Artists
Mary Cullen – Sligo sports star of the year
Sligo born athlete Mary Cullen speaks to SligoTV about the ups and downs in her career and her delight at winning the overall sports star of the year at the Sligo Weekender sports awards. The 27 year old studied in Providence College in America after securing a scholarship from Ray Treacy. Mary holds the Irish record for the 3,000 metres indoors after securing a bronze medal at the European Indoor Championships in Turin last year.
Sidney Samson in Sligo
SligoTV caught up with World famous DJ Sidney Samson before his set in the Clarence.
The Dutch DJ has been playing in clubs across the world for 14 years, but it was the recent release Riverside Motherf****r that made him a household name. Find out more about this 28 year old international star here…
As a seven year old boy, Sidney started playing the guitar. From there on he knew that he wanted to make music for the rest of his life. After seeing a couple of DMC mix championships, his interests were going towards dj-ing. He started dj-ing in 1995 at the age of 14. During that time he mainly played RnB and HipHop tunes at local clubs. He switched his style completely into housemusic in 1999 and became the resident DJ of the ‘Exxellent’ nights at one of Holland’s biggest clubs The Matrixx in 2003. His producing skills really took off in that period.
His first real club banger was called ‘Sidney Samson-It’s all funked up!’ (Spinnin’ Records 2003), which had a high rotation by DJ’s like ErickE and Jean. After this release, Sidney knew that he couldn’t stop here and locked himself up in his studio. ‘Nobody Move’, ’Rock This’, ‘Girls’, ‘Aeroplane’ and ‘Viruz’ were some resulting floor fillers, to name but a few.
In 2007, after a few successful collaborations with Gregor Salto, they decided to start a new record label named Samsobeats. On this label, new tracks are released from the hottest new DJ’s and producers who showed their talents to the world. Samsobeats wants to set a new feeling instead of a particular sound. That’s why you can expect very various tracks, from electro to latin. Every release must have the potential to grow into a floor filler.
With the Skitzofrenix he was responsible for the big summer hit ‘You don’t love me’. This tune is still ripping up the dance floors and was of course released on Samsobeats!
Then Sidney was hitting the charts with ‘Today’, featuring vocals of the talented Joni. This track is showing another side of Sidney and you can even hear him play the guitar in the breaks…
And last but not least, you really couldn’t have missed it: RIVERSIDE !
In charts all over the world for several weeks and even GOLD in Australia;
The single would have actually moved from #13 in the National Singles chart, back up to number #10, if it hadn’t have been for 8 Michael Jackson records entering the top 20.. Riverside is also still in the top 20 of the Club Chart after 24 weeks (!) as this is written. The track is being fully supported by Dj’s like David Guetta, Laidback Luke, Diplo, A-trak, Tiga and Boyz Noize.
This is what Guy Garret (DMC) has to say about the single:
Well Ibiza is in full swing and the big tune that’s drilling everybody’s head is ‘Riverside’ motherfucker! Huge wonky techno roller hot from Holland and set to follow fellow Dutch master Fedde Le Grand success with ‘Detroit’. The chugging bass is driving from the start and with its tasty drum percussion will have you rocking you side to side more than any rickety boat in a tsunami. Now it’s all about that riff, killer hooky melody and out of tune but so hypnotic in rhythm and depth, it’s simplistic but so are the best things in life. The aggressive the ‘Riverside motherfucker’ vox dive in and out the mix to keep the pace punchy and your stompin those night away in no time. With no doubt a heap of remixes to come in for this project but to be honest we only need the deadly original to kill the crowd, banging out all over Ibiza and set to punch a whole in the UK very soon.
The Chapters – Sligo RAG week ‘10
On the first day of RAG week 2010, SligoTV caught up with Dublin band, The Chapters.
Ross McNally and Michael Murphy joined us on The Mall ahead of their gig in The Leitrim bar.
So far the guys have released their debut album, Perfect strangers, and are on tour promoting their fourth single Black Room, which is available to buy from March 5th
Codes play Clarence
SligoTV caught up with Indie, electronic band Codes before their Sligo gig. The foursome, Daragh Anderson, Eoin Stephens, Raymond Hogge and Paul Reilly were signed by record label E.M.I, earlier this year. The cheeky lads gave us an insight into the world of their big happy family.
Sligo’s got talent
Sligo’s got talent began two months ago with 26 contestants and now there are only 8 acts left. Last week saw Jamie Callaghan eliminated after he faced Martin Lawrence in the bottom two. One of the favourites, Dean Mahon chats to SligoTV after his performance and lets us in on his plans for the competition.
O’Connell Street will re-open to traffic
Over one hundred protesters gathered outside Sligo’s City Hall to lobby the Borough Councillors ahead of their meeting to re-open O’Connell Street. The campaigners spirits remained high for the duration of the meeting with music provided by the Samba Band. Seamus Kealy, spokesperson for the citizen led group, delivered the bad news to the crowd. After three years of pedestrianisation, a council vote of eleven to one outweighed the 2,600 names on the petition to keep Sligo’s main street free from cars. Jude Devin’s of Fianna Fail was the only councillor to defend the pedestrianised street. Let us know your opinion on the subject in the comments section below….
Wallis Bird at Sligo Live
26 year old, singer-songwriter, Wallis, is a bundle of energy and a delight to watch, as she takes performing to new heights. Wexford born, Wallis, explains why she doesn’t own a television (outlined in her song Bones) and how losing her fingers in a childhood accident has made her more positive in life.
The Saw Doctors
Saw Doctors returned to Sligo Live on Sunday night after headlining the pilot year of the festival in 2005. After their sound check, SligoTV caught up with Leo Moran and Davy Carton in the Radisson hotel. Both musicians have been members of the Saw doctors for an outstanding 23 years. We chatted about how they we’re discovered, their world tours and threw in a little GAA talk for good measure…….
Martha Wainwright at Sligo Live
Canadian-American singer-songwriter, Martha Wainwright has an innate ability to connect with the audience and perform on stage as if she’s in her own sitting room, making a singers job look easy. Talking to SligoTV, before her sell out gig, Martha told us about the mini adventure she had during a walk to Rosses Point and described our lovely airport as ‘cute’…….
Own a chord at Sligo Live 2009
Strandhill based, Own a chord have become very successful since the group was formed in 2007.
The barbershop quartet, comprising of Tommy Bree – Baritone, Liam Cunningham – lead, Micki Murray – tenor, John McHugh – Bass, won a silver medal in the Irish National Barbershop Convention last year. Here the gentlemen tell SligoTV about their other media experiences…..
