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With 2019 turning out to be a very strong year for world-dominating Irish artists Hozier, Dermot Kennedy, and Niall Horan, it’s time their lesser-known fellow Irishmen and women to take centre-stage. With so many great Irish music artists beginning to come out of the woodwork recently, we’ve chosen nine who we think will make an even bigger impression on us in 2020. ... 4:26 40 Irish female artists cover Cranberries 'Dreams' to raise money for abuse victims. Sounds like a great plan. McCann and her fellow dancers’ sensuous, simple movements give new meaning to the phrase “throwing shapes.” She has supported Django Django, Warpaint and Tune-Yards on tour and recently signed a worldwide publishing deal with BDi, so we can expect to see much more of her.We’d be fairly surprised if you hadn’t heard of Fontaines D.C. yet. New Irish Music – 10 Artists, 10 Songs Zapho – ‘Fight Me’. Whether it be through dedicated premieres or our weekly new Irish music list, fresh homegrown music is as much of a priority as international music. Here are a few of the artists from the Emerald Isle (that is, both the Republic of and Northern Ireland) who are creating compelling music in 2019.Æ MAK, aka Aoife McCann, will sing you to sleep or soundtrack your next bop with her crystal clear voice. Spoiler alert: whatever it was, it probably wasn’t as cool as what the members of PowPig are doing. A good film. The Dublin post-punk outfit played a sold-out U.S. tour with IDLES, earned a stellar review from Naomi Hamilton, better known by her stage name Jealous of the Birds, began writing music while pursuing English and Creative Writing in college. Yes, a great movie... Meghan Markle has opened up about feeling 'devastated' upon returning to the US to a time of huge social upheaval following the death of George Floyd.
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