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Clear Sky Ensemble

Niwel's 10-piece band the Clear Sky Ensemble sold out the Everyman Palace Theatre for their first gig in June and since then have been having a blast playing for festival audiences in Donegal, Mayo and Leitrim. The band is really looking forward to playing the Spiegeltent in the Dublin Fringe Festival on Wednesday September 19th. The show has met with fantastic enthusiasm from audiences - we're looking forward to performing the music written specially for Clear Sky, the Big Bang Symphony, in Dublin.


Guest DJ appearance

Niwl has been invited to DJ an hour-long set on Cork's Radio ON - Radio ON is a public art project that uses the medium of radio to investigate social, political and cultural issues. The project is curated by Patricia Baker and David Dobz O'Brien, it is a temporary local Radio station licenced by the BCI . Radio ON will run from 12th - 16th September from 10am to 3pm daily and will have a broadcasting range reaching the entire of Cork City and its environs, the radio station will work in partnership with a website and all programs will be podcast. Niwel's show will take place at 10am on Thursday 13th September.

Niwel's first solo album is now on sale in Virgin Records, Patrick Street, Living Tradition, McCurtain Street and Plug'd Records, Washington Street, Cork!

Entitled "Uh! Nzela Molayi", meaning "Oh! It's a Long Way" in Congolese, the solo CD is released by Offbeat Records. It includes percussion by Éamonn Cagney.

See the gallery for photos of the special launch concert as part of the Cork Jazz Festival.

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Cork City Council Grant awarded to Niwel: October 2006

Niwel has just been awarded a grant by Cork City Council Arts Office Project Scheme for a cross-cultural musical ensemble. Featuring Cork-based artists both national and non-national, this group will reflect the shifting cultural mix in Cork city, and will also be joined by major visiting artists.

Niwel's CD now on iTunes Music Store