'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
Anthony O’Connor travelled to London recently to see Coldplay perform live. We’re delighted to host his first guest post for us, a review of a band he’s proud to reel in the decades with and claim as his own. On Friday evening, 12 August last, I saw Coldplay bring their Music of the Spheres tour... Continue Reading →
The GOO is a recently launched event and gig guide, edited by John Brereton, that’s available in Dublin. Colm was asked to write a piece about the late Cathal Coughlan for the magazine’s first edition, which was published in June. We’re re-producing that piece here. When Microdisney briefly reformed in 2018, it was on unfamiliar... Continue Reading →
Back in 2019, Donald Fagen introduced a Steely Dan live show at The Point in Dublin’s docklands by claiming he was delighted to be back in London. Twenty years earlier, the late American crooner, Perry Como, was rolled out onto stage at the same venue, stared out into the deep and told the crowd how... Continue Reading →
Colm was on RTÉ Radio One's 'Arena' last night speaking about Paddy McAloon in the week that Paddy turned 65. The audio can be listened to here Below is the transcript of his piece. And so Paddy McAloon of Prefab Sprout reaches the grand old age of 65. The man we might call ‘the songwriter’s... Continue Reading →
My late mother never met Cathal Coughlan but he might as well have been one of her own sons. She saw in him a talented singer and musician who, by making his way with his group, Microdisney, during the dank, repressed years in the 1980s, was flying the flag on the international stage for two... Continue Reading →
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