Never be the same again
Melanie Chisolm, sporty spice or Mel C – call her what you will – has been receiving rave reviews for her 5th album ‘The Sea’, Melanie C tells Ryan Cullen about fame, family and her love of performing in Ireland. Selling approximately eighty-seven million records in the music industry (including Spice Girls) makes her a [...]
City And Sound
In the latest instalment of our series on the inextricability of a style of music and its city of origin, Martin Gilroy puts the spotlight on the home of Motown, Detroit. “The runaway success of the label coincided with the rising civil rights movement and its position as a black-owned company promoting exclusively black [...]
Too much of a good thing, or matches made in heaven?
Supergroups are annoying and self-indulgent endeavours, forums for already huge egos to swell and expand to otherworldly levels and let’s face it…. most of the music they create is a horrendous atrocity that should have never seen the light of day, right? WRONG. As narcissistic and conceited we feel they are, some of the best [...]
UCD Noughties Orchestra to perform ‘Hits of the Noughties’
Aonghus McGarry spoke to one of the organisers of the most interesting musical event to take place in UCD for years An orchestra consisting of, and managed entirely by, UCD students is set to perform the ‘Hits of the Noughties’ in aid of mental health charity Aware. James Harding, bassoon player within the orchestra [...]
Girl Talk: On the record
Having been hit with a serious case of over-excited music nerd fandom Aonghus McGarry and Simon Mulcahy had the chats with mash-up mastermind Gregg Gillis, better known as Girl Talk. Context is everything with Girl Talk. If one was to take his albums at face value, they’d find a mish-mash of seemingly impossibly [...]
Mr . Scruff – Get a move on
Ryan Cullen speaks to Mr Scruff, or Andy Carthy as his family more than likely call him, about marathon DJ sets, cups of tea and his upcoming gig in the Button Factory Andy Carthy (aka Mr Scruff) is generally recognised as one of the foremost pioneers in the sampling of hip-hop, jazz and almost any other genre, [...]
Neil Delamere
A common fixture among Irish panel shows, another nationwide tour and a Viking documentary to top it off; Neil Delamere shows Ryan Cullen how his quick wit and flowing banter endeared him to audiences nationwide. In recent times, Delamere has been working on ‘The Only Viking In The Village’, a show about Ireland’s Viking past [...]
The Maccabees
Rebekah Rennick sat down with one of the men behind the first great guitar album of 2012, Felix White of The Maccabees. For any music enthusiast, when presented with the opportunity to interview a band there is always going to be that sense of excitement. Here is the chance to personally delve into the mindset of [...]
Meteor Choice Music Prize announces New Award
Lisa Gorry takes a look at the new award set to honour the public’s wishes A few weeks ago, the prestigious Meteor Choice Music Prize added an extra award to the prize, the inaugural Irish Song of the Year, which sees 10 of Ireland’s favourite songs from the past year compete. Unlike the Choice [...]
Rodrigo Y Gabriela
From Busking on Grafton street to putting in blistering performances on stages all around the world, Rodrigo Y Gabriela have won the crowds over with a unique brand of contemporary classical guitar work with all the zest of the Latin culture. Ryan Cullen caught up with Rodrigo ahead of their highly anticipated Dublin gig. [...]