The Hot Spot Music group single & album was launched at the Hot Spot Cafe, Nagle House, Youghal, on Thursday 16th September 2010 with guest speaker David Stanton T.D. Photo: Michael Hussey www.youghalonline.com email: news@youghalonline.com

“MIRROR MIRROR” The ‘Hot New Single’ by THE HOT SPOT MUSIC GROUP

available now for download @  http://www.sacred-root.com

Taken From ‘Roots ‘

A Brilliant 19 Track Cd Compilation Of 13 Original Songs & 6 Cover Versions Featuring 30 Young Musicians From The Hot Spot Music Group In Youghal Co.Cork

The Hot Spot Music Group A Voluntary Run Club For 12 To 18 Years  Based In Youghal Co Cork Has Been In Existence For The Past 2 Years .  Its A Place Where Every Thursday The Young And Inspired Can Go To Write A Song , Learn An Instrument, Play A Tune, Jam Out Or Hang Out In The Hot Spot Youth Cafe, Nothing Too Serious But A Whole Lotta Fun And Freedom To Learn.

The Group Is Facilitated By National Youth Organisation Foroige Who Provide A Safe And Warm Envoirment For The Club To Happen

Roots Was  Recorded Mixed And Mastered Over The Past Year And A Half In Claycastle Recording Studio In Youghal And Produced & Arranged Through Bobby Lee A Well Respected Musician Producer And The Driving Force Behind The Sacred Roots Projects .

Roots The Album Has Heart And An Old Soul With A Young Voice ,Covering A Wide Range Of Genres Reaching Across All Ages And Musical Tastes, Acoustic Pop /folk /balledy /funky/souly ,Groovy Its Got It All !!

‘Roots’ Is About Giving A Voice To Youth Through Music And Bears Witness To The Depth,Talent And Enthusiasim In Our Young Aspiring Writers And Musicians Today.

The Sacred Roots Project Has Many Facets To Its Work To Help Support Its Projects Hosting Concerts In A Beautiful 12th Century Church In Youghal And Providing A Platform For Young Musicians To Support Some Prolific Names Like Declan O Rourke,John Spillane, Luka Bloom , Kila ,Liam O’maonlai , Mary Coughlan ,The Four Of Us To Name A Few And Running Regular Talent Shows  Busking Expos And Other Musical Activities And Events To Support Community And International Aid Projects.

The Sacred Roots Project Is A Non-Profit Voluntary Run Project Dedicated To Helping And Encouraging People Develop And Realise They’re Potential Through The Form Of Music.

‘Roots’ The Album Is On Sale At Scotts Music Shop 137 North Main Street Youghal ,Crees Card Shop Youghal And On

On  Sacred Roots Site

FOR MORE INFO ON THE SACRED ROOTS PROJECTS GO TO http://www.sacred-root.com

BUY ONE SET ONE FREE!!! GODBLESS

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Michael Del Punta is the latest singing sensation to come out of Youghal. The talented 19 year old crooner wows the diners with his singing in the popular Capri Bay Italian restaurant in Youghal, where he works as a part time waiter. The diners have discovered that Michael is not only good at serving tables, he displays his fine talents singing his favourite songs by artists such as Sinatra, Crosby, Tony Bennett, etc., much to their delight and surprise.Report/Photo: Michael Hussey & Tony Irwin for YoughalOnline.com

The UCC student found he could not afford to bring his girlfriend to fancy restaurants so he decided to work as a part-time waiter in town. After meeting the proprietor of Capri Bay, Gerald Esposito, he immediately got the job and has been working there part-time for the past seven months. While working, Michael would often break out in song in the kitchen, when Gerald and his father Rocco asked him, with such a magnificent voice, to go out and sing to the customers. This has proved to be so popular that he has been affably called ‘the singing waiter’ by the customers and now Michael sings regularly to the packed restaurant. Now, customers come from far and wide to hear Michael serenade them at the tables as ‘the singing waiter’.

A recent Youtube videoclip of Michael singing in the restaurant, made by YoughalOnline.com, is rapidly climbing in the rankings of the entertainment section and is just one of many to be uploaded by YoughalOnline.com in the near future. Michael was also interviewed by Shane Supple on Youghal’s local radio station, C.R.Y.

His debut self-titled EP, recorded at Claycastle Studios in Youghal, has exceeded all expectations, so much so that he had to order a second pressing, such is the demand for the singing waiter. Michael says his goal one day is to sing at Madison Square Gardens in New York City, sell twenty five million albums and appear on the Late Late Show!

Michael and his family, who have been living in Youghal for the past seven years, originate from Verona, Italy. Since he was a young boy, when his older siblings were listening to the likes of Depeche Mode, Michael Jackson, Madonna or Kylie, Michael’s first contact with music was through his mother’s record collection consisting of works by Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra. He has continued this love of that ‘big band’ genre ever since. He has trained his voice with the help of well-known music conductor, Mary Peadar-Daly where she taught him to study his breathing technique so much so that Michael and his mature voice have been likened to Michael Bublé, although his favourite artist of all time and greatest influence is undoubtedly Ol’ Blue Eyes himself, Frank Sinatra.

After moving to Youghal from Italy and studying at the old Youghal CBS school (he was the last person to do the Italian Junior Certificate exam in that school), he completed his fifth and sixth year studies in Pobalscoil na Tríonóide and now currently studies Arts at UCC, Cork City.

Michael has proved to be so popular, he is asked to sing regularly by friends at parties and weddings and is growing in confidence all the time. Speaking exclusively to YoughalOnline.com, he said “I am amazed by the reaction of the Youtube video and would like to thank YoughalOnline.com and everyone involved for their support” and confidently added “the way I see it, you should be able to do whatever it takes to make it to the top.”

So on your next trip to Capri Bay Italian restaurant to hear the singing waiter, when ordering your “big-a pizza pie”, you’ll get “Amoré” than you bargained for!

For the latest updates on Michael Del Punta go to his fanpage on Facebook or click here to view his Youtube videos.

Mary Coughlan Trio performing at Youghals International College Church (Across from Youghal  Garda Station ) Friday  June 18th 2010 – Tickets @ Scott’s Treasure Shop (Ticket Only) 137 North Main St, Youghal. Tel: 024 90333
Strictly No alcohol or intoxicated persons allowed into concerts – All ages welcome

Born 5 May 1956, Co.Galway, Eire. This acclaimed Irish singer’s troubled upbringing manifested itself in an erratic career path, including stints as a model and a street-sweeper. After moving to London in the mid-70s she married and began raising a family, before terminating the union and returning to Galway with her children.

She began her singing career in 1984, working with Dutch producer Erik Visser (who became her long-term collaborator). The following year she made an acclaimed appearance on the Late Late Show and recorded her first album, which showcased her powerful and bluesy jazz stylings and became an unexpected bestseller in her native Ireland.

Despite her ongoing personal problems, Coughlan continued to reap praise for her recorded output on WEA Records. On Under The Influence she revived the 1948 Peggy Lee hit “Don’t Smoke In Bed” and the Billie Holiday ballad “Good Morning Heartache”, as well as Christy Moore’s “Ride On”. In 1988, Coughlan made her acting debut in Neil Jordan’s High Spirits, and released Ancient Rain. Her fourth album, Uncertain Pleasures, was recorded in England with producer Peter Glenister, former musical director for Terence Trent D’Arby. It included new compositions by Mark Nevin (Fairground Attraction) and Bob Geldof as well as cover versions of the Rolling Stones’ “Mother’s Little Helper” and the Elvis Presley hit “Heartbreak Hotel”.

Coughlan began straightening her personal life out in the mid-90s, and signed a new recording contract with Big Cat Records. The label issued an excellent live set and her US debut, After The Fall. In June 2000, Coughlan presented a series of multimedia shows in Dublin celebrating Billie Holiday, a singer whose life story has close parallels to Coughlan’s own. She embarks on the next phase of her career with an extraordinary new album. Entitled ‘The House of Ill Repute’ – its thirteen songs represent the end of a thirteen year relationship in Mary’s life.

The album re-unites her with Erik Visser, whose previous work with Mary has inspired them both to career best performances on the albums ‘Tired And Emotional’ and ‘After The Fall’ albums. Seldom has there been a better matched maestro and muse; as the immaculate song selection, sympathetic arrangements and matchless performances on this record reflect.

The first single is the late Kirsty MacColl’s wry discourse on misadventure ‘Bad’, an early highlight of an album that runs the gamut of emotions like a long night of Reeperbahn madness. Flirtatious on ‘Love Is Extra’, salacious on ‘Pornography’, outrageous on ‘Tootsies’; Madame Coughlan knows the intimate details of all the visitors to The House of Ill Repute. And in the cold light of the morning, we find them adrift on the emotional tundra of ‘Antarctica’ or clinging to the barren (Celtic) rock of ‘The Whore Of Babylon’.

It’s often said that an artist’s best work is made under the most trying of personal circumstances. With the release of ‘The House of Ill Repute’; Mary Coughlan emerges from the catharsis of record making, waking up to a new day; confident in the knowledge that she has produced an album which will stand up as one of the very best of her stellar career to date.

Tickets are on sale at Scott’s, 137 North Main St, Youghal [Tel: 024 90333] and the Tourist Office, Market Square. Price €18 / €20 at door.
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Kate Walsh is making a special appearence at Mick Flannery’s gig on Thursday 26th of November in St Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal. The Essex singer/songwriter will support Mick Flannery in what is sure to be an entertaining evening following  the recent success of the John Spillane gig.

Calling Kate Walsh a singer songwriter is like saying Van Gogh was a cartoonist. Kate is, er, different. A 26-year-old from a sailing town in Essex who’s been likened to Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush and Jane Austen, she’s ferociously independent…in every sense. She adores Debussy, studies cello, listens constantly to Classic FM (and little else), bemoans the demise of vinyl and CDs (she finally got an iPod when iTunes gave her one after her last album ‘Tim’s House’ knocked Take That off the top of the download chart but rarely uses it), is entertainingly scathing about the conventional music industry (”it’s fickle, selfish, impersonal and backstabbing”) – and has established her own cottage industry to do it her way. And when she sits down to write a song you’d better lock up your hearts for you instantly become Kate’s close personal confidante as she bares her soul with shocking candour.

You almost believe her. She’s currently single, lives in Brighton, though ’stupid men,’ do still run amok on her beautiful third album ‘Light and Dark’ (”yes, I do have a light and dark side – we all do, don’t we?”) The title track is particularly poignant, a guilt-ridden reverie on a love triangle that opens enticingly…’I left you for another man and he doesn’t deserve me…’

“It’s the saddest song I’ve ever written. It’s about two men and they both heard it independently and knew it was about them,” she grimaces. “There was a lot of trouble…it was awful going through it, but it’s a great song! I think it’s one of my best songs ever.” One of the first times she sang it in public – at London’s Union Chapel – it upset her so much she barely made it to the end. It happens. “When you’re singing it makes all the sentiments so real again. I sing mainly with my eyes shut and I feel every word. I try to make an instrument of my voice, like playing a wonderful, emotive piano piece, lilting on certain words and phrases…”

Listening to the very real pain and fragility of her music you imagine the author must be a quivering wreck permanently teetering on the edge of a nervous breakdown. Far from it – chattering away ten to the dozen like she’s known you all her life, Kate Walsh is warm, funny and likeably self-deprecating, fully recognising the self-indulgent nature of the confessional songwriter’s art. “Nooooo, I don’t think I’ve had a terrible life at all,” she giggles. “I just mope and wallow more than anyone else. Maybe a part of me deliberately creates havoc so I’ve got something to write about – we like a bit of mayhem us songwriters. But now I’m changing all that and other things are becoming more important to me than some man who’s done the dirty on me. I’m not giving stupid men the time of day any more.”

She insists she’s not ambitious for fame or glory, but is immensely proud of the bigger sounds that characterise ‘Light & Dark’. And, now writing songs on piano rather than guitar, insists that ’stupid men’ will no longer be tolerated in her songs… or personal life. “For the first time, I feel happy about myself. Do you know what? I think I’m growing up…”

HALLOWE’EN night in Youghal promises more treats than tricks this year when Grayson launches his debut album with a special gig in the Gate Bar. Hailing from Australia, the tall likeable singer songwriter has made Youghal his home for the last couple of years. He’s recorded an album in the local Claycastle studio and used the town as a base for touring Ireland and Europe. Report: Eanna Dowling Email: news@youghalonline.com

The debut single from the album “Stand Clear” was released on October 23. It’s a tribute to the legendary Bus Eireann announcement when the automatic doors open – “Stand Clear, luggage doors are operating”. Funny and catchy, “Stand Clear” has all the makings of a classic. Already it has received critical acclaim from the music industry and you will be hearing it on your radio. Grayson has been seen chasing buses all over the place making a video for the song.

Grayson has toured Ireland supporting Aslan and been all over Europe performing solo. He played in 14 different countries and made many radio appearances. One of the highlights came when Ray Heffernan, the man who wrote Robbie William’s Angel, invited him to open a show in Arona, Italy. Ray saw Grayson on Youtube singing an original song “Change” and immediately made contact and offered him the show.

No stranger to TV, Grayson has appeared on Balcony TV, the quirky hit internet phenomenon. It started in Dublin’s Dame Street with artists playing an acoustic song on a balcony overlooking the traffic. The idea caught on and spread to other cities and in December Grayson will become the first artist to play on all of the Balcony TVs in the world when he performs on London’s version.

Grayson’s debut album “Somewhere In The Night” features his pop/rock songs and is out now. He released an ep in Australia in 2007 which got a lot of radio play and led him to be nominated for Musician of the Year at the ABC Newcastle Music Awards. But this is his first album proper and he’s honed his songwriting and found the right production to highlight his powerful emotive vocals.

Grayson has thoroughly enjoyed his time in Youghal but early next year he will head home to Australia. Numerous festivals and media appearances await his return and he’s thrilled to be bringing his new songs on a well-produced album with him. He’ll be back this way in 2011.

Hopes are high locally in Youghal that “Stand Clear” will be all over the national airwaves and become a hit. You can witness the launch of the album at the Gate on Hallow’en night, Saturday October 31st 10:30, when Grayson plays with a full band.

http://www.myspace.com/graysonau

Stand Clear released on October 23 -
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Somewhere In The Night – available from online outlets and at the launch gig.

“Stand Clear” – Grayson’s track out now

Bus Eireann customers will be queuing up to download Youghal based Grayson’s debut single “Stand Clear”. This bright slice of pop rock perfection tells the story of the singer and a girl on a bus getting to know each other but having their moments interrupted every time the bus stops by the announcement of “Stand Clear – Luggage Doors are Operating”.

Grayson’s about as far from home as an Australian can get, but he’s recorded a gem of a track in Youghal and is optimistic about it doing well. He’s been chasing buses all over the place to make a video for “Stand Clear” which will soon be online.

“Stand Clear” is the first single off Grayson’s debut album, “Somewhere In The Night”. The album will be launched at a Hallowe’en night gig in The Gate, Youghal. He also plays Crane Lane in Cork City on Friday November 6.

http://www.myspace.com/graysonau

Stand Clear released on October 23
Text music 4078 to 57501 to download and help chart the song!!!!