CIAN NUGENT & THE COSMOS

Cian Nugent is a guitar player from Dublin, Ireland whose music combines personal passions, such as suburban/coastal blues, traditional musics, 1960s & ’70s singer-songwriters, psychedelic rock, jazz ambitions, 20th century composition and the Takoma school of guitar music into a deeply personal style. His music boasts an orchestrated and fully instrumented sound that is playful and eerie at the same time.

"Nugent's already mastered dynamics tone and articulation. He introduces each new melody or change of emotional tenor at precisely the right moment to keep you on the edge with him, and his tunes are sturdy and lovely things [...] Mighty good." -- Bill Meyer, The Wire

Cian's debut studio album Doubles came out in June 2011 on US label VHF after an EP in 2007 and a live album, Childhood Christian Lies and Slaughter in 2008. And 7" Grass Above My Head b/w My War Blues followed in May 2012.

Over the past year a new band Cian Nugent and The Cosmos has developed with drummer David Lacey, viola player Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh (who both played on Doubles) and bassist Conor Lumsden. New material shows the added influence of the eternal flow of transnational desert blues, psychedelic thoughts on rock and the campaign to leagalise jamming.

"Nugent smartly focuses on developing a pair of immersive environments that are continuously compelling for more than 20 minutes at a time. He nails it.” -- Grayson Currin, Pitchfork, 7.7 rating.

BRIGID POWER-RYCE

"Armed with a guitar and a most languid, earthy voice, Brigid soars high before shooting you square in the loneliest part of your heart. Watching her perform is a rare treat, a true no-bones performer with the ability to draw an audience in naturally with no more than a humble eyes-on-the-floor presence and a voice that roots you to the spot. Her aching highs and low moans will have you rapt. For fans of Tim Buckley, Margaret Barry and Ma Rainey." Vicky Langan




JENNIFER EVANS

Jennifer Evans has recently put the finishing touches to her debut album with Irish producer Stephen Shannon (aka Strands). Jennifer skilfully combines jazz, blues and dark folk influences into a unique style that's 'art rock' while remaining soulful, ardent and graceful in equal measures. Emotional experiences and daunting but lush perceptions of being feed the debut album. Jennifer Evans’ vocals are soulful and lyrically unique in origin, focusing on empirical knowledge, exoticism, a questioning of identity and home. The album will be out in later in 2014 on Delphi and is much anticipated after the excitement created by her debut EP 'Salient Point'.

Jennifer Evans : The Rush To The Theft The Ache from Steve O'Connor on Vimeo.