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Leading Rock Critic to Give Belfast Talk
Leading music critic and feminist writer Jessica Hopper has been announced as keynote speaker for Women's Work, a series of events in Belfast celebrating the role of women in music and fascilitating...
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All Saints
Sunday, August 7Fall's Park, West BelfastAlways the coolest female pop outfit, with a hugely successful career spanning over a decade, All Saints are also one of the most iconic and accomplished. They...
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The Devil is a Songbird
Halcyon days, they were – heralded by an announcement on The One Show, of all places, cheered to the rafters in pubs along Waterloo Street – when Derry~Londonderry reigned supreme as the inaugural UK...
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How The Chemical Brothers Brought Belfast Together
Speaking to The Chemical Brothers' Tom Rowlands' ahead of the dance stalwarts' Belsonic gig this week, he wasn't able to recall much about their last Northern Irish gig in Portrush in 2008, but he did...
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Neil Young
The lightning storms that had ripped through Northern Irish skies this week may have been a portent of the musical thunder that Neil Young brings to shows, and Belfast, at last, is no exception.The...
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The Wild Swan
Time is the true judge of music’s worth, of the emotional heft it imparts to more than a single generation. So, neck firmly on the old block, I’d hazard now that The Wild Swan, Foy Vance’s third album...
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Oh Yeah, Ash Are Legends
Two decades on from the release of breakthrough album 1977, Ash are to be recognised for their contribution to music in Northern Ireland with a special Legend award.The Downpatrick trio, who returned...
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Nerve Centre Names New Musician-in-Residence
Multi-talented musician Marty Coyle is set to follow in the footsteps of award-winning jazz pianist Neil Cowley and MOBO nominee David Lyttle as Musician-in-Residence at the Nerve Centre.A seasoned...
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Two Door Cinema Club
So, welcome to this week's worst kept secret. The announcement that the tribute band 'Tudor Cinema Club' would be playing some of Ireland's most well-trodden gig venues this week fooled a few people at...
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City of Derry Guitar Festival
Friday August 26, 8.00pmFoyle Theatre, North West Regional College, Strand Road, Derry~LondonderryDerry~Londonderry will come alive with the sound of guitar from August 26 - 28 when the City of Derry...
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Hidden in the Harmonies
The balm of music, in these troubled times, has never been sweeter. For lovers of soothing, uplifting music, two concerts by Sestina, Northern Ireland’s only dedicated Early Music Ensemble, are...
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Seamus Heaney HomePlace
Celebratory Opening Weekend of the Seamus Heaney HomePlace and its dedicated performance space The Helicon, in Bellaghy, County Derry. It is also the prelude to a year-long programme of events across...
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Superlungs Warms Up for Belfast
The tragedy of Terry Reid’s career is that he is better known for what he didn’t do than for what he did do. And, as any learned rock lover will know, what he didn’t do was join Led Zeppelin in 1968...
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Two Door Cinema Club
So, welcome to this week's worst kept secret. The announcement that the tribute band 'Tudor Cinema Club' would be playing some of Ireland's most well-trodden gig venues this week fooled a few people at...
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Derry Choral Festival Continues to Hit the High Notes
For five days later this month the City of Derry International Choral Festival will bring choirs from all over the world to the North West for an event which has rapidly established itself as a...
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British Composer Award Nod for 13 Vices
Belfast's first ever Music Laureate Brian Irvine and Dublin singer Jennifer Walshe have been shortlisted for a British Composer Award for their collaboration on 13 Vices.Presented by Moving On Music,...
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Bap Kennedy (1962 - 2016)
Bap Kennedy, who has died aged fifty four, was one of the most gifted singer-songwriters and performers ever to emerge from the Northern Irish scene and one of the most critically acclaimed.He first...
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Leonard Cohen: One for the Road
No matter what band or artist you ever work for, you always bump into one of them walking the streets. It could be in Manhattan and there's Gary, the drummer for The Libertines, and you chit-chat for a...
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Sarah McGuinness Has the Xmas Factor
Derry-born singer Sarah McGuinness is celebrating the holiday season this year with hitmakers of Christmas past, in the 'star'-studded video for her new song.Released on December 4, 'Christmas Every...
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The Lost Art of Writing a Christmas Song
Ever since the days when Wizzard and Slade battled it out like tinsel-covered gladiators for the UK Chart top spot, musicians have found it increasingly difficult to distill the spirit of Christmas...
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