'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
25 years ago this month, an incredible international line-up performed to a small, festival crowd at a country estate outside of Skibbereen, in County Cork. In this guest post, the Cork-born director and film-maker, Tony McCarthy recalls his involvement with the festivals at Liss Ard. On 31 August 1997, a car crash claimed the life... Continue Reading →
Delighted to host this guest post by David Heffernan. From Dublin, David is a vastly experienced and much-decorated music producer and director. Apart from ‘Curious … The Velvet Underground in Europe’, his credits also include international films on Van Morrison, Stevie Wonder and Fleetwood Mac. The interior walls of a former factory building on New... Continue Reading →
David Heffernan is a good friend and a regular confidante. I’ve written about our relationship in a previous post, and that’s available here. A one-time RTÉ presenter on radio and television, he’s also made some of the best and most celebrated music television in the country’s history. As one of the founding partners at Frontier Films, he’s... Continue Reading →
Donal O'Keeffe is an artist, writer and columnist with Journal.ie based in Fermoy, County Cork who, on the occasion of the death of Lou Reed, posted a wonderful piece to his blog A Hundred and forty characters is usually enough It's a terrific, personal piece and we're delighted to carry that piece here. Lou Reed is gone.... Continue Reading →
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