Why it’s time we supported our own

THE trouble with Cork is there’s just too much music.

Any night of the week there’s something unmissable, usually two or three concerts, not to mention rehearsals or launches where a body should be at. It’s a huge privilege to be a music fan in Cork city in recent decades.

Cork’s music scene is an ever-shifting ecosystem, with talent blown in from far flung lands and locally produced gems borne away on the tides. Music is what brought many of us to the city, and what convinced many more to stay.