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SOAK wins Northern Ireland Music Award

Ballymena Today favourite SOAK has picked up the Northern Ireland Music award for her album Before We Forgot How To Dream. Read out blog post about SOAK here. Stuart Bailie, chief executive of the Oh Yeah Music Centre, said: “There were many great records on the shortlist this year, but we’re delighted that Soak was the winner.”It’s a remarkable statement and a milestone for Northern Ireland music. The Sound of Belfast programme has once again shown so much amazing potential from our music makers and Soak is one of the artists that will take us into the future.” (Source) SOAK, who is from Londonderry, is going from strength to strength with a Mercury Music Prize nomination too. This Friday Lauren Laverne will announce the winner of the prize and we are all behind out Northern Ireland girl. The other acts which are up for the Mercury Music include: Aphex Twin: Syro Benjamin Clementine: At Least For Now Gaz Coombes: Matador C Duncan: Architect Eska: Eska Florence + the Machine: How Big How Blue How Beautiful Ghostpoet: Shedding Skin Jamie xx: In Colour Roisin Murphy: Hairless Toys Slaves: Are You Satisfied? Wolf Alice: My Love is Cool We love Benjamin Clementine, Ghostpoet and Wolf Alice and, as always, there are other acts which we have never heard of. To find out if SOAK wins tune into BBC 4 on Friday night...

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Robyn G Shiels to perform at Braid Real Music Club

One of our favourite musicians Robyn G Shiels will be performing at the Braid Real Music Club in a few weeks time. We first blogged about Robyn here, and he told us that he was looking forward to coming along and performing in Ballymena. Also performing will be Malojian. The event will be on Friday 20th November and is to be held in the Braid town hall. Her eis all the information you will need: Malojian – Armed only with his father’s battered acoustic guitar and a collection of Neil Young LPs, Stevie Scullion began writing songs in his early teens. Struggling to overcome a fear of singing in front of other people, he spent the next few years making lo-fi home recordings on a 4-track tape machine, before eventually finding his voice with acclaimed indie-folk act Cat Malojian. The band released two EPs and two albums worth of Stevie’s songs and were invited by Gary Lightbody to support Snow Patrol at Ward Park, Bangor, in June 2010, a performance that saw them play to 46,000 people – the largest ever music audience in Northern Ireland. In June 2011, midway through the recording of their third album, Cat Malojian split. Wasting no time, Stevie embarked on a solo career under the simpler moniker Malojian and soon released his debut solo album, “The Deer’s Cry“. The album gained widespread critical acclaim, culminating in...

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Braid Real Music Club – Ballymena

This weekend in Ballymena the Braid Real Music Club is showcasing some amazing acts. We have already raved about how much we love Katharine Philippa in this Music Tuesday blog post. On Saturday night you have the chance not only to hear Katharine, but also to enjoy the talents of Mandy Bingham, Ciara O’Neill, with support from Alice McCullough. It sounds like it is sure to be an excellent night out. Braid Real Music Club – Ballymena And for anyone who is unfamiliar with the work of these talented women here are a few videos which will give you a taste of what to expect. Here is Mandy Bingham playing at Belnash earlier this year. Here Ciara O’Neill performs Invent Me. Wow, add Katharine into the mix and we are blown away. What a great night out in Ballymena! Click here to find out more about the local musicians who we have written about in our Music Tuesday blog...

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The Sound of Music at Ballymena Cinema

Ballymena Cinema will be showing “The Sound of Music” on Tuesday 31st March. They say; Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the most beloved family film of all time! Rodgers & Hammerstein’s cinematic treasure and Winner of five ACADEMY AWARDS®, including Best Picture*,stars Julie Andrews as Maria, the warmhearted young woman who leaves the convent to bring joy and music to Captain von Trapp (Christopher Plummer) and his children. Experience this magnificent movie musical filled with unforgettable songs, including “Do-Re-Mi,” “My Favourite Things” and “The Sound of Music”. So for today’s throwback Thursday we are heading back to it’s release 50 years ago to enjoy this little number. The Sound of Music at Ballymena Cinema “The Sound of Music” will be showing at Ballymena Cinema on Tuesday 31st March at both 14.30 and 19.30. Click here for more information and to book your tickets for “The Sound of Music” at Ballymena...

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Events in Ballymena this Autumn

The Braid Arts Centre Autumn Events Guide is now available to download. The guide can be downloaded here and is also available to pick up in selected stores in Ballymena. Events in Ballymena this Autumn The guide outlines events which are being held this Autumn in town. They include information about music events which include music nights by Tony Villiers and the Villains which we blogged about here, and from one of our Music Tuesday favourites Ciaran Lavery. It is being arranged by a group of dedicated music lovers – the Braid Real Music Club who are great at inviting wonderful...

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