Miriam Watson Single Launch - Bewley's Cafe Theatre - In aid of Enable Ireland

It was single release night for singer-songwriter Miriam Watson at Bewley's Café Theatre as she played her first ever headline show. The single is in aid of Irish charity Enable Ireland.

Support on the night came from a young North County Dublin band Mitchell & The Crew. The quartet performed covers including Kodaline and Bastille and the self written 'Closer to Home'

Watson took to the stage and kicked off the night with an original song ‘Nothing Is Permanent’ (Free Download) The night continued with a cover of Naughty Boy's "La La La" for which the crowd showed much appreciation. The Balbriggan native continued the night with several originals including the B-Side to the single 'Now I’ve Learned’ and covers like the sublime 'Firework' by Katy Perry. To finish off her set, Miriam was joined on stage by musician Ben Pyne to accompany on piano for a stripped back version of her debut single ‘Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained’. 

Miriam returned to stage for an encore and invited Mitchell and the Crew back up on stage for one last song, a rendition of Kodaline's 'Love Like This'.

The single is available from iTunes, Bandcamp and Amazon at just 99c. You can watch the video to 'Nothing Ventured,Nothing Gained' and some shots from the gig below.

You can find out more about Miriam from the following 
Official Website: http://miriamwatsonofficial.webs.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Miriam-Watson-SingerSongwriter/199433420101503

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MimzW13

SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/miriam23-1

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/TheLittleOnexx 

Mitchell & The Crew

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MitchellAndTheCrew

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UC88MfcPJfG_O5IA4DEkUN4A

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See my review of the Simonetti Horror Project over on DublinConcerts.ie

Pat

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O Emperor - Vitreous

Having already wowed Irish punters aplenty, Waterford lads O Emperor are set to release their second studio album Vitreous to audiences further from home. Vitreous is set for UK release this coming Monday 19^th August. 

Alternative music has needed a bit of a shake up in recent times and O Emperor have set out the stalls with this latest release. 

The album opens beautifully with 'Grandmother Mountain', but it doesn't take long to hear the humour in the lyrics (get me back to my gutbucket bedsit where I can smell the shit in the city air)

The album continues with hints of Fleet Foxes in 'Whitener (Part1)' to certain 60's influences in 'Minuet'

Vitreous is quite a short album, just coming in shy of 30 minutes for the 9 tracks. But there are plenty of stand out tracks to rave about. The wonderful vocals on 'Soft in the head' and the raw energy of contact. But I could not leave this review without mentioning the closing track 'This is it'. This track shows the bands maturity from their debut album. 

You can buy Vitreous over on their official website www.oemperor.com

Thanks for reading

Pat

IM Blog