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.
Word filters through the most discerning Dublin circles when news that someone of Brad Mehldau's stature is riding into town. Accompanied by bassist Larry Grenadier, and drummer Jeff Ballard, it seems that every pork-pie hat and pair of knee-length suede boots have been spruced up to greet Mehldau's latest visit to Irish shores. Not that jazz is in any way shy when its stage antics connect with the kind of pilgrimage aesthetic that gripped more than one punter this evening. In their most cocky context, Mehldau's indulgences sometimes over-po...
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.
They are one of Britain's best loved and least well-known new bands. Their debut album, Not Accepted Anywhere spawned hit singles like Monster, and now they're back with a radically different difficult second album, This is a Fix. TMO talks to The Automatic's lead singer Rob Hawkins
Carl Newman, of Canadian band The New Pornographers, talks to TMO about pop music, songs, and why it takes more guts to write a happy song like 'walking on sunshine' than cooler sad songs.
Bologna, home to the world's oldest University (founded in 1088), has a rich and varied history - founded by the Etruscans, developed by the Celtic tribe the Boii (from whom it gets its name), and conquered by both the Romans and later the Vatican
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Now that concerns Nina Persson's A Camp project would only be a once-off novelty have been somewhat satisfied by this year's Colonia, 2001's self-titled debut is worth spinning again with a little more leisure. With its
Poor Gordon Brown - he must look with no small amount of envy across Europe to Italy, where Silvio Berlusconi looks set to romp home in this weekend's European Election vote with his Popolo della Liberta party expected to win somewhere around 40% of the vote (which combined with their righ-wing alliance partners the Lega Nord should bring...
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