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We’re kicking off our first monthly mutantspace.ie Mutant Cabaret in association with The Glor Session from Dublin. This month we have a great line up all MCed by poetry slam champion, Stephen James Smith. Fiach Moriarty Described in Hot Press as a “Supreme performer’', Dublin singer-songwriter Fiach released his debut album So I in March 2010 on his own label Marcella Records to critical acclaim. It was quickly named 'Album of the week' on Ireland's national radio station RTÉ1. Fiach Moriarty is a 27 year old Dubliner, well respected and loved for his beautiful songwriting, exceptional voice and fantastic guitar playing and is fondly known as the ‘Hardest Working Artist in Ireland’, but it was his talent that found him sharing the stage with the cream of Irish and international artists such as Kinks frontman Ray Davies, Eddi Reader, Mary Black, Damien Dempsey, Bell X1, Sinéad O'Connor, Damien Rice and Mundy. His concerts are where this young artist shines, always unpredictable, and always a very special event. Up to now, Fiach has been steady on the gig circuit, playing festivals in France, Holland, New York and Scotland as well as gracing every top venue in Ireland. His music has been used by Sky News, Samsung and most recently Air Asia. Fiach has also appeared on the well-known Ceol compilation albums alongside artists such as Declan O'Rourke, The Corrs and, Oscar-winners, Swell Season. 'Instrumentally as well as vocally, So I is exceptionally resonant and richly textured with strings bringing a sense of the sublime to several tracks. Wonderful!' Hot Press 'So I is a debut album of depth and courage, guile and wit' Irish Times 'If there's one album you buy this weekend, make it So I' Daily Mirror 'Melding a powerful, soulful voice with folk guitar it announces him as a new force in Irish rock' Star Sunday www.fiach.net www.myspace.com/fiachmusic Stephen James Smith Stephen James Smith was Cúirt Literary Grand Slam Champion 2009 and won the ‘peoples choice’ in the ‘I am a Lagan’ tour, where he performed alongside Buddy Wakefield, Katie Wirsing and Andrea Gibson. He was Runner up in the All Ireland Final 2008 at The White House Limerick, finalist in the Dun Laoghaire Festival of World Cultures, 2008 and BBC 4 Radio Slam All Ireland Finalist 2007 where represented Leinster. Stephen Janes Smith has been part of the Electric Picnic since 2007 where he did a set in The Word tent in 2007 + 2008. In 2009 he was asked by Dermot Bolger to recite in the Literary Stage alongside Irvine Welsh. In the same year he ran the Spoken Word Stage at The Festival of World Cultures and took The Glór Sessions to The Redline Roots Festival. This year he’ll be hosting his own stage there. His work has been translated into Slovenian and he was invited to the invitational only Vilenica Literary Festival in Slovenia in 2009. As well as Slovenia he has recited in, London, Amsterdam, New York and will be doing some talks in universities in NYC, Boston, and Washington D.C. His poetry is included on an American University Syllabus (along with Tupac!) and he’s recently been involved with lectures to professors and students on a number of creative writing classes including in an Irish Literary course for his recitals of Yeat’s Poetry. He has worked with Youth Speaks Ireland last year, where he conducted poetry workshops with TY students around the country, as well as workshops in prisons. His first book will be out in the not too distant future titled ‘Pretending to be Happy?’ which is being published with The Galway based publisher, Maverick Press. They have published 5 poets so far those being: Dave Lordan, Stephen Murray, Mags Treanor, Elane Feeney and Neil McCarthy. Stephen hosts the Glor Sessions in The International Bar, Wicklow Street, Dublin every Monday night Fergus Costello Fergus Costello is a Performance Poet, Songwriter, Musician, Comic Entertainer and Story teller all in one. He was the cuisle international slam poetry champion 2009. He is the current Munster slam poetry champion and was the runner up at this year’s all Ireland performance poetry final which took place in the international bar Wicklow Street Dublin. In a newspaper article Davin O’Dwyer of the Irish Times said that Fergus’s performance of his “Hilarious comic monologues” was one of the “highlights” of the event. Fergus’s last gig was a special culture week event, in Cork, organised by “O’Beal” in the Hay Loft Bar. It attracted their biggest ever crowd, the event was full to capacity with standing room only, with people sitting on the stairs trying to get in. The fire chief was not amused but everyone in side was and highly entertained by Fergus’s one my show. He lives in Dolla, in North Tipperary, where he is working on his latest musical project” Fergus Costello and the Pound street Band” whose debut Concert took place in the Limerick University Concert Hall in June of this year which was well received. Dorothy Cotter EleventyFour is a Cork-born fun-sized music maker based in Dublin. She drove her stolen forklift onto the music scene in 2008 and hasn’t stopped gigging since. Half comedy and all heart, her shows are characterised by offbeat songs like Impatient Patient and The Forklift Song. Jim Carroll picked her as one of his Five Future Sounds in the Irish Times and The Irish Independant highlighted her in their Web's Best New Music category. EleventyFour won the Guinness Our Thursdays Competition to play on Arthur’s Day 2010 and was selected to play at Hard Working Class Heroes 2010. This made her a very happy Eleventy. She will be releasing her debut EP in 2011 (or Twenty Eleventy, as she likes to call it). "Cute as a button Kimya Dawson-like songs." Jim Carroll, The Irish Times "Totally unique and a much needed breath of fresh air." Limerick Live 95fm “EleventyFour is as funny as she is quirky. Upbeat, bubbly and full of sunshine. She’s abstained from the clutches of doom that being a singer songwriter can bring. Her memorable lyrics and melodies make for some very entertained audiences.” Mixtape.ie "Better than Celine Dion." EleventyFour's Dad http://www.eleventyfourmusic.wordpress.com http://www.soundcloud.com/eleventyfour http://breakingtunes.com/eleventyfour http://www.myspace.com/eleventyfourhttp://www.facebook.com/eleventyfour http://www.youtube.com/eleventyfourmusic Kalle Ryan Kalle Ryan is a writer and performance poet from Waterford. His plays and poetry have been published in New York City and Utah and he can now list award winning songwriter to his credits, having penned “My Blood is Boiling for Ireland”, the Irish Times alternative national anthem competition winner. Together with Enda Roche he runs and MCs the hugely popular monthly brownbread mixtape gig at The Stag's Head. Kalle is a proud father to his son Casper and lives with his beautiful wife Jessica in Dublin city. .... “...there is the feeling you felt at punk gigs in 1977 of no separation between performer and audience.” Dermot Bolger