Irish Music Scene”
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So for the past month, I’ve chosen a song a day. Almost like keeping a diary but not quite as private or personal. Maybe it was the first song I heard that day, maybe it was the song that matched my mood or maybe… Continue Reading “My Year in Music – Jan 2020”
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