'An infrequent conversation between fans of music, some of it long-lost’
Following the recent cancellation of a planned live show by Aslan at Dublin’s Point Depot, a number of on-line clips re-surfaced in which Christy Dignam – the band’s frontman and spiritual leader - performs with and for other patients as he waits for treatment in a Dublin hospital. Christy has battled ill-health for many years... Continue Reading →
In this guest post, Cormac Ó Caoimh, a singer/songwriter from Cork, explains the delicate art of writing songs and reveals how his latest single, ‘Didn’t We’, co-written with Lindy Morrison of The Go-Betweens, came about. I have been playing the song writing game a long time now, although most people reading this might not be... Continue Reading →
Many of the summers I put down as a child were spent in the small village of Union Hall, then a bendy ninety minute drive from my home in the city and into the belly of the beast in West Cork. It’s a tradition that’s proudly preserved in my family to this day and we’re... Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
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