"The Last Sunday Showcase" is unique opportunity to hear emerging original songwriters perform and takes place in the Holiday Inn, Dublin City Centre on the last Sunday of every month. The showcase is organised in association with IMRO. The July showcase showcase takes place this weekend on Sunday 27th July 2003 and the featured songwriters are:- Laura Isibor Richard Gilpin Cathy Maguire with special guest Liam Reilly (Bagatelle) Date: Sunday 27th July 2003 Doors: 9.00 pm Tickets:€8.00 The Last Sunday Showcase The Holiday Inn Dublin City Centre 99-107 Pearse Street Dublin 2 Phone 01 670 3666 web www.holidayinndublincitycentre.ie PLEASE SEE BELOW FOR BIOG INFORMATION Laura Isibor www.vibe.ie/music This super-talented 15 year old from Ballyboden, Co. Dublin was the winner of the 2003 2FM/Jacobs Song Contest held in Vicar Street in February and her winning song “Compatible” has received considerable radio airplay. Since winning the contest, Laura has been busy writing, rehearsing and recording new material and is heading to London later this year to write with some of the UK’s top urban producers. Richard Gilpin www.richardgilpin.com Belfast born and Donegal based Richard Gilpin is currently promoting his debut album “Beautiful Mistake” which was released late last year. Recorded in Maghera, Co. Derry, this album features fine performances from Henry McCullough (guitar), James Delaney (piano), Ted Ponsonby (dobro), Cathal Hayden (fiddle) and Rosemary Woods (vocals). Demonstrating his virtuosity, Richard draws together an eclectic blend of styles including acoustic rock, country, blues and traditional Irish music. Richard will be joined onstage by Remco Rodrigues, a Dutch guitarist now living in Donegal. Cathy Maguire From Dundalk, Cathy Maguire has been singing and performing virtually all of her life. She is descended from the ancient Irish bardic tradition and generations of her family have travelled the country making music as their livelihood. Cathy has tipped her hat at Nashville and has made several visits to "Music City" to co-write with some well established names there including Pat Alger, among whose hits are “Once in a very blue moon” and “Lone Star State of mind”, both songs recorded by Nancy Griffith. Cathy’s fresh, melodic style has aroused the interest of the Nashville cognoscenti who now want to write with her. A return trip to work with Shawn Camp and Kevin Montgomery is now imminent. This month's special guest is LIAM REILLY Liam Reilly is the definitive "trouper". His band Bagatelle are currently on tour to mark their 25th anniversary. Their tour will take them across Ireland, the UK, Europe, the USA (for the 32nd time!) and Australasia. As lead singer and songwriter for Bagatelle, many of Liam's songs are extremely well known. "Summer in Dublin" is now considered a standard and he has also written the contemporary Irish classics "Second Violin", "Streets of New York", "Flight of Earls" and "Somewhere in Europe". Currently writing and producing for two new album projects, Liam is a very busy man indeed this year. ENDS