21/10/2019
I've seen enough Divine Comedy gigs, by this stage, to rate Neil Hannon less on the quality of the content and more on the nature of the performance. Despite his niche audience ...
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29/05/2019
The best thing about Michael Anthony – alright, Tony – Wright, the former member of And So I Watch You From Afar and current (at the time of writing) artist-in-residence ...
24/07/2018
Bathed in blue light and supremely air-conditioned to directly counter the relative sauna of a very hot and humid Belfast summer, the Empire Music Hall is perfectly set up ...
21/06/2018
Unlike Elvis, Mary Coughlan hasn't left the building when the time comes for her Millennium Forum show at Derry-Londonderry's annual jazz and big band festival. Instead, she’s causing havoc upstairs ...
20/06/2018
A starry roof. Paper animal heads. A tiny lantern shaped like a rabbit. A tree in the middle. And circus music being pumped out almost everywhere. Sounds a little crazy, but more than a little interesting ...
05/02/2018
Thirteen. Unlucky for some, but not the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival crew, who have unearthed another diverse and tantalising line-up of talent for us all to enjoy during their ...
01/12/2017
Cheesy pop music reigned supreme back in the 90s. Trust me, I spent enough hours listening to it all; singing into my hairbrush, dancing around my bedroom, pretending I was a pop star ...
08/11/2017
I lived through my teenage years at a time when liking Oasis was the 'in' thing to do. When you'd see a mop-topped Liam Gallagher leaning forward to the microphone inimitably ...
10/10/2017
It's looking less like The Day We Caught The Train and more like The Day We Caught The Rain as the heavens truly open on Belfast's Custom House Square just in time for ...
27/07/2017
As I arrive in the basement of Belfast's McHugh's Bar, notepad and camera intact, the Glenariffe musician is nearing the end of a successful May-June tour of the UK ...
