Brad Mehldau's recent brief Irish tour was the subject of feverish anticipation, but would the American pianist's performance live up to expectations? John Doyle went along to see this powerhouse of modern jazz....
In that late '70s moment between punk and Reagonomics, Bob Dylan chronicled his own Saul of Tarsus moment, with a trio of Christian albums. John Doyle dares to look back, and finds Mr Zimmerman cruising with Shelley....
When people mention the legendary Dubliners, the two names that readily spring to mind are the late-greats Luke Kelly and Ronnie Drew. John Doyle, though, takes a moment to remember one of the largely forgotten faces of the Dubliners, Bobby Lynch....
John Doyle spends an intimate evening with Neil Young's dark masterpiece, Tonight's the Night....
Amongst the former Celtic nations Cornwall has, for the most part, been overlooked. Cornwall, though, has a distinct and rich heritage, and language (Kernowek), which in the internet age is finding new outlets for expression - and at the forefront of this...
In the 1990s, 'country' music in Ireland meant the likes of Shania Twain and Garth Brooks, and Friday night line-dancing. For the lucky few, like a young and impressionable John Doyle, stumbling upon the music of Gillian Welch changed all that....
Best of from indie-rock 'supergroup' Luna. Seventeen tracks spanning 1992-2004....
Timely box-set released by Rhino Records....
Long forgotten album from the Beach Boys' Denis Wilson. Pacific Ocean Blue was first rleased in 1977, six years before Wilson drowned in the Ocean off Marina del Ray, California....
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