Four Oh

Great food at @airrestaurant as usual on the old birthday week. This would be the big Four-Oh. Kind of bizarre to mostly be referred to as a young, emerging band when myself and Rodger have been having songs on the radio for 23 years. UN being 16 of those. Happy birthday to @aliciakeys and me for another year. We share the same birthday which is cool. I’ve loved her stuff since buying “The Diary of Alicia Keys” in the old Virgin Megastore in Belfast in 2003.

SSE Arena: Belfast Giants – Sheffield Steelers

A very intense thank you to Matt McIvor, the resident DJ at the Belfast Giants in the SSE Arena, Belfast. He was awesome enough to play ourselves during the Giants’ match against Sheffield Steelers.
That PA system is spectacular in the there.

Fresh NI – Oh Yeah Music Centre (“Break Through The Waves”)

Fresh NI – Oh Yeah Music Centre (“Break Through The Waves”) Thanks to the Oh Yeah Music Centre for including “Break Through The Waves” from our third album “Seasons in Exile” on their Fresh NI playlist on Spotify.

VIDEO – “Don’t Wanna Kill For Religion”

Our video for “Don’t Wanna Kill For Religion” is out today. We recorded it on the roof of The Europa Hotel in Belfast in August 2014. Thanks to Maverick Renegade, Help Musicians UK, Michael Hanvey and The Europa for helping us get it done. The second album “Postcards In Real Time” is here.

Feb 2013 | Irish Tour 2013, Dublin City FM, RTE 2XM

In February we brought our distinctive brand of electrified, guitar based Rock & Roll music with strong Americana, British Invasion & Soul leanings back to the island of birth for some gigs & radio things in Dublin and Belfast.  I phrase it like that because in the course of 5 or 6 interviews this month … Continue reading

Jan 2013 | Paperlate 750, Irish Tour & 2013 plans.

  Here’s the January blog, a recap of what’s been happening during the month, and some plans/thoughts on the next year or so.  I’ve been bearing down heavily on material for the next releases (singles during 2013, then the next album in early 2014, hopefully).  I’ll start with some new year thoughts, and then get … Continue reading

Mar 2012 | Citybeat Session & Album Omnibus

Hello all.  This was another busy month for us with plenty of gigs, radio sessions and the usual amount of work going on behind the scenes to keep things happening.  Here’s a look at some of the events of March, starting with an album review by Leigh Forgie of the BBC… » Chordblossom.com: Album Review “I find it very hard to … Continue reading

Ex-Snow Patrol man in new band

EX-Snow Patrol bassist Mark McClelland brings his new band Little Doses to Auntie Annie’s on Sunday, March 11.

Also on the bill are local band Unquiet Nights who are touring in support of the new album “21st Century Redemption Songs”.

Feb 2012 | Belfast Nashville & BalconyTV

‘ello.  I’m writing this update from N. Ireland for the first time in 10 months, having returned to do a bunch of things with the band including Belfast Nashville Songwriter’s Festival, BalconyTV Dublin, sessions on Blast106fm & Citybeat as well as more gigs to come in March.  So here’s a recap of some of the happenings during February with us. » Bluesbunny.com – … Continue reading