'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
The actor, Kevin Kennedy, takes the lead role in ‘Cinderella’, this year’s pantomime at The Empire Theatre in Consett, a small town in the Northeast of England. Best known for playing Curly Watts, the politically savvy binman on the long-running British soap series, Coronation Street, Kennedy also flirted with the underground music scene in Manchester... Continue Reading →
In this new piece, Colm responds to Ken Sweeney’s piece about Trashcan Sinatras. The two pieces were deliberately written as companions and are best read one after the other. Starting with Ken’s. I’ve spent an awfully long time trying to make Trashcan Sinatras a better known band than they are, and to little effect. From... Continue Reading →
In this guest post, documentary maker and writer, Ken Sweeney, explains the background to his recent Radio Nova documentary about The Trashcan Sinatras, which is nominated in the IMRO Radio Awards 2024. This piece is accompanied by a companion piece by Colm. The pieces were written together, from two perspectives, about the same subjects. https://soundcloud.com/ken-sweeney-991302946/the-trashcan-sinatras... Continue Reading →
To those of us who were getting our groove on during the late 1980s, a pipeline of information and entertainment came via television and radio and, in particular, some of the regular youth-focused output on RTÉ. Much of which we whinged about relentlessly but that now, with the benefit of hindsight, looks far more prescient... Continue Reading →
"From the echoes of Croke Park's battlefield to the timeless melodies of 'From Langley Park to Memphis,' Prefab Sprout's brilliance offers solace on the darkest days.
The Blackpool Sentinel 
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