In a memorable episode of his Revisionist History podcast, Malcolm Gladwell asks why the greatest country music is so sad, and came to the obvious answer that it’s all about the details. “We cry when […]
Tag: Bruce Springsteen
Steve Van Zandt interview: I walked out on $100 million, but I saved a few lives
In the infinite list of shocking moves by rock stars over the years, Steve Van Zandt’s decision to leave Bruce Springsteen’s E Street band right after the release of Born in the USA is up […]
Little Steven interview: ‘I’m not nostalgic, I just haven’t left the 60s’
Steve Van Zandt may be one of the most popular side men in pop culture — with an essential spot in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and as Tony Soprano’s chief adviser Silvio, but he’s […]
Bob Dylan doesn’t owe us anything
Bob Dylan is one of the last original rock icons, and he’s still the biggest enigma. In an era of oversharing – when even Mick Jagger last week tweeted a video of himself hanging off […]
Glory Days: Six legendary Bruce Springsteen Irish gigs
Born in the USA tour, Slane, June 1985 Bruce’s first ever Irish show was also his first ever outdoor European gig, with an official gate of 60,000 that reportedly swelled to 100,000. A few Slane clips […]
Hit the ground Running: Vann Music interview
POP music is full of brilliant eureka moment stories — but we’re not sure how many classics are composed in the bathroom. But Aaron Smyth of Dublin new wave electronic act Vann Music had a Radox […]
Gigs of the week: March 6 – 12
LIONEL RICHIE, Odyssey Arena, Belfast, Tuesday (Tickets) / 3Arena, Dublin, Wednesday (Tickets) LIONEL Richie’s latest tour is dubbed All the Hits All Night Long — but has Lionel played any other type of gig in […]
Pieces of a man: Gil Scott-Heron live in Dublin
Yes, it really is him on that stage at his beat-up Rhodes piano, telling us we “need to fly to better days ahead”. Some 40 years after A New Black Poet kicked the doors in […]
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