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The Music Management and Sound Course can boast graduates such as Stephanie Rainy and Mick Flannery. Those hoping to follow in their footsteps include: Kit with a Soul and R n B set, Rita Doherty with Jazz music, a band called Moss who play Heavy Rock and Dylan Wentz and They Might Be Retro Sloths who are influenced by Johnny Marr and The Stone Roses. All of which is overseen by Kit as event manag...

We hear about this year's virtual darkness into light, a fundraising event that was started by Imelda O'Keeffe and Viv Mulqueen in Clonakilty 8 years ago. Sinead who was volunteering from day 1 is still helping out prior to them stepping as side. However now more then ever it is just as important if not more so to keep the event going in order to promote the importance of mental health and looking...

TEST SITE is a collaborative, urban research project based on Kyrl’s Quay, Cork City. Co-created by Ailbhe Cunningham + Aoife Desmond, the project works at the intersection of art, architecture and ecology. Engaging with natural and built heritage, the project uses site-specific architectural interventions, film/performance work, discursive talks and live events to respond to a vacant ‘island’ sit...

Currently completing a master's degree in Cork School of Music, Sarah has previously released a track titled Hollow and new song, ‘Free,’ is her follow up that’s perfectly timed for the easing of restrictions. Self-described as: Reflective, Ethereal and Earthy, Free was produced with the assistance of Cork Musicians/Producers Peter Piggott, Herbie Mac, Chris McCarthy and mixed by Christian Best an...

Written over lockdown "My Life" documents Cillian’s approach to becoming an artist and singer. The message is to follow your dreams. Hear his new single now:My Life - Single by Cillian | Spotify

At this year's Cork Choral Festival poet Billy Ramsell will have his specially commissioned piece - 'A Singing City' - voiced by Elmarie Mawe. The meaning behind Billy's poem is looking into Cork's rich history as a singing City but also looking into the future when the event will hopefully be held in reality and Cork will get it's voice back again next year. Under normal circumstances the event w...

Lorraine and her team have designed a hybrid event of online and In Real Life. There are 5 main strands including: Online, City Stage (Port to the Fort), City Stage on your doorstep, City Gallery and City Rising, Emerging Artists. Events within the strands include: A Silent Disco, Hip-Hop,Street Art,Music,Dance and Outdoor socially distant workshops for kids and many more.. To see the exciting eve...

Ciaran and Blue Haven Kinsale team are full of praise for the work of Kinsale Youth Support Services and in order to show support 47 participants are walking the distance from Kinsale to sister town of Newport, Rhode Island, a total distance of 4,890 KMs throughout the month of April. If you would like to support this worthy cause visit: https://ie.gofundme.com/f/friends-of-the-blue-haven?utm_camp...

We hear from the extraordinary Cork Singer Songwriter Stephanie Rainey and the release of her new single "Ross and Rachel". Written at the end of 2019 with the assistance of London-based Cian Ducrot, Stephanie describes this as a song she really fell in love with and has been exited about releasing it for a long time. The song tells the story of the ups and downs in a relationship,whist using Ross...

The Schull native who spent 9 years in London, making the move over to attend drama school, tells us about the 9th First Cut! Youth Film Festival which is taking place online. Ayoola played the role of Kathy in the RTE drama smother and also Audrey in Killing Eve, both of which can be found on the RTE player. Getting these parts is a fantastic achievement considering how tough it can be to get rol...

Joe talks about opening up food trucks providing Ramen last year to the people of West Cork. Aside from food trucks they have been lucky enough to be able to stream gigs online during the middle of the pandemic. Now that experience will assist in making the Ballydehob Jazz Festival happen online over the forthcoming May Bank Holiday. Find out more here. For more information on this years Jazz fest...

Drimoleague director Pat Collins got his first taste of world cinema aged 18 at the Cork International Film Festival and has since been editor of Film West magazine and a mentor of Cork Film Centre. Since then he has gone on to make numerous documentary's and films. Pat talks about his most recent film which examines the life of American Folklorist Henry Glassie, a curious character who discover d...

The ‘Celtic Ross Artisan Food Truck’ - C.R.A.F.T - West Cork – is a permanent fixture on the terrace of the Celtic Ross Hotel. Serving vibrant West Cork street food CRAFT offers you the opportunity to sample their passion for local produce and enjoy a cup or two of Stone Valley’s celebrated coffee, brewed using beans freshly roasted in nearby Clonakilty. The team at the family-owned Celtic Ross ar...

Rebecca has been singing all her life but it was while in Australia performing in a number of bands that her career began. Through networking online Rebecca became acquainted with Kevin Sunray where he reached out with instrumental tracks and Rebecca then came up with the perfect accompaniment to one of his tracks which then became known as voices. Which tells the story of a women crying out in pa...

Hosted by award winning writers Danielle McLaughlin and Madeleine D'Arcy, Fiction at the Friary is a free monthly event in the Friary Bar (currently online). On the 25th they host an event called "The Secret Life of Book Bloggers" at 3 o'clock as part of the Cork World Book Fest. The festival, which turns 17 this year, runs from Tuesday 20th to Sunday 25th April and incorporates UNECSCO World Book...

Alan Dalton of Notes to Cork, with whom RedFM partnered on the ‘Love Notes to Cork’ and ‘Love Notes to Mum’ campaigns, here talks of a new campaign called Notes 4 Cork ARC, a campaign dedicated to the memory of Alan's late Aunt Breda who passed from cancer in 2019. The mission is to turn Cork purple whilst also raising money for cancer and remembering loved ones who are no longer with us. It’s an...

Jack Wyse, Kyle Langford and Ciaran Cullinane are taking part in a one month challenge in aid of Breaking the Silence, charity based in Cobh but serving Cork and beyond. The trio will cycle over 430KM, the equivalent of cycling from Cobh to Belfast, while also completing a sea swimming challenge at the same time. The one month challenge will commence on Monday April 5th 2021. The challenge consist...

Broken Crow have had a residency at the Everyman Theatre for the last couple of years, at present they are working on the "Play It by Ear" series which is a number of audio dramas such as Martin McDonagh's A Skull in Connemara which Gavin helped produce recently. There are a number of shows in the series being live streamed from the stage in the Everyman Theatre, if you are interested in checking...

Eighteen-year-old Corkman Tristan O’Donovan’s “Bottle O’Red” is a sunny reggae-tinged track with rock and R&B notes. A cheeky and full-bodied debut single, it has already racked up thousands of hits on Spotify and for its music video on YouTube.“It was pure chance,” Tristan explains, humbly. “Last year, me and my friend Daniel Duffy started making music in my stepdad’s mobile home in Kealkill....

5 years into recovery Kieran chats about how Focus Ireland is still a massive support to him, this comes about after 19 months of treatment in a residential facility. He also talks about how now more than ever homelessness is on the rise as a result of the pandemic. Focus Ireland have helped give Kieran a purpose and routine in life again. On the 24th of April Focus Ireland want you to do the virt...

Rachel Gleeson announced as the new company manager at Corcadorca Theatre Company. Rachel worked as an actor for 15 years, performing on the main stages across the country as well as abroad on international tours. She holds a BA in Drama & Theatre Studies from Trinity College, a Law Degree from The Honorable Society of King’s Inns and an MA in Arts Management & Creative Producing from UCC....

Asha saw off 2 of her male competitors to become the first female student union president in 18 years, picking up 53 % of first preference votes. Just after competing her undergraduate in Environmental Science Asha is now doing a masters in environmental law. She is using what she learnt from her time as a student to put back into focusing on sustainability in her term as president. Also discussed...

Set up by local West Cork man Jack O’Regan West Talk is an Instagram page that promotes West Cork business and recently he ran a socially distanced fundraising initiative for Lisheen House in Skibbereen, who provide support to those who are struggling with mental health. Since starting West Talk I’ve wanted to find a way of using the page to give back to the community. I have set up a fundraiser i...

An exceptional evening of celebration, awards, great food, light entertainment and networking, and panel discussions with business and civic leaders, has been planned for the President’s Dinner At Home and Cork Business of the Year Awards, which takes place virtually this year on April 17th. The dinner is always a stunning showcase of Cork produce, and this year will be no different. Attendees wil...

Having featured on the Indie episode of the series my tribe which looks into the various music scenes in Ireland in the past and present. They talk about being Cureheads and the tattoo they got of the band to literally mark the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the last time they had seen them live. Other Cork contributors to this series include Michelle Ring (Dance) and RedFM’s Stevie G (Hip Ho...