All Things Eve
All Things Eve is a singer-songwriter originating from a small town in the west of Germany, who has chosen Ireland as her musical home in 2022
All Things Eve shares her personal petty anthem, ‘Cowboy Attire’ on Friday, the 3rd of October. Going through a slight change in sonics, Eve and her band are branching out from their formal folk-only formations. Adding hefty guitar tones, wily basslines, and fusing them seamlessly with hard-hitting lyricism and poignant vocals, ‘Cowboy Attire’ was written to leave a long-lasting impression.
Eve describes: “‘Cowboy Attire’ was born out of pure and deep-rooted resentment for an ex who I had caught cheating on me. It’s petty, it’s angry, and all my friends have indeed told me to finally move on from it. It is rare that I can channel feelings for such a long time after an incident like this, which proves that betrayal is just something I won’t ever be able to handle well. So I chose to channel it through this song.”
All Things Eve is a singer-songwriter originating from a small town in the west of Germany, who has chosen Ireland as her musical home in 2022. Intense and genre-blending, Eve’s songwriting encapsulates her own journey, reflecting on relationships, her queerness and her own becoming.
Since moving to Dublin, Eve has been an active part of the local live music scene, playing iconic venues and showcases such as Whelan’s, The Workman’s Club and Ruby Sessions. In September 2024, ‘June Moon’ was released, garnering significant attention throughout various Irish Media outlets, including Hot Press, GoldenPlec, Genuine Irish, and RTÉ.
In 2025, All Things Eve and her band have been busy with playing live shows and focusing on recording their debut EP, which is set to release in early 2026. Following a busy festival summer playing sets at All Together Now and Electric Picnic, they are part of this year’s line-up for Ireland Music Week in October.
Jeff Buckley – Lover, You Should’ve Come Over
If you have ever spoken to me about music, there’s a 95% chance I have mentioned Jeff Buckley, and my deep love for this song specifically. This is the track that introduced me to Grace, an album I return to at least once a week. There’s a certain quality of songwriting Jeff possessed that I haven’t been able to retrieve in any other artist or record. Lover, You Should’ve Come Over is lyrically unshakable, and encapsulating a huge range of emotions through its sonics. It’s hard to beat.Dodie – She
I watched Dodie grow as a songwriter and person via YouTube, all while I was growing up myself. When she first released a clip of this song in 2011, I was 13 and I remember crying while watching, realizing how deeply I related to it. Beautifully and simply written, and painfully relatable for any teenager going through their queer coming of age.The 1975 – It’s Not Living (If It’s Not With You)
This song has gotten me through multiple breakups. While I’m aware that it was written about Healy’s struggles with substance abuse, for me it’s a hopeful kind of breakup bop. The guitar riff is simply too catchy for tears. There were times I listened to this song fourteen times in a row, just to keep myself from bursting into tears on public transport. Matty Healy’s mysterious lyrics (e.g. “got a twenty stone monkey that I just can’t beat”) also did their part in helping me find comedy within the drama of it all.Angie McMahon – Letting Go
(Or really, the whole album this song is on.) I only discovered Angie in 2023, through the release of her sophomore album Light, Dark, Light Again, and I’ve been her biggest fan ever since. She’s played in Ireland twice since then, and both times I went to see her live. The outro of this song follows a repetitive mantra: “It’s okay, it’s okay, make mistakes, make mistakes”. I found this track at a time I really needed to hear those words, as simple put as they may sound now. At times it gets hard to believe that mistakes aren’t the worst things to happen in life, but rather an essential, important part of it all.Matt Corby – Miracle Love
“We got carried away”, this track musically emulates that exact line. The soft piano chord progression paired with oddly driven drums makes you sway side to side, creating space to listen to the heart-wrenching lyrics in the inbetween. Matt Corby has an undeniable ability to bring both music and lyrics into one boat and let them speak to each other, let them fight it out, create tension and release in the very same spot. ‘Miracle Love’ has been on my playlist for a long time and will always stay there!Billie Marten – This Is How We Move
Another gateway song. Billie Marten’s songwriting is something I deeply admire. My reference list is stacked with her discography. Beyond her instrumental abilities, her choices when it comes to vocals are always intriguing. ‘This Is How We Move‘ is one of my favourite songs to play when I’m feeling anxious, a reliable and old friend. Billie has been writing for most of her life, and it shows. I briefly met her after her show at the Button Factory in 2023, and she was incredibly sweet, and complemented everyone on being well dressed.
Bon Iver – From
Bon Iver’s whole discography is essential to me, and For Emma, Forever Ago is one of my favorite albums. Justin Vernon is known for taking musical risks, challenging listeners to reevaluate whether they want to stay on board with each release at a time. And I love that. It’s a lesson I try to remind myself of as a songwriter: change is constant. His most recent album, ‘Sable, Fable’, struck a particular chord with me. In From, Vernon pleads for his partner to stay just a little longer. The collaborators (Jacob Collier, Jim E. Stack, and many more) speak volumes about the caliber of musicianship on this track and album and it’s audible throughout the song.Leif Vollebekk – Rock and Roll
I get to circle back to Jeff Buckley here and when I first found this song, I didn’t even know about it. I later learned that Leif Vollebekk wrote Rock and Roll after dreaming that Jeff was giving him a guitar lesson in a Manhattan rehearsal space. Easing the listener into the free-spirited setting of the track, the intro bars are laced with lush string arrangements and driven drums. With lyrics pointing at the highs and the lows of life’s happenings, a big blow in one line and a slightly nihilist, immediate relief by the next. The whole scheme of real Rock and Roll in one song, if you will.Adrianne Lenker – Ingydar
Adrianne Lenker, in my opinion, is one of the greatest songwriters of our generation. The way she weaves melodies in with such existential topics, her fragile vocals at the core and the duality between her own project and her band Big Thief. Ingydar in particular feels like poetry carefully crafted into song. The words are so deliberately picked, I always wonder how much time it took for this song to arrive in its final form.Lizzy McAlpine – Vortex
I discovered Lizzy in 2020, in the midst of the pandemic, and have been watching her rise ever since. Her sophomore album ‘Older’ in particular has been an absolute joy to re-visit on a regular basis, since I always find new discoveries beyond the obvious. Her songwriting is incredibly raw but always clever. Her vocal performance in ‘Vortex’ has brought me to tears multiple times, especially seeing live recordings of Lizzy and her band. It’s no wonder the woman was recently part of a Broadway production.