Breakthrough Irish musical comedy act Dead Cat Bounce are one of the hottest acts on stage at the Adelaide Fringe Festival at the moment, in more ways than one.
Their opening dates in Adelaide – their first ever Aussie shows – have seen them win rave reviews and a host of new fans, but it’s the [...]
Brian Kennedy’s voice is as evocatively Irish as those of Sinéad O’Connor or Máire Ní Bhraonáin or Luke Kelly. On the eve of his Australian tour, the Belfast troubadour tells ISABEL HAYES about his enduring affection for Australia, his forthcoming autobiography and the challenges of being a high-profile gay Irishman.
During this year’s Mardi Gras, [...]
AARON DUNNE chats to trad legend and Riverdance creative force Máirtín O’Connor about his upcoming tour to Australia.
His memorable appearance as part of the Masters Of Tradition showcase at last year’s Sydney Festival turned out to be one of the musical highlights of 2009, and fans of accordion legend Máirtín O’Connor will be glad to [...]
Tuam’s finest – The Saw Doctors – are heading our way.
AARON DUNNE spoke to founding member Dave Carton
about the band’s 20-year history and why it’s been 17 years
since their last Aussie gig.
“There’s wild bad drink in Tuam hi/Get that wasp off my sandwich.”
With lyrics like that, and raucous trad/rock melodies to match, The Saw Doctors [...]
With her tremendously successful new album, Saints And Scoundrels, still riding high in the Irish charts, trad legend Sharon Shannon brings her unique sound to Perth this week as she winds up her Aussie tour.
Sharon just finished a three-date stand at the Sydney Festival and will now jett across to WA to play the Perth [...]
Arrgggh, thar she blew.
What promised to be one of the most innovative showpieces at this year’s Sydney Festival turned out to be its most disappointing.
The shambles that ensued at the Rogue’s Gallery’s one-night stand at the Sydney Opera House Forecourt left many fans angry and the event’s creator, Hal Willner, embarrassed and apologetic.
The show began [...]
Despite turning 50 last year, there’s no sign of Dublin artist and musician Gavin Friday slowing down any time soon. He spoke to PÁDRAIG COLLINS about his upcoming appearance at the Sydney Festival, where he joins an unlikely band as part of Rogue’s Gallery.
Dublin singer-songwriter Gavin Friday will be part of a line-up of more [...]
Ronan Keating is in mourning. Like his Boyzone colleagues, he is slowly coming to terms with the sudden death of Stephen Gately. But Australia has helped him regather his thoughts and emotions, as he explained to AARON DUNNE.
Had Ronan Keating decided to just plain cancel his upcoming tour of Australia, everyone would surely have understood.
Still [...]
The Wolfe Tones will tour Australia for the final time in the new year. Maybe. The band’s songwriter and driving force, Brian Warfield, says it’s best never to say never.
For a band that was at the vanguard of republican folk music for many years and has endured a fraternal feud, walk-outs and break-ups, it’s best [...]
Thinking of Monkees. Not monkeys, but Monkees. The TV Monkees. Davy and Pete and Mickey and the other guy whose mother invented liquid paper.
Faced with the musical tsunami coming across the Atlantic from Liverpool in the early 60s, American TV executives decided that America needed their own fab 4 and The Monkees were born. Or [...]
