STEVE DAVIS, Cyprus Avenue, Cork, tonight, €15 ONE of my favourite gig memories of recent years is seeing Steve Davis – yes, that Steve Davis – play a four or five-hour set at Tengu in […]
But it gets you right down to your soul: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds at Kilmainham
I’m going in for a hug with Nick Cave and I’m pretty sure he could use one. We all could, it’s been one of those nights. I’ve just crashed the stage with 50 wannabe Bad […]
This week’s Irish gigs highlighter
A-HA, Live at the Marquee, Cork, Tuesday, SOLD OUT Norwegian icons A-ha pop come to Cork armed with some timeless classics. Over the band’s 10 albums since 1985, the band have flirted with blues, rock […]
In this together: Nick Cave’s growing bond with fans
When our rock stars hit 60 it’s usually time for retrospectives, best-ofs and classic album tours, but Nick Cave is an artist who’s continually raging against the dying of the light. Cave turned 60 last […]
Black rain come down: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds in 10 songs
There’s a case to be made for Nick Cave being a rock’n’roll shape-shifter of David Bowie’s equal, even if he’s looked like a spindly Thin White Duke in a black suit for 30-odd years. I’m […]
AVA Festival: It’s all about the Belfast crowd
AVA creator and organiser Sarah McBriar was boasting in the Irish Times this week about the festival’s USP — the unpretentious up for it Belfast crowd. If you’ve got that as a base for an […]
Here’s a radio documentary about why you should be at Open Ear this weekend
With AVA festival and Forbidden Fruit this weekend and Life Festival last week hoovering up thousands of techno buzzers, a select few hundred are heading to the wilds of Cork for the underground electronic music […]
