Madison Youth Bands Rock the Loft – March 13th

TKG Music Group and the MAMAs present Rock the Loft: A Benefit for the Madison Area Music Awards, Saturday, March 13th at the Loft in the Atwood Community Center.

This show will feature Ireland’s Kiernan McMullan and several of Madison’s best high school rock bands.

Supporting McMullan will be:

Loftland / Fighting Aurora / Good News First / Waking Grace

Doors at 6 PM, Music at 6:30 PM – All Ages $10

Kiernan McMullan is an irish singer/songwriter who is signed to One Eleven Records. He has toured and played with everyone from LFO and Rookie of the Year to Lenka, Forverinmotion, Jet Lag Gemini and NEVERSHOUTNEVER just to name a handful. He may be a newcomer to the American scene but having grown up in Boston and moving to Ireland at 15 he started touring in Ireland around the age of 18. He gained some minor success with his first single there “Borderline” which got him shows with everyone from Cathy Davey and The Coronas as well as slots at the D 10 festival with the Zutons and Sharon Shannon and help building a loyal following there. This also helped him land 2 SXSW shows this last year where he finished to a standing ovation.
So as far as the future is concerned, it looks like a lot of the same. Having just returned from Los Angeles where he finished work on an acoustic EP to be released shortly after the new year in 2010, he is rambling around the country again playing a small amount of dates.