2003

Featuring Dibbs from the Rockats and Lyn from the Shillelagh Sisters, Boz Boorer (rockabilly legend and musical director and guitarist for Morrissey) returns to Kilkenny

American songwriter currently residing in Nashville, he’s inspired by the Beat Poets. Jeff Finlin comes from the same motherlode of American music as songwriters such as

Greg Trooper is one of the best-kept secrets in Nashville these days. As  diverse a  group as Steve Earle, Vince Gill, Robert Earl Keen, Maura O’Connell and Billy Bragg

From Fort Wayne, Indiana,  this is high octane rockabilly, rooted in the fifties sound and equally loved by the punk and psychobilly audience.

A warm welcome back to Paul who thrilled us in Kilkenny in 2001. Supporting Laura Cantrell this time around, Paul’s brand of heartfelt music sounds

The Rockabilly Filly has done more for women in rockabilly than anyone since Wanda Jackson. Her mix of country and rockabilly has won her fans

Los Angeles’ Devics’grand, melancholic ballads are mysterious and ambiguous, not evoking any particular decade nor neatly aligning with any musical trends. Think early bar-room sounds, think

Jerry Fish’s alter ego Ger Whelan started off as lead singer with An Emotional Fish, one of Ireland’s leading musical lights in the 90’s.  Imagine an album

Laura Cantrell has struck a chord with public and critics alike receiving glowing reviews in Mojo, Q and The Times ( who named one of

With a traditional American music but a contemporary aesthetic. The music is lush and full with Sally’s voice shaping each word. Blending musical influences from

Songwriters Timothy Bracy and Peter Hoffman brought together a love of Replacements era punk, traditional country and “Elephant 6” styled indie-pop into the musical language

Kurt Wagner of Lambchop called him “sublime”; Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies said he was responsible for making him “fall in love with my record