Blog - Pinocchio Magazine

18 June 2021

Ethereal intuitive indi folk artist

Giorgio Drupi

LEWIS is a half Irish/English Indie Folk singer songwriter, musician and educator who works with an uncomplicated loveliness of sound, blending ethereal, evocative vocals with original compositions and reinventions of…

News

15 June 2021

David Owens’ vanlife

Giorgio Drupi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B50yhXTUfU I’m DAVID OWENS, a street musician from Galway, Ireland. Over the past few years I’ve been living in Dublin - wheeling my baby grand piano to Grafton Street and…

People

11 June 2021

A nice 4 piece neo trad disfunctional family

Giorgio Drupi

STRINGS & THINGS are a four-piece, high energy, contemporary, folk/traditional/roots band from Thurles, Tipperary, Ireland. Coming from different musical backgrounds including trad/rock/pop/heavy rock and indie, they all played with various…

Music, News

4 June 2021

Infinite Creativity

Chiara Liberio

ANNAMARIA MARIOTTI has a degree in Modern Languages and works as a secondary school teacher, but she has always been passionate about acting and singing, which led her to pursue…

Music

1 June 2021

Summer Italian Pasta Salad

Sonia Ramundo

Pinocchio has been a friend of Ireland AM for many years. We would like to share the recipes Giuseppe Crupi, director of the Pinocchio Italian Cookery School, prepared live on…

Food, News

28 May 2021

Big Love – Punk folk dramatic storytellers

Giorgio Drupi

Big Love was formed in 2017 by friends and songwriters, Cian Ó’Maonlaí (lead vocals) and Jack Cody (guitar/vocals), the band grew to include Megan Nic Ruairí (keys/vocals), Dan Aherne (bass),…

Music, News

24 May 2021

Watching words dance

Chiara Liberio

SASHA TERFOUS is one of the most gifted artists on the Irish spoken word scene. She was born in New Ross, co. Wexford, and has emerged from the vibrant art community…

Books

21 May 2021

Natural born bookseller

Chiara Liberio

TOM HOBAN is a native Dubliner, booklover and bookseller. Apart from a brief foray into bar-work and what he describes as a "disastrous experience" as a chef, he has worked…

People

17 May 2021

With spoken word artist Dagogo Hart the best medicine is poetry

Chiara Liberio

DAGOGO HART is a writer, playwright, performer and spoken word artist. He is based in Dublin but he is originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Dagogo’s fascination with words started at the…

Books, News

14 May 2021

Africa transforms a reluctant accountant into a passionate storyteller

Chiara Liberio

Sometimes, if you grow up in a house full of books, writing and travelling become your secret passion. This is what happened to VANESSA PEARSE, who studied business and reluctantly…

Books