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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The The

1980s UK pop music wasn't all about mullet haircuts and men sweating profusely in kilts and make-up, you know

Thu Mar 30 2000 - 01:00

Van Morrison

A genius to some, an irritation to others, Van Morrison has been cruising for years on his reputation as a rock artist of genuine…

Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00

Rock

As far removed from his punk rock beginnings as you can imagine, Mick Hucknall (right) has been the blue-eyed, but not necessarily…

Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00

Hypnosis and hating squirrels

Born in Jacksonsville, Florida, in 1965 and living in Georgia since he was four years of age, Vic Chesnutt is no ordinary singer…

Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00

Sting

If a Sting concert is like a masterclass in musical styles (lashings of pop, jazz, rock, intricate polyrhythms and noodlings …

Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00

Urban Folk

Following 12 years building a cult following and sharpening her skills as one of the best new contemporary singer/songwriters…

Sat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00

The Handsome Family

Armed with a guitar, a drum machine, a washboard, a collective personality disorder and an array of curious songs about life, …

Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00

Huff and Puff and oul guff

He's a millionaire rap mogul with a trail of dead friends, with a movie star girlfriend (Jennifer Lopez), with a sworn enemy …

Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00

Dark and Handsome

Not so long ago, The Handsome Family's landlord finally replaced the windows in their apartment

Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00

No pride like Charley

It's country music, Jim, but not as we know it

Thu Mar 09 2000 - 00:00

Classy soul

In what is probably the best and most sophisticated venue in Ireland for soul and R&B acts, Shola Ama proved that there is…

Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00

Roots

Quite possibly the most consummate of New Orleans musicians, Dr John's (right) musical education began in his childhood in the…

Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00

Randy Newman

It's a safe bet to say that 100 per cent of the audience at Randy Newman's concerts on Wednesday and Thursday wasn't there because…

Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:00
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