'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
Colm recently reviewed ‘The McCartney Legacy, Volume 1. 1969 – 1973’, written by Allan Kozinn and Adrian Sinclair, for the literary section of The Irish Examiner. We’re glad to be able to re-publish the piece here. Ian MacDonald’s ‘Revolution in the Head’, published in 1994, and ‘Shout’, Philip Norman’s 1981 biography of The Beatles, are... Continue Reading →
The Blackpool Sentinel was delighted to be asked to contribute to The Irish Independent’s recent attempt to name the fifty best Irish albums of all time. Ambitious projects about music and records are food-and-drink to those of us in the anorak classes, even if lists of this kind inevitably raise more questions than they answer.... Continue Reading →
Thirty-nine years ago today, The Smiths fetched up in Cork for the first time and played a storming, head-bending set at the old Savoy complex on Patrick Street. The band’s history with the city, and the impact of that show, are covered in detail elsewhere on this site. So its especially disconcerting that this weekend... Continue Reading →
Joe Healy and Ciarán Ó Tuama are important documentarians who have now become regular go-tos for anoraks, buffs and collectors. In dipping into the collection of stills and Super 8 videos they took around the streets of Cork city from the late 1970s onwards, and publishing digitized versions of that work on-line, they’re doing God’s own work for those of us who grew up during the decades when successive governments often forget that we existed. Their photos and film clips, many of which capture the heart or cardo of the city, are increasingly valuable resources to social historians and their work.
From his work with Light A Big Fire in the 1980s to the three excellent elpees he made with Saville the following decade, Ken O’Duffy has long been a favourite writer and performer of ours. As he prepares to launch another solo album, we’ve asked him to pen a piece about the record, ‘Sing The... Continue Reading →
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