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Kilkenny Music

Kilkenny's Leading Music Resource

About Me

KilkennyMusic.com is Kilkenny's leading online music resource, an independant online community of some of the most talented artists the country has to offer. You can avail of free profiles, getting your music live to the masses, keep track of whats going on around Kilkenny and all the usual craic.
KilkennyMusic.com was launched online on September 19th 2005 and since that date has grown in number, producing over 30 live gigs in 2006 and more through 2007 and launching a number of other musical ventures. The One Take Sessions ( MySpace | Website ) is one such venture, a free series of acoustic gigs run every third Thursday in Kilkenny City. We also host monthly live gigs which in the past have featured the likes of The Guggenheim Grotto, Clergy, New York Fashion Week, Waiting To Explode, Myp et Jeep, Laminate, The Happy Medium, Itchy Trigger Finger, The Fox Jaw Bounty Hunters, Innate, Frantic State, Vesta Varro and lots more bands besides.
2-3 times a month we also release the Sound System Podcast featuring coverage of the One Take Sessions, our monthly gigs, interviews and round table chat. If you are interested in getting your music played on the Sound System Podcast just drop a line to [email protected] or visit The Sound System Podcast site.
We would ask that if you add KilkennyMusic.com to your MySpace friends list that you also take a moment to register on KilkennyMusic.com so we can keep in touch and you can get access to gig photos, free music, forums, chat rooms and loads more besides. Check us out online at KilkennyMusic.com

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 2/15/2006
Band Website: kilkennymusic.com
Band Members: Ken McGuire
The Chief
e: [email protected]

Ross Costigan
Press Officer / Resident Photographer
e: [email protected]

Alan Dawson
Resident Engineer (Studio / Live)
e: [email protected]

Michael Keogh
Live Engineer

Influences: 79Cortinaz, A Safe Dry Place, Bad Mother's Union, Crucifracture, Cellar Door, Chemical Addition, Clergy, the Company, Decay, Frantic State,the Guggenheim Grotto, the Happy Medium, Itchy Trigger Finger, Ishtaar, Ilya K, Jilted, Kopek, Ken O'Dwyer, Laminate, Maurice Ramsbottom, Myp Et Jeep, Nearly Dead Jim,NewYorkFashionWeek, Numinous, Original Lineup, Peter Doran, Silvertape, Slave Zero, Selwyn, Southern Discomfort, The Silhouettes, Take The Bullets, Waiting to Explode....And many more :D
Sounds Like: More like everyone else than anyone else.... Nah... we strive to get the very best out of the bands that we work with, and we give our very best to each and every act. When it comes to a KilkennyMusic.com gig, you'll know it sounds like a KilkennyMusic.com gig :)
Record Label: KilkennyMusic.com
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Getting Back To Business

We're getting back to business...The 2008 One Take Sessions dates have been announced and are now visible on MySpace, KilkennyMusic.com and OneTakeSessions.We'll be going through the MySpace messages ...
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:45:00 PST

Sound System Podcast Revamp

The Sound System Podcast has had it's website revamped!Check it out now on SoundSystemPodcast.comDon't forget, if you want your music played on the podcast or you've got any gig news to announce no ma...
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:48:00 PST

Happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas to all!
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 02:46:00 PST

Sound System Podcast 28 - 18 October 2007

So we're back with the 28th Sound System Podcast, myself (Ken) and Ross on the mic again, getting the hang of this co-hosting thing when it's just the two of us (just like that song, only without the ...
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:23:00 PST

Revamping The MySpace

From today onwards you can kiss goodbye to the separate Sound System and OTS MySpaces as we're aggregating all the MySpace activity into the one account.That means that gig queries, podcast submission...
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 09:28:00 PST

Sound System Podcast 27 - 11 October 2007

We're back with the 27th show of the Sound System Podcast. Myself (Ken) and Ross on the mic again with Daw lurking away all silent in the background. We're chatting up local music happenings, our upco...
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:25:00 PST

ONE TAKE SESSIONS GETS A NEW HOME

This is big one for us as we feel that we've got to do the 'Sessions even more justice. It is rare that we make massive announcements but I feel that this is a pretty big one for us.The One Take Sessi...
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:55:00 PST

STAFF BLOGS

In case you haven't seen them already, we've got individual staff blogs online at KilkennyMusic.com with some interesting ramblings, thoughts, personal gig reviews, rants and a few insights into KKM i...
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Sat, 12 May 2007 04:43:00 PST

4th & 5th OneTake Sessions (photoblog)

Two OneTake sessions took place over the month of January, and two great sessions indeed!The first of the new year and overall 4th One Take Sessions passed off with some great music. Kieran Byrne step...
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Tue, 30 Jan 2007 12:42:00 PST

NEW OFFICIAL BLOG

Yes yes yes, we've got a new OFFICIAL blog for KilkennyMusic.com which will help you keep track of site developments, special gig announcements and more. It can all be accessed at http://blog.kilkenny...
Posted by Kilkenny Music on Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:10:00 PST