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Babe in the wood

Owning 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

Space Rock

Disproving 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

Space Rock

Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00

Singing serious country

She 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

Trad

With 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 Manzarek

Billed 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 Thompson

Richard Thompson has been at the forefront of both folk and rock for the past 30 years

Tue Aug 01 2000 - 01:00

Post Rock

Looper is the side project of Stuart David and his wife Karn, the former ex-of Belle And Sebastian

Sat Jul 29 2000 - 01:00

Rock

Ten 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 good

Travis 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' Roll

Now approaching his mid-70s, Chuck Berry's influence in the evolution of rock'n'roll is beyond question

Sat Jul 08 2000 - 01:00

Vocal

For 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 Hayes

Flanked 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

Acoustic Rock

These days, she might be better known for Marlene on the Wall and Luka, but Suzanne Vega has a lot more to offer than her fuzzily…

Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00

Streets apart

Now firmly entrenched as a member of the London-Irish Murphia, Bap Kennedy - long-distance rock 'n' roller, survivor of several…

Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00

Roots

If it hadn't been for Paul Simon, it might have taken South Africa's Ladysmith Black Mambazo (right) a longer time to achieve…

Sat Jun 24 2000 - 01:00

Rock

It seems to be a regular occurrence that Irish singer/songwriters are picked up by roving A&R personnel eager for the Next…

Sat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00

Hanky Panky

While there's something to be said about legacy, there's no denying that it can be an albatross around the creative neck

Sat Jun 17 2000 - 01:00

Rock

She's lanky, unaffected by the latest fashion trends and does not adhere to current record company dictates for female singers…

Sat Jun 10 2000 - 01:00

Folk

Fifty-two-year-old John Martyn (right) began his professional career under the guidance of Scottish folk artist Hamish Imlach…

Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00

Kome to the Kabaret

Born in the small German town of Munster, Ute Lemper quickly departed for the more salubrious environment of Vienna

Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00

Rock

Led Zeppelin wasn't all about groin-centric rock and squeezing lemons until the juice squirted out, you know

Sat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00

Catching European dreams

You have to wonder. What ever happens to former Eurovision winners and participants? Most return to their country of origin and…

Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00

Rock Festivals

While Dublin received the Heineken Green Energy treatment a month ago, it's now the turn of Cork and Galway

Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00

Mumba one

Here comes an Irish Times public service warning: within the next 12 months the Irish pop music contingent will completely rule…

Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00

Sean Nos

For someone who says he has been around from the Cretaceous period, Iarla O Lionaird looks remarkably hip

Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00

A sassy schoolmistress who tugs at the heartstrings

Despite her disciplined school mistress demeanour (or indeed, perhaps because of it), there's always been something slightly …

Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00

Mr Bad Example

Aged 53 and looking it despite the blue jeans and unkempt hair, Warren Zevon returned to Ireland after a seven-year absence

Wed May 24 2000 - 01:00

Grandaddy

First it was Abba meeting The Clash in an underground car park

Tue May 23 2000 - 01:00

Spacerock

A quintet from rural Modesto, California, Grandaddy (above) looks set to journey into the realms of spacerock

Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00

Folk

Successfully straddling the boundaries of folk and country, Nanci Griffith's interest in performance stemmed from her parents…

Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00

Hello, hello, it's good to be back

Although no longer a fully functioning 8-legged music monster, Dublin-based band Something Happens are still able to pull in …

Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00

Not so tight

Can you hear me? "As well as I can hear anything. For a man of my age

Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00

Paul Brady

Once again, Paul Brady has come back from a few concerned years and delivered the goods

Wed May 17 2000 - 01:00

Howe Gelb

A man for whom a three-minute pop song is an alien concept, Howe Gelb has been a journeyman musician for almost 20 years

Tue May 16 2000 - 01:00

Elastica

The type of shouty punk/pop band which has long since seen better days, Elastica appear to have reached the point of no return…

Mon May 15 2000 - 01:00

Old Romantic

And to think it all started with young men in makeup and kilts..

Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00

Giant Gelb

One of America's more enduring cult figures and the driving force behind the Arizona-based group Giant Sand, Howe Gelb seems …

Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00

Yo la tengo

The problem with Hoboken outfit Yo La Tengo (roughly translated as Spanish for "I got it" in baseball terminology) is that, despite…

Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00

Pop

A Hoboken trio (Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew), Yo La Tengo have lately explored a somewhat more sedate facet of…

Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00

Vibrant Derailers show the way at Kilkenny

Bordering on the mildly surreal (visiting Goths, dildos in taxi cabs and requests to turn down the noise of cigarette machines…

Mon May 01 2000 - 01:00

Rock

Alongside Morrissey and a few other cheerful souls, Lloyd Cole (right) was a lucid antidote to the superficiality of mid-1980s…

Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00

Reba McEntire

It wasn't all Reba McEntire at this six-hour indoor country music festival

Fri Apr 28 2000 - 01:00

Paddy Casey

A clear case of talent triumphing over adversity, Paddy Casey received a hero's welcome at the final date of his recent Irish…

Thu Apr 27 2000 - 01:00

Sinead O'Connor

Appearing as part of RTE Radio One's Mystery Train Live series, Sinead O'Connor remains as iconic a figure as ever

Wed Apr 26 2000 - 01:00

Rock

Can we take it that as the billing is Sinead O'Connor and not Mother Mary Bernadette that her singing/conversational appearance…

Sat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00

Jack L puts the boot in

For a while it looked as if Jack Lukeman - Jack L to his growing fan base - might disappear into the folds of his swishing cloak…

Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00

Hot dog, jumping frog, the Sprouts for Dublin

It has been three years since Prefab Sprout last graced the record shelves with a new studio album - the grand, celestial Andromeda…

Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00

Rhythm'n'Blues

The UK is currently highlighting some fine R&B pop/soul acts that are largely influenced by the cream of US acts such as …

Sat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00

Stretching themselves again

In the most recent edition of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, there is a list of visual symbols appended as a key to…

Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
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