Author: Cherry

Braid Real Music Club in Ballymena has been bringing gifted musicians and singers to the town for five years. With monthly gigs and events this month the Braid Real Music Club look forward to welcoming Tony Villiers, Simon Murphy and Kevin Doherty to perform at the Braid Arts Centre Tony Villiers has plenty of reasons to be cheerful. The debut album of this Armagh native, ‘Thin Wild Mercury,’ gained immediate recognition and accolades. His live shows are also creating an underground buzz. Award winning radio presenter Ralph McLean has declared Thin Wild Mercury as “…excellent, superb songwriting rooted in a great tradition.” Tony will be showcasing songs from his eagerly awaited second album SongsOf Love And Fate.” Simon Murphy has come a long way in a short time and is quickly emerging as one of the most exciting songwriters from Northern Ireland. Hailing from Randalstown, he counts psychiatric nursing as a day job but since the release of his debut EP Death of a Singer Songwriter in summer 2014, regular gigging around Belfast and enthusiastic support from the likes of Stuart Bailie, Ralph McLean and Cherrie McIlwaine at BBC Radio Ulster, his musical career is rapidly gaining momentum. Recently Simon shared the stage with Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Don Henry at the Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival and in August played his biggest gig to date at Lakefest in Gloucestershire, where...