'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
One of the more despairing aspects to this collection of random pieces about music and the Irish music industry is the constant spectre of death. The Blackpool Sentinel has endured for almost ten years now and, when we first started imposing on your patience, little did we imagine that we’d be dealing with so much... Continue Reading →
Thirty years ago, tonight, long after the watershed, I was in a suite in the old Jury’s Hotel on Cork’s Western Road with a handful of colleagues from work. We’d been out that evening to mark the broadcast of the fruits of our recent labours, a music television clip show that was about to set... Continue Reading →
Eamonn Crudden features prominently in any credible history of the Irish underground during the 1990s and beyond. A man of many talents, he was one of those who founded the Dead Elvis label, home to several of Ireland’s more interesting, independent-spirited groups during this period. In this piece, Eamonn writes about the Dead Elvis label and, especially, his involvement... Continue Reading →
40 years ago today, U2 played a memorable live show at The Phoenix Park in Dublin. It was the band’s biggest ever Irish concert to date. In this guest post, Kieran Cunningham recalls that day – 14 August, 1983 – when U2, Eamon Coghlan and the Gaelic footballers of Donegal were all kicking for home... Continue Reading →
Every summer, one of the many public spaces in the area in which I live in South Dublin, is temporarily colonised by live music producers. Vast quantities of trussing and tarpaulin are off-loaded into what is normally a sprawling, sedate setting around Marlay Park, in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains, and unsettle it for... Continue Reading →
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