An irish gal in London town for 10 years - where's it gone?! Love music, design, good peeps, dancing, travelling, open fires, Donegal, coop (RIP..), Mau Mau, New Zealand (esp Coromandel & Urupukapuka in the Bay of Islands..) gaudi and gehry architecture, the sea, my 2 beautiful nephews, BOCA marina romea, sunshine, mojitos & manhattens...
Influences:
Musically... D'Angelo, Marvin Gaye, Slum Village, The Isley Brothers, Tribe Called Quest, Matthew Herbert, Donald Byrd, Koop, 4Hero, Vinia Mojica, Donny Hathaway, Nathan Haines, Dwele, Common, Raphael Saadiq, Coop, Fela Kuti, Louie Vega, Jocelyn Brown, Quantic, Carl Craig, Afronaught, Capitol A, Katie Barber, Herbie, Carl Craig, Bah Samba, Jay Dee (RIP, we miss you..), The Roots, Jeff Buckley, New Sector Movements, Atjazz, Restless Soul, Vikter Duplaix, Erro, Jazzanova, Phlasher, Lewis Taylor, Nina Simone, Kindred,Brotherly, Steely Dan, Face, Mark Pritchard, Theo Parrish, The Pharcyde, Quasimoto, Roy Hargrove, Bugz in the Attic, Shuggie Otis, Patrice Rushen, 2 Banks of 4, Gill Scott-Heron, George Benson, Hi-Tek, Recloose, Johnny Hammond, Martha Wainright, Stereolab, Bahamadia, Rasiyah, Don Blackman, Portishead, J-Live, Aretha Franklin, Sly & the Family Stone, SaRa Creative, Vanessa Freeman, RedNoseDistrikt, Dudley Perkins, Masters At Work, Tortured Soul, Jaguar Wright, Seiji, Floetry, Madlib, OvaSoul7, Steve Spacek, Bjork, Faith Evans, J Davey, Amy Winehouse, Syreeta, Prince, Break Reform, Bobby Brazuka, Rufus & Chaka, John Coltrane, Mos Def, IG Culture, Zap Mama, Omar, Ayro, Reel Peeps, Colonel Red, Little Brother, Kanye, Lauryn Hill, Anita Baker, Madlib, Bilal, Flowriders, Ella Fitzgerald, LyricL, Blackalicious, King Britt, Marlena Shaw, Bobby Womack, Roy Davis Jr, Naked Music, Silhouette Brown, Alice Russell, Quango, Bugge Wesseltoft, Jill Scott, Deniece Williams, Gary Bartz, Janet Kay, Dionne Warwick, Azymuth, Pharoah Sanders, Peven Everett, Fat Freddys Drop, Doug Carn, Lady Alma, Block 16, Herbaliser, Leon Ware, Dego, Talib Kweli, India Arie, Mr Scruff, Domu, DKD, Rainer Trubey, Shaun Escoffrey, De Lata, Pepe Braddock, Angie Stone, Osunlade, Fontella Bass, Incognito, Mica Paris, Monty, Gene Harris, Michelle Escoffrey, Kaidi Tatham, Moodyman, ?uestlove, Erykah Badu, Clara Hill, Amp Fiddler, Rufus Wainright, Ursual Rucker, Koop, I:Cube, Jurgen, Kyoto Jazz Massive, 2000Black, Wah-Chu-kU, Stereolab, Truby Trio, Yukihiro Fukutomi, Eska, Clara Hill, Jamie Lidell, DJ Spinna, Breakthrough, Clara Hill, Uprock Recordings, Incognito, Home Cookin', Izzi Dunn, Yam Who?, Bjork, Al Green, Teddy Pendergrass, Amalia, Minnie Riperton, Zansika, RAMP, Daz I-Kue, Otis Redding, Mark De Clive-Lowe, Q-Tip, Meshell Ndegeocello, Keziah Jones, Dilated Peoples, Soil and Pimp Sessions, Cinematic Orchestra, Luther Vandross, Plantlife, Jazmine Sullivan, Vivian Green..
Then comes the guitars..Led Zep, Kings of Leon, Antony & the Johnsons, Beck, Tom Waits, Arcade Fire, Can, The Jam, Pixies, Portishead, Massive Attack, Beach Boys, The Police...
Can't beat a good beat.
Inspired by travel, my family and friends, good conversations, learning new things and taking time to appreciate what's going on right now.. London wears you out! :)
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been hectic lately..(for reasons your bruv will fill you in on..) settling down a bit..in Londonat mo but back in a couple of days..hope you're still about ..drop u and your sis a text thamarra..muchos lovos..
Hope everyting nice!
(Me and 'my mob' are ALL GOOD).
Hoping to get up to Derry to play real soon, Leroy is trying to hook summink up!
I'm playing in Dublin next Friday....really looking foward to it....NOWT happening where I live unfortunately....RED NECK CENTRAL lol :-)
I'm sure our paths WILL cross in the non too distant future....(either 'here' or 'there') .... as we seem to move pretty much within the same circles!
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been hectic lately..(for reasons your bruv will fill you in on..) settling down a bit..in Londonat mo but back in a couple of days..hope you're still about ..drop u and your sis a text thamarra..muchos lovos..
Hope everyting nice!
(Me and 'my mob' are ALL GOOD).
Hoping to get up to Derry to play real soon, Leroy is trying to hook summink up!
I'm playing in Dublin next Friday....really looking foward to it....NOWT happening where I live unfortunately....RED NECK CENTRAL lol :-)
I'm sure our paths WILL cross in the non too distant future....(either 'here' or 'there') .... as we seem to move pretty much within the same circles!
Jim xxx
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