Basil BrushThose of a certain age and pedigree will recall with fondness Basil Brush, the rebellious fox glove puppet with the upper-class…Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Gong: it's been a strange tripAny self-respecting hippie, young and old, would have a soft spot for Gong, the onomatopoeically-titled avantgarde, anarchic …Sat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
Divine ComedyHere he is again: the dapper, thin frame, the clevercousin remarks, the nice Kurt Cobain lank hair, the wonderful songsWed Jan 24 2001 - 00:00
`Positive energy tinged with anger'It is a long way from standing in front of 80,000 people at Slane to playing two nights at the Olympia, but Richard Ashcroft …Sat Dec 16 2000 - 00:00
PlaceboThe cosmopolitan trio of Placebo (singer/guitarist Brian Molko is American; bassist Stefan Olsdal is Swedish; drummer Robert …Sat Dec 02 2000 - 00:00
Not as moody as he looksWhat the world doesn't want these days is another stultifyingly boring singer-songwriterSat Dec 02 2000 - 00:00
Phil OchsBorn on December 19th, 1940, in El Paso, Texas, Phil Ochs moved to New York in the early 1960s, quickly joining the radical Greenwich…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Sack full of good thingsIn a classic case of persistence versus foolhardiness, Dublin band Sack have come through the bad, obscure times to reach a point…Sat Nov 25 2000 - 00:00
Remorse as an inspector fallsImprint RTE1, Sunday BBC1, Monday Leargas RTE1, Tuesday The Weakest Link BBC1, Tuesday, €1, Tuesday Inspector Morse UTV, Wednesday…Sat Nov 18 2000 - 00:00
The ShaggsContenders for the best-worst rock band of all time, The Shaggs, hailed from Fremont, New Hampshire, and comprised three teenage…Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
MonophonicIt's an intriguing experiment - Stereophonics leader and songwriter Kelly Jones is venturing out on a brief tour to road-test…Sat Nov 11 2000 - 00:00
Splitting PumpkinsDespite transcending internal upheavals and personnel difficulties, despite the mass adulation for their streamlined, occasionally…Sat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
Tiny TimBorn Herbert Khaury in New York on April 12th, 1930, it was 30 years before Herbert (now calling himself Tiny Tim) became known…Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
Transformation once performance startsEmbrace are in an insidious position at the moment: caught between the fallout of Brit Pop and the rise of bright, shiny pop, …Sat Oct 28 2000 - 01:00
CountryThe latest wonder kids of US commercial country, Lonestar's (right) Amazed hit single has quickly become the most successful …Sat Oct 14 2000 - 01:00
Red dirt, blue bloodWhile her Queen of Country crown has, perhaps, been usurped by the likes of Shania Twain and Reba McEntire, there's no denying…Sat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
BluesToronto guitar virtuoso Jeff Healy has been put through the blues versus rock grinder and come out the other end relatively unscarred…Sat Oct 07 2000 - 01:00
Country's frayed fringeAs much a handy marketing term as a loose, bona fide music category, altSat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
Elliot SmithFor a singer/songwriter who first recorded with Fugazi-inspired alternative rock band Heatmiser, and who was once involved with…Mon Sept 18 2000 - 01:00
Go-Betweens revisitedWhen the Australian cult band the Go-Betweens decided to split up in December 1989, it was an unhappy Christmas for their fans…Sat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
CountryNow an adopted son of Ireland, Virginia-born and Texas-raised Steve Earle has confounded his detractors (and probably his supporters…Sat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
FolkUp until Gus Van Sant's 1997 film Good Will Hunting, Elliot Smith was but a fixture in Portland, Oregon's thriving music scene…Sat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
Bob DylanIn a public service compare-and-contrast exercise, The Irish Times brings you the second Bob Dylan live review in as many days…Sat Sept 16 2000 - 01:00
Bob DylanWhere to start? Simply, Dylan's history dictates he has little right to be as good as he was last night at Vicar Street.Thu Sept 14 2000 - 01:00
Mark KozelekBetter known as the frontman for San Francsico cult band Red House Painters, Mark Kozelek gives new meaning to the word "solitary…Wed Sept 13 2000 - 01:00
Lee Scratch PerryArriving in Ireland with a CV which has the words "legendary", "innovator" and "maverick" etched in stone on it, Lee Scratch …Mon Sept 11 2000 - 01:00
Singer/SongwriterThe man regarded by many as the greatest musical poet of the 20th century and one of the most influential figures in pop music…Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
AcousticAlong with American Music Club, Red House Painters carried the torch for low-key, low wattage, lo-fi miserablists in the early…Sat Sept 09 2000 - 01:00
Wynonna JuddBig and bold (not forgetting bouncy, brassy and sassy), Wynonna Judd is perhaps the least affected country music star to have…Mon Sept 04 2000 - 01:00
AmericanaNot so much a purveyor of Americana as a deft exponent of melancholic American pop music, Joe Pernice has been taking refuge …Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
A winning talentLong since regarded as the faceless master craftsman of Irish contemporary folk music, Jimmy McCarthy no longer has to leave …Tue Aug 29 2000 - 01:00
Forever the rebel in Wynonna CountryWynonna Judd's early life is another C&W tale of living off the clippings of tin, and doing the best you can until something…Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
FolkLong regarded as one of Ireland's finest songwriters, it's only in the past five years that Jimmy MacCarthy has come out from…Sat Aug 26 2000 - 01:00
Tribute to Woody GuthrieBy the time of his death on October 3rd, 1967, Woody Guthrie was acclaimed as a part of America's folkloreThu Aug 24 2000 - 01:00
Grabbing while it's going`When I was on CBS records, I only went to their offices twiceSat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Babe in the woodOwning a voice blessed with a rare sense of graciousness, Barnsley so-called folk-babe and Mercury Prize nominee Kate Rusby - …Sat Aug 19 2000 - 01:00
Singing serious countryShe looks like a model, yet it's clear that Alison Moorer has little or no time for posing outside the remit of her own publicity…Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
Space RockDisproving the current populist theory that the only decent musical export to come out of Iceland is Bjork, Sigur Ros have been…Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
TradWith her tenure as musical star turn in Riverdance on ice for the time being, the stage is set for Bronx-born Eileen Ivers (right…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
Ray ManzarekBilled as a "history of The Doors" in spoken word and solo piano, those expecting a reasonably cogent overview of one of the …Wed Aug 02 2000 - 01:00
Richard ThompsonRichard Thompson has been at the forefront of both folk and rock for the past 30 yearsTue Aug 01 2000 - 01:00
Post RockLooper is the side project of Stuart David and his wife Karn, the former ex-of Belle And SebastianSat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00
RockTen years is a few lifetimes in pop music, so its with equal amounts courage and foolishness that The Would Be's (above) re-enter…Sat Jul 22 2000 - 01:00
The band who feel goodTravis might not be the rat-biting, sneer-sniggering, beer-swilling epitome of rock 'n' roll (as Liam Gallagher said of them: "…Sat Jul 15 2000 - 01:00
Rock 'N' RollNow approaching his mid-70s, Chuck Berry's influence in the evolution of rock'n'roll is beyond questionSat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00
VocalFor those who didn't see The Blind Boys of Alabama (above) the last time they played Dublin, next Thursday and Friday at Vicar…Sat Jul 01 2000 - 01:00
Gemma HayesFlanked by former Crowded House bassist Nick Seymour and Something Happens guitarist Ray Harmon, and standing in front of a comfortably…Tue Jun 27 2000 - 01:00
