'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
The Frank and Walters, Into Paradise, Serengeti Long Walk, Kooky, Blink, We Cut Corners and Bawl: just some of the numerous Irish groups I’ve spent far too much time obsessing about over the many decades I’ve put in as a hanger-on. In the great, untouchable traditions of popular culture, they’ve all triggered my brain enough... Continue Reading →
On Friday afternoon, 2nd August 2, 1990, Pat Scannell loaded four of us into his old beater and faced it for Thurles. Not, as would have been the norm, to see Munster championship hurling but, rather, to take in the opening night fare at the first ever live music weekend to take place at Semple Stadium. As we set... Continue Reading →
On Tuesday, December 28th next, on RTÉ One at 6.30, Brian Reddin’s documentary, ‘How Ireland Rocked the ‘70s’ looks at the evolution of the festival circuit in Ireland during that decade. A decade in which rock music – national and international – began to take real root in Ireland. Against a back-drop of political instability... Continue Reading →
‘The one band that has kept Irish rock alive internationally in 1988’, roared Dave Fanning from the scaffolded stage at the RDS on Saturday, September 3rd, 1988, as he welcomed The Hothouse Flowers out onto the boards. A year, it should be said, after the release of U2’s ‘The Joshua Tree’ album and a matter... Continue Reading →
We’re delighted to host this piece by Niall Crumlish, which is included in the booklet that accompanies ‘You Never See the Stars When It Rains’, the recently-released anthology by Dublin band, The Wormholes. Niall is a psychiatrist and music writer from Dublin. He has written extensively for Hot Press and State Magazine and now posts... Continue Reading →
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