Quick shots from the Strange Brew gig the other night, in Roisin Dubh, before I move on. If I get time, I’ll try post galleries.

The Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters

Planet Parade

We Should Be Dead

Here’s a shot of Larry Love from Alabama 3, best know for the use of the track ‘Woke Up This Morning’, used as the title track of The Sopranos.
They played in The Roisin Dubh tonight to a packed house. Last time they played, Larry was a cowboy hat wearing skin head.

I’ve not had much chance to blog here, as I’ve been getting my music photography site off the ground. It’s called Muso Foto and contains my live, editorial and music video work. A highlight is of course, the blog, where I’ll be posting current and archival material on a regular basis. Because of the addition of archival material, I’m not dependent on the show cycle to post. I’ll still be posting here too, but less music related stuff, and as I mentioned before, more generic stuff like tutorials and reviews.

Enjoy the music site. It’s gotten some nice comments via message boards etc.

Here’s a few quick shots of Femi Kuti from the Arts Festival Big Top, the first from the photo call, the second from the gig itself.

Lord Bishop did rock last night in the Roisin Dubh. Starting with a miniscule audience, the crowd soon piled in to dance, drink and party. 

Mixing a healthy does of sex and politics, songs like ‘Let’s get naked on the ground’ and ‘Senator Groove’ had the crowd going. As well as spreading the love, there was a healthy dose of Jack Daniels being shared with the audience. Towards the end of the gig, Lord Bishop knocked back the last drop, apparently ending the love fuel frenzy. There was no need to fear though, a second bottle instantly appeared and further fueled the funky grooves. 

And so ends my music writing career. 

Here’s a few recent live shots of Meteor Awarding singer, Imelda May.

Duke Special is always a treat musically when he comes around. Still from a work point of view, it’s a long day. By the time you’re done, you realise you’ve been on your feet for 10 hours with no real break. Tonight was no different in that regard and despite standing on a high stool peering into a bunch of cables an hour after I’ve normally finished, I still enjoyed the night.

And yes, I probably have too much of the centre focus in the shots, but I couldn’t find other crops I liked at short notice!

The first airing of my ‘snappy new logo’ as Leon likes to call it. There’s a white version and a black version. Anyhow, the real reason we’re here is for Akil. Akil is a former member Jurassic 5 and tonight brought his superb rapping skills to the Roisin Dubh.

Update. After Seeing these white logos loose a little detail in the web address, I got Leon to bump up the size. Looks better in the new ones!

The Followers of Otis were the unplanned extra support act from last Friday Night. I popped off a few quick snaps before it got busy and real mixing was required. Again, I’m just testing the Slideshow plugin. I think I may have it nailed from an automated point of view!

oops, spoke too soon!

Okay seem to be on top of it at last!

Quiet, shy, retired. All words used to describe Mick Flannery. His songs are miserable and depressing in the most uplifting way. He’s not much of a talker, but still manages to elicit laughs from the audience with his bare banter. And he’s not afraid to say it like it is, “here’s the most depressing song of the lot of them”. Wonderful gig, even if Chloe (his sound engineer) did turn the lights down on me! Fortunately my new 50mm f1.4 can almost see in the dark.