MPI - Martin Nolan and Associates are a booking agency and entertainment consultants. They can book a wide variety of acts to suit all of your event needs. They supply entertainment to host a variety of private functions using acts such as Abbaesque, Twist and Shout, Funkytown and The Llobet guitar duo. They are a fantastic resource for all your event entertainment needs. If you tell them we sent you, they'll be very nice!

MPI - Martin Nolan and Associates have some very busy months ahead of them, so we decided to pick out a few of the events they are involved in and let you know. Might give you some ideas.

MPI have just confirmed that they are now the exclusive agents for Platinum selling Sharon Shannon.  Martin Nolan had this to say said: "We are delighted to have Sharon on board and are putting a tour together for her in December with a guest appearance from one of our other clients, Shane Mac Gowan."

We are going to be featuring Sharon in the October ezine for NEO, so watch this space!

Also, MPI have just completed two succesful dates with multi-million selling band Ash and are now putting the finishing touches to an Irish Tour with Fun Lovin Criminals in November.

They have just completed a tour with Mozaik featuring Andy Irvine & Donal Lunny and have booked a series of dates for Meteor Award Winner David Kitt and double platinum act Declan O Rourke.

For any event, big or small MPI - Martin Nolan and Associates are the way to go.

Give Martin or Anne a ring on 01 - 668 4017 or drop them an e-mail. 

Conor: How long have you guys been together?

Tom: About a month. Though it has been a very very busy month for us. We have spent the time mostly doing private parties and corporate events.

Conor: Why Jazz?

Tom: I've been studying Jazz for about ten years now and I really enjoy the music.

Conor: How did you end up on the books with MPI - Martin Nolan & Associates?

Tom: Well, I have a few different projects going on at the moment. I am a presenter for BalconyTV.Com (winner of best music website at the 2007 digital media awards) and I work as a sound engineer for Session Hire (in the same building as MPI - Martin Nolan & Associates) so one day myself and Martin got talking and the rest is history.

Conor: My favourite question, if could say anything about Martin, what would it be?

Tom: He is a quiet guy who thinks positively. Always looking for ways to better himself.

Conor: wow... I wonder if Martin could help me better myself?..don't answer that :)

Conor: So Tom, I hear on the rumour mill (the rumour mill being a team of carrier pigeons that pass by my window each morning) that you have a claim to fame. Care to share?

Tom: Well, I once played in Woody Allen's band. I was in New York at one of his gigs and his band either walked off stage or had to leave. Anyway, the guy I was with just jumped up on stage and told Woody that "Tom is a legend of a double bass player". A few minutes later I was playing a set on the stage.

Conor: So what is the strangest thing that has happened to you at an event?

Tom: Well, this is not so much strange as weird. At a lot of events, there I am, playing away, doing my thing and people will just come up to be and start talking to me. They don't even seem to register that I'm performing and start asking: "Do you know that song?"/"Do you know the guy who organised this?". It is quite weird.

That is the end of the interview folks. The trio were fantastic on the night and the perfect example of the calibre of acts that Martin has available. Look out for Sharon Shannon next month and just remember, if you're looking for entertainment for any event, you need look no further then the NEO Ezine and MPI.