By Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director College radio holds a special place in my heart after being involved with KTSW for three years. Upon travelling to Ireland to study for the summer I wanted to ensure I had some dose of music to balance my studies of Irish Literature and Mythology. I checked out a guitar from the Cork County Library to play in my dorm apartment and met with […]
by Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director If you read my latest concert review, you know that I spent my summer studying in Ireland. I took a bus ride from Cork to Waterford to camp at the Curraghmore Estate for the All Together Now festival. I picked up a pop-up tent in the city and headed to the bus station to experience a festival out of my home country. […]
Ashley Farnie Assistant Music Director If you frequent Austin, TX near Red River, you may be familiar with the iridescent sticker pasted throughout the streets reading “GHOST A POST-PUNK BOY TODAY.” I became familiar with this motto - and began practicing it myself – when I realized the connection between a band my professor recommended that I see while studying abroad in Cork, Ireland. I now own a tote […]
By Allison SchroederWeb Content Assistant Manager Several years ago, I visited the beautiful country of Ireland with my family and grandparents. We took a weeklong tour of Southern Ireland, and we went to some of the most beautiful parts of the country. I remember my family loved it so much the first time we went that we ended up going a second time to site see around Dublin, because you can […]
Written and produced by David Cavazos This week we head back in time to Ireland to examine a band that has heavily influenced the evolution of Rock N Roll. Thin Lizzy came into the picture around 1969 and began performing in Dublin. Their early sound was similar to the popular Blues Rock sound that plenty of British bands were trending following the great success of Led Zeppelin. Thin Lizzy, an […]
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