Jim McHugh & Friends


Date: 16 Nov 2018
Time: 8pm (The Vintage Room)
Ticket Price: €8 BUY TICKET

Jim McHugh & Friends will play the Vintage Room at the Workmans Club on Friday November 16th.

This will be the ‘Avenue Road’ single launch party.

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Hailing from the drumlins of Monaghan, multi-instrumentalist Jim McHugh & Friends will play the Vintage Room at the Workmans Club on Friday November 16th.

This will be a special ‘Avenue Road’ single launch party. This is the first single taken from Jim’s new album. This song is about the roving’s of a young man around the border town of Dundalk and adjacent coastal village of Blackrock Co. Louth. Avenue Road evokes his feelings; young love’s heartache echoing in the melancholic arrangements and lyrics.

In 2016 he drew upon his past and recent musical experiences to record an album of new songs entitled ‘Noise Machine’.

Jim’s last release ‘An Muc Snámha’ an Irish language song celebrating both Seachtain na Gaelige and Bliain na Gaeilge was released in March 2018. This song was based on the legend of the swimming pig of Lough Muckno and received repeated airplay on RTÉ Radió na Gaeltachta.

For more information about Jim, Noise Machine, An Muc Snámha and new single Avenue Road visit his website www.jimmchughmusic.com

Praise for ‘Noise Machine’:

‘Jim brings a new dynamic to folk music as he cleverly infuses traditional styles with an uptempo and raw indie style (even the odd ballad) that creates something very different for the Irish music scene’. – Chantelle Frampton, Gigging NI.

https://www.giggingni.com/2017/10/review-jim-mchugh-noise-machine/

‘And that’s the charm of Noise Machine, it’s uncultured, indie folk driven rock that has a vibrant beating heart. From the driving single ‘Red Rose’, the catchy ‘River Won’t Flow’, the rootsy ‘My Destiny’ and ‘Help Her Help Me, to the almost Velvet Underground reminiscent ‘Do You Remember’, there’s a rich vein of potential coursing through the grooves of this record’. – Pete Whalley.

http://getreadytorock.me.uk/blog/2017/09/quick-plays-levi-cuss-jim-mchugh/

‘This music clearly has deep-seated roots – cultural, musical and social – and like all music with roots, it takes many forms. There’s abrasive folk rock with edge and irritation, wrenching ballads with anguish and distress. There’s personal recognition and unrestrained observation’. – Charlie Elland

http://www.folkwords.com/folkwordsreviews_104760.html

‘”Sweet Surrender” by Jim McHugh. A great song. Its raw guitar sounds & sweet vibes makes this track easy listening & thoroughly enjoyable’. -Songwriting Ireland

https://twitter.com/SongwritingIre/status/904710765785047040

‘’Noise Machine Album’ Great Debut by Jim McHugh, down to earth lyrics, confident vocals, good tracks all round’ – Zoe Farrell, MusicWand

https://twitter.com/Musicwand/status/906904389276913664

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