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Wirralgirl

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Radiographer, trainer, ex-biker, wife, proud mother of a musician, music fan and keen gig-goer. Always on the look-out for my next favourite band.

My Interests

Music, going to gigs.

I'd like to meet:

Robert Plant

Music:

Led Zeppelin, Ian McNabb, The Waterboys, Ryan Adams, The Fence Collective, The Beggar's Lake, Brakes, Aberfeldy, Pete Wylie, Geoff Martyn, British Sea Power, Electric Soft Parade, Chuck Prophet

Books:

The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), Strangers and Brothers (CP Snow), A Last Wild Place (Mike Tomkies), Diary of a Rock'n'Roll Star (Ian Hunter), Shakey (Jimmy McDonough), Guttered (Tom Morton), The Railway Man (Eric Lomax), The Rebus novels (Ian Rankin), High Fidelity (Nick Hornby)

Heroes:

My mother, my husband, Robert Plant, Ian McNabb

My Blog

Eoghan Colgan wins O2 Undiscovered competition

Congratulations to Eoghan Colgan for his success in winning O2's Undiscovered competition, with the song "Make Calm Your Tempest", which is on his Myspace site at www.myspace.com/eoghancolgan &nb...
Posted by Wirralgirl on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:40:00 PST

2007 gigs: Michael Weston King in Scotland, Jan 07

Lots of gigs in prospect for 2007; first off are two of Michael Weston King's run of 7 Scottish gigs in January. Check him out in my top friends; he's an English alt-country singer and songwriter...
Posted by Wirralgirl on Mon, 01 Jan 2007 07:05:00 PST

Our Lunar Activities, My Morning Jacket, and... Radiohead

Last week was amazing musically, with three gigs all by bands I hadn't seen before. Our Lunar Activities are Charlie Clark's latest band, with his brother Kevin on drums. They're much more "rock", and...
Posted by Wirralgirl on Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:56:00 PST

Rose Hill Drive

The friend who recommended Rose Hill Drive is back in my "top friends" - best rec of the year so far :-) They make no secret of their 70s rock references, after all this is the band who put out a live...
Posted by Wirralgirl on Sun, 02 Jul 2006 02:07:00 PST

Eoghan Colgan - one to watch

On Friday I went to see a singer-songwriter who was new to me, Eoghan (pronounced Owen) Colgan at the Tron Theatre in Glasgow. http://www.myspace.com/eoghancolgan He has a wonderfully individual voice...
Posted by Wirralgirl on Sun, 11 Jun 2006 08:19:00 PST