Bands aus Irland // Bands from Ireland
CARDINAL SINS (IRL)
Irish Power Folk
The Cardinal Sins are a Celtic Rock group from Laois & Offaly that formed in 2013 with five members making up the Holy Synod. The band come with a high pace, high tempo list of contemporary and traditional songs played in their high energy style with influences including The Pogues, Flogging Molly and Dropkick Murphy’s to name a few.
The Cardinal Sins enjoyed a successful 2015 which saw the band release an EP of songs, release their first Music Video, travel for a couple of
festivals in Europe as well as playing on the Irish festival circuit alongside bands such as Ash, Damien Dempsey & Roots Manuva.
2016 is shaping up to be the biggest year for The Cardinal Sins as they embarked on a tour of Italy in March taking in Milan, Bologna, Parma, Cuneo & Pesaro along with a concert in the
prestigious Portalen Theatre in Copenhagen in April. In August they head to Dusseldorf, Germany to Co-Headline the Volmarstein Folk Festival with Irish music legends De Danann.
Plans for The Cardinal Sins 2022/23 Irish, USA and Germany tour are currently be put in place and will take in venues across the country and they hope to make their CD debut this summer as well
so be sure to have a whiskey in your hand & your throats cleared to sing along, because who needs heaven when you have The Cardinal Sins.
The Cardinal Sins are a high energy band that combine driving guitars, bass & drums with traditional Irish instruments to create a powerful
Celtic Punk fusion.
Joined on singles by such seminal bands as The Tossers, Flatfoot 56, The Briggs and Piñata Protest, The Cardinal Sins are currently finishing up recording their debut album with US label Singular
Recordings for release in Spring 2025.
New CD relaesed in 2025
Wayne Brereton is a folk/ballad singer-songwriter from Co. Offaly in Ireland. He has been playing
guitar in gigging bands since the age of fourteen and first fell in love with ballad / folk & traditional
music when he was a central member of his father’s band Turas. He also features as bass player and
additional vocals for Derek Warfield and the Young Wolfe Tones as well as fronting his own
increasingly popular band, The Cardinal Sins.
Wayne cites Luke Kelly, Shane McGowan and Christy Moore and of course his multi-talented father
as his biggest influences for the crafting of his own style. Wayne is a Gaelic speaker and has also
worked as a tour guide in Kilmainham Gaol, which puts him very much in tune with the love and
culture of Irish songs and ballads.
Wayne’s grandmother Minnie was born in Scotland and raised by Irish parents before returning to
Ireland at the age of 16 in 1932, instilling his strong connection with Scottish ballads, folk music, and
Australian folk music, a place some of his relatives emigrated in the early 1900’s.
Wayne has been on a journey with this collection of songs, gathered over a number of years,
travelling far and wide. Gaining inspiration from his influences and his love for the Irish language as
well as overcoming health issues, as the project began in 2019, Wayne suffered a setback due to a
congenital heart condition. A valve he’d received in 1995 suddenly stopped working and halted his
active life. The subsequent pandemic restrictions resulted in Wayne being confined to hospital for six
weeks without visitors, which at times was stressful and upsetting, before February 2021 saw Wayne
released and back on his feet, triumphantly returning to the studio to complete his debut release,
The Robin’s Call.
The album’s title was inspired by both of Wayne’s grandmothers who often spoke of the robin as a
strong resilient bird that protects itself and will always return to where it should be, and in local
folklore, the belief that a robin arriving at your back door or garden meant someone had passed on
and they were coming back to say hello to see if you were alright.
Wayne says, “It was a victory for me to finish this record, with so many trials and obstacles in the
way. It is my hope that you enjoy the songs and feel a connection with them the same way I have”.
After independently releasing his Mini Album “The Robins Call” in 2023 Wayne Sparked the interest
of US Label Singular Recordings and is now in the final stage of his full debut album to be released
this autumn. His forthcoming album will also feature some well-known Irish musicians who have
taken to his songwriting and Lyrical Content. Artists such as Niamh Varian Barry who has appeared
on the first single The Robin from the forthcoming album, as well as Noriana Kennedy from The
Whileaways John Doyle from (Solas/ Karan Casey) and Cork Singer/Songwriting Legend John Spillane
will also feature on this upcoming album of Original Material. Outside of His own music, Wayne is
also working on some transatlantic song writing Projects with Folk/Americana Acts Such as Van
Plating to Name a few.
In The Coming Months We will see more original material being released by Wayne in his
unmistakable Irish Midlands Voice which will feature the artists named above, ahead of the Release
of His Full Debut Album.
Wayne is Joined by Courtney O’Connor a classical musical violinist and vocalist who is a teacher at
The school of classical music in the midlands of Ireland. She has been on the preforming scene for a
number of years and has gained a great following of her violin playing and harmonic vocals.
Sit back and enjoy
Weitere Infos und Hörproben
https://open.spotify.com/intl-de/artist/74xIl3i0S36lqqo57orGFl
https://waynebrereton.bandcamp.com/track/when-first-unto-this-country-2
https://waynebrereton.bandcamp.com/album/the-robins-call-3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGPbP-Wfwm
HAMMER &b TONGS (IRL)
Traditional Irish music fused with pop and rock
MOJO GOGO (IRL)
Indie // Co.Donegal , Donegal
https://mojogogo.komi.io
Energetic, impulsive, and unapologetically raw are the hallmarks of Mojo GoGo's music. Known for their legendary live shows, wild off-stage antics and a relentless hard-partying work ethic, this
band lived and breathed everything Rock & Roll was meant to be.
Hailing from Donegal and born on the streets of Derry City in 2010, Mojo quickly built a cult following you did not want to mess with, signing a deal with Leverage Records in 2011 followed by the
launch of their own AranMojo Music Festival, the band’s meteoric rise saw them headline sold-out shows across Europe and North America - from homegrown streets to icons like Sir Richard Branson’s
Mod Club.
Mojo lived the Rock & Roll dream at full throttle, leaving a trail of legendary nights in their wake and at the height of their powers in 2014, they shocked the music world by walking
away.
But real Rock & Roll doesn’t fade. It waits… and now, MOJO GOGO are back.
Putting the BALLS back into Indie Rock & Roll. AGAIN.