Not sure why, but Van Morrison features in today’s Entertainment section of the Kansas City Star. The Irish musician/singer/songwriter, god of Celtic soul, and dabbler […]

Read: Van Morrison: Into the Mystic »

When talking about David Gray being at the Galway Arts Festival, we mentioned Bell X1. They too now get their space in the Galway Independent […]

Read: Irish Music is Not all Blustery and Heart Wrenching »

A bunch of music journos in the British Observer have compiled a list of 50 albums that changed pop music. No albums by Irish performers […]

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If legalizing the illegal Irish in Kansas City and beyond is your cup of tea, you might want to support the CD No Paddy Left […]

Read: No Paddy Left Behind: Make it Work »

If you’ve missed the last almost thirty years, it might have escaped your notice that U2 began life as what we lovingly refer to as […]

Read: Priest Listens to Old U2 Record »

The European Commission has published a poll today showing that Ireland is very strongly in favour of its EU membership. 77% of Irish people believe […]

Read: Irish Hugely in Favour of Unknown »

The Forbes magazine list of the 100 most powerful celebrities, which ranks stars according to earnings, column inches and internet presence, has just one Irish […]

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Ok, I’m only mentioning this Irish story from The Spoof because it’s longer than something I’d write, and the headline promised more than what the […]

Read: Irish Behind 9/11 White House Confirms »

Speaking of the National Review list of Top 50 Conservative Rock Songs of All Time (or the last fifty years, if you prefer), John J. […]

Read: Encore: 50 More Conservative Songs »

Speaking of Irish singers and Bamoko, there’s a podcast interview by Larry Elliott, the Guardian’s economics editor, with Mr Bono over in Mali at the […]

Read: Part-time Irish Rock Star Learns Piano »

Refreshingly, the National Review reminds us that not all Rock’n’Roll is Bruce Springsteen and Mrs McGrath.
Yes, much of it is actually conservative - from […]

Read: Top 50 Conservative Rock’n'Roll Songs »

An Irish singer-songwriter from Kilkenny, Majella Murphy, has become the first artist to launch an entire album exclusively on a mobile phone. It must mean […]

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It is 1979 in Dublin. You have just become a teenager. You are too young to get into the TV Club or McGonagles. You cannot […]

Read: U2, That’s A Tribute 2U Fran »

The Kansas City Irish Festival back in 2003 was when I last saw The Indulgers. Indeed two of the photos on their homepage are of […]

Read: The Indulgers’ summer plans »

Belgium, one of the favourites of the 37 countries competing for this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, has shockingly been eliminated at the semi-final stage.
With a […]

Read: Ireland Progress in Eurovision (Belgium Don’t) »

-Is it getting better Voxer?
-Nah Christie, not when I’ve never seen you looking so lovely
-Do you feel the same?
-As you did tonight? Yeah lovely alright, […]

Read: Voxer & Christie: A Love Story »

An Index for each of the following has been added to the sidebar:
    • Black 47
    • Liam O Maonlai
    • Enter The Haggis
and of course:
    • Bono

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It’s here. Today is the day that the Irish man who shapes the world guest edits the British Independent newspaper. In his editorial Bono gets […]

Read: The Red Independent »

Something called Shamrockin’ was a great success.
From the Tullintrain West Pipe Band to Seven Nations to the Elders. 7N’s Kirk MacLeod told me he […]

Read: Rounding up the Irish Weekend »

You know that Bernard Shaw is the only person to have won a Nobel Prize for Literature and an Oscar for best Screenplay, but who […]

Read: Unique Irish Distinction »