Mark Geary in Whelans

Mark Geary the, from origin Irish, singer-songwriter feels at home in Whelans. And this reflected on the entire performance. From quiet emotional 'rockers' to massive sing-alongs, the audience loved it. Geary presented a set of familiar songs from his two albums and also tried out some new tunes. During the set he asked Ann Scott (seen her before at a Ruby Session) to join him for a song and also his support act, a lovely scottish lady whose name I can not remember, was asked on stage to perform a few songs. In addition, two covers were played, one intimate song by Kathleen Edwards and one from the Irish BellX1 which got a great reception by the audience.
On a personal note, it was nice to meet Jennifer, from San Francisco, whom I bumped into. Hope you are doing well and everything gets sorted with that passport and visa.

myspace Mark Geary

Lauren Guillery at MB Slattery's

Yesterday I went to a gig that I stumbled upon on myspace. The origionally from France but now living in Dublin Lauren Guillery showed me some powerful rock songs that can be compared to PJ Harvey, Carina Round and Skin. All hands up for this Rock Chic, who is defnately not a sassy singer songwriter to quote her myspace profile. Lauren was supported by power rock band Page 27 (think rage against the machine meets soundgarden, with killer bass-lines) and Bill Coleman (my singer-songwriter friend who, despite a cold, gave away a performance that surprised most of the crowd, exept Bills' sister and me, nice to meet you again). Too bad the 12 o' clock curfew made an end to an excellend musical evening at MB Slattery's.

myspace Bill Coleman
myspace Page27
myspace Lauren Guillery

Northern Coastline

As very often in Ireland, the Northern Coastline on a rainy day. You would think that it would not be fun walking there in the rain, but actually it was still pretty impressive and gorgeous. Imagine this shot with a load of sunsine!

Marc vs. Finn McCool

Me at the Giant's Causeway. The Giant's Causeway, renowned for its polygonal columns of layered basalt, is the only World Heritage Site in Northern Ireland. Resulting from a volcanic eruption 60 million years ago, this is the focal point of a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and has attracted visitors for centuries. It harbours a wealth of local and natural history. To read the mythical story how it was formed, check this link http://www.northantrim.com/finnmaccool.htm