Limerick SongWriters@Foley's Bar Thurs 10th Mar 2011

Limerick SongWriters @ Foley's Bar
Thursday 10th March 2011 9.00pm

The SongWriterSessions continues upstairs at Foley's Bar, Sarsfield Street, Limerick 9.00pm March 10th

Special Guests this week is Nicole Maguire.

Nicole Maguire has been writing music since she was twelve years old. Having her first original gig at fourteen, is wasn't long before Nicole know that her lifelong journey would be in music.
After finishing school, Nicole went on to study Music Management and Sound engineering at Cork's Colaiste Stiofain Naofa. All aspects of the industry were covered here and the course created a deep foundation for Nicole's career.
By the time Nicole was twenty one, she had already released her debut single 'Lipstick Girl' independently. The song received rave reviews all over Ireland as well as 'best single' in independent magazine 'Backstage Traffic'. The Star newspaper stated that "Maguire will make the rest of the country sit up and take notice".
In August 2008, Nicole released her next single 'I'm Gonna Be' and the following March her debut album 'Fight The Score' hit the shelves. Nicole also toured with Nanci Griffith in Febuary and this led her across the water to Nashville for the first time.
To date, Nicole has toured in Europe and America, worked with renowned producers Karl Odlum (The Frames, Gemma Hayes), Ciaran O Shea (Cyclefly) and more recently Nicole has begun working on her new album with Thomm Jutz,
Nanci Griffith's producer and guitarist. She has also written with award winning songwriters from Ireland, the UK and The USA.
2011 will see the release of Nicole's next album.

As Usual all aspiring songwriters are invited to attend and play there songs in front of a live audience. All types of music and singers are welcome, a limited amount of instruments will be available for use on the night.
The evening will features songwriters doing short sets of two or three songs. There will also be an opportunity for getting a YouTube video of your performance made free of charge and uploaded to our site. Performances will also be recorded and and available to download later. Host for the sessions are songwriters Brian Connolly, Chris Wood and Sean MacLeod. SongWriter Sessions@Bentleys takes place every Thursday of the month.
If you wish to play contact Brian Connolly at limericksongwriters@gmail.com to book a spot or turn up on the night. Further details can be got at www.myspace.com/limericksongwriters or from http://limericksongwriters.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/limericksongwriters