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Later with… is an intimate live performance music show featuring an eclectic mix of local established and new musical artists, with a focus on showcasing the fabulous wealth of original bands, musicians and artists on our very doorstep.
Boasting five musicians/bands, each with a distinct style, performing within a small audience, with no stage or platform to elevate the musicians, they play within the audience creating an intimate and personal live music experience.
Join us this July for our 3rd Edition of ‘Later with…’
We’ll be joined by Belfast based electronic producer and DJ Phil Kieran, Radio Ulsters Gemma Bradley and her band with local favourites Wookalily. We’re also delighted to welcome Warrenpoint natives The New Leaves and Sophie Lennon. The evening will be hosted by Matthew Grainger will be introducing the bands and conducting interviews. So join us for a truly unique evening of live music and interviews in a relaxed and intimate setting with a fully licensed bar. One not to be missed!
Band Bios
PHIL KIERAN
Phil Kieran is a DJ, electronic music producer, recording artist and remixer from Belfast, Northern Ireland. He also composes original music and soundtracks for film and theatre, TV, radio and online media.
The electronic music producer and DJ whose back catalogue of collaborations namechecks acts as diverse as Agoria, Green Velvet, Roman Flugel to Nitzer Ebb, Depeche Mode and David Holmes recently released his highly anticipated 6th studio album The Strand Cinema on the 24th March on his own label PKR; it’ll be the first vinyl release from PKR in 10 years.
The last five years have seen an evolutionary shift in direction for Phil Kieran. He’s been undertaking more soundtrack work, including for film (Nightride on Netflix, Rough), radio (The Northern Bank Job BBC R4) and theatre (East Belfast Boy).
GEMMA BRADLEY
Energetic, soulful and completely magnetic, Gemma Bradley’s unique blend of pop and RnB sounds mixed with catchy melodies and enchanting lyrics creates the perfect recipe for an individual yet established sound. Gemma’s strengths are maximised on stage where she can translate recorded sounds into immersive and ultimately enjoyable experiences for gig-goers.
A songwriter and musician from her early teens, Gemma’s experience in the music industry is an impressive one. With accolades ranging from a Jazz Alliance Award and Christie Hennessy Songwriting Prize to a Glasgowbury Emerging Talent Longlist feature for 2020, she has been taking time to hone in on her strengths and develop her skills even further over the last year, working with artists such as Ellie Dixon, Robert Grace and Simon Francis with goals in sight of an elevated track list and stage presence.
After releasing her first official music video in 2021 for her latest single ‘Better’ Gemma played her first show in one of Belfast’s most impressive venues, The Limelight, supporting Nilüfer Yanya, and was also pleased to support Scotland’s Joesef and Dublin’s Somebody’s Child in the same year quarter. Her music has achieved significant press across Ireland including features from Cool FM, Q Radio, Hot Press, Track of the week on RTE2fm for two of her singles. With features also occurring on Spotify’s “Fresh Finds: Pop” and “New Pop UK” editorial playlists. She was also named as one of 2022’s New Year’s Revolutionaries by The Tenth Man.
WOOKALILY
Five Women. Ten instruments. Wookalily.
With awe inspiring four part harmonies, low bowed double bass, flutes, trumpet, banjo and more, Wookalily create a masterful and sweeping sonic tapestry that will leave audiences rapt with wonder, and wanting more.
Their debut album, ʻAll The Waiting Whileʼ, and the subsequent gloriously uproarious gigs, tantalised and secured lifelong fans in Ireland, the UK and beyond. Recorded on traditional analogue equipment by the award winning producer Julie McLarnon (The Vaselines, Jeffrey Lewis, Lankum, King Creosote) Wookalilyʼs second album, ʻEverything is NormaL Except the Little Things Inside My Headʼ, explores the gentle nuances of cathartic melancholy whilst retaining that essential and unforgettable Wookalily sound, five women, ten instruments.
This is an ambitious folk music. Daring to dissolve musical and generic boundaries. Irreverently intertwining the disciplines of blues, rock, punk and more to create a unique and singular musical menagerie that must be witnessed to be truly experienced. Audiences will be le spinning with transcendent melodies and floating on ethereal vocals. It is a music that transports you to an ʻotherʼ place, somewhere between forever and the fleeting immediacy of now.
THE NEW LEAVES
The New Leaves are a new alternative folk group hailing from the picturesque townlands of Carlingford Lough.
The band are gathering a loyal fan-base, singing delicious, harmony laden songs about the awe-inspiring nature and mythology of their hometown. Fronted by singer songwriter Decky Mc Kay (Former Young Aviators singer) the band also includes other local singers Cian O Hare (Guitar and Vocals) and Patrice Mc Kevitt (Bass and Vocals). The wistful acoustics and harmonies are held together by percussionist Paddy Goodfellow.
SOPHIE LENNON
Sophie represented Ireland at the Junior Eurovision song contest this year in Armenia and came 4th in Europe gaining the best result for Ireland both adult and junior in 26 years!
Sophie was scouted for by BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT producers after they spotted her TV appearance on last year's final of the Junior Eurovision song contest. After stunning Simon Cowell and the judges and getting a standing ovation from Simon Cowell, 4 judges, and the entire London palladium audience with an incredible performance lifting the roof she earned a place in this year's BRITAIN'S GOT TALENT SEMI FINALS alongside The greatest showman's Loren Allred who sang the famous song "Never enough".
Sophie also won BBC SCHOOL SOLOIST OF THE YEAR 2022.