Kome to the KabaretBorn in the small German town of Munster, Ute Lemper quickly departed for the more salubrious environment of ViennaSat Jun 03 2000 - 01:00
Mumba oneHere comes an Irish Times public service warning: within the next 12 months the Irish pop music contingent will completely rule…Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Sean NosFor someone who says he has been around from the Cretaceous period, Iarla O Lionaird looks remarkably hipSat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Catching European dreamsYou have to wonder. What ever happens to former Eurovision winners and participants? Most return to their country of origin and…Sat May 27 2000 - 01:00
Rock FestivalsWhile Dublin received the Heineken Green Energy treatment a month ago, it's now the turn of Cork and GalwaySat May 27 2000 - 01:00
A sassy schoolmistress who tugs at the heartstringsDespite her disciplined school mistress demeanour (or indeed, perhaps because of it), there's always been something slightly …Thu May 25 2000 - 01:00
Mr Bad ExampleAged 53 and looking it despite the blue jeans and unkempt hair, Warren Zevon returned to Ireland after a seven-year absenceWed May 24 2000 - 01:00
SpacerockA quintet from rural Modesto, California, Grandaddy (above) looks set to journey into the realms of spacerockSat May 20 2000 - 01:00
FolkSuccessfully straddling the boundaries of folk and country, Nanci Griffith's interest in performance stemmed from her parents…Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
Hello, hello, it's good to be backAlthough no longer a fully functioning 8-legged music monster, Dublin-based band Something Happens are still able to pull in …Sat May 20 2000 - 01:00
Not so tightCan you hear me? "As well as I can hear anything. For a man of my ageSat May 20 2000 - 01:00
Paul BradyOnce again, Paul Brady has come back from a few concerned years and delivered the goodsWed May 17 2000 - 01:00
Howe GelbA man for whom a three-minute pop song is an alien concept, Howe Gelb has been a journeyman musician for almost 20 yearsTue May 16 2000 - 01:00
ElasticaThe type of shouty punk/pop band which has long since seen better days, Elastica appear to have reached the point of no return…Mon May 15 2000 - 01:00
Giant GelbOne of America's more enduring cult figures and the driving force behind the Arizona-based group Giant Sand, Howe Gelb seems …Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Yo la tengoThe problem with Hoboken outfit Yo La Tengo (roughly translated as Spanish for "I got it" in baseball terminology) is that, despite…Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
PopA Hoboken trio (Ira Kaplan, Georgia Hubley and James McNew), Yo La Tengo have lately explored a somewhat more sedate facet of…Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Vibrant Derailers show the way at KilkennyBordering on the mildly surreal (visiting Goths, dildos in taxi cabs and requests to turn down the noise of cigarette machines…Mon May 01 2000 - 01:00
RockAlongside Morrissey and a few other cheerful souls, Lloyd Cole (right) was a lucid antidote to the superficiality of mid-1980s…Sat Apr 29 2000 - 01:00
Reba McEntireIt wasn't all Reba McEntire at this six-hour indoor country music festivalFri Apr 28 2000 - 01:00
Paddy CaseyA clear case of talent triumphing over adversity, Paddy Casey received a hero's welcome at the final date of his recent Irish…Thu Apr 27 2000 - 01:00
Sinead O'ConnorAppearing as part of RTE Radio One's Mystery Train Live series, Sinead O'Connor remains as iconic a figure as everWed Apr 26 2000 - 01:00
RockCan we take it that as the billing is Sinead O'Connor and not Mother Mary Bernadette that her singing/conversational appearance…Sat Apr 22 2000 - 01:00
Jack L puts the boot inFor a while it looked as if Jack Lukeman - Jack L to his growing fan base - might disappear into the folds of his swishing cloak…Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Hot dog, jumping frog, the Sprouts for DublinIt has been three years since Prefab Sprout last graced the record shelves with a new studio album - the grand, celestial Andromeda…Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Rhythm'n'BluesThe UK is currently highlighting some fine R&B pop/soul acts that are largely influenced by the cream of US acts such as …Sat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
Stretching themselves againIn the most recent edition of the Guinness Book of British Hit Singles, there is a list of visual symbols appended as a key to…Sat Apr 01 2000 - 01:00
The The1980s UK pop music wasn't all about mullet haircuts and men sweating profusely in kilts and make-up, you knowThu Mar 30 2000 - 01:00
Van MorrisonA genius to some, an irritation to others, Van Morrison has been cruising for years on his reputation as a rock artist of genuine…Mon Mar 27 2000 - 01:00
Hypnosis and hating squirrelsBorn in Jacksonsville, Florida, in 1965 and living in Georgia since he was four years of age, Vic Chesnutt is no ordinary singer…Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
RockAs far removed from his punk rock beginnings as you can imagine, Mick Hucknall (right) has been the blue-eyed, but not necessarily…Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
StingIf a Sting concert is like a masterclass in musical styles (lashings of pop, jazz, rock, intricate polyrhythms and noodlings …Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00
Urban FolkFollowing 12 years building a cult following and sharpening her skills as one of the best new contemporary singer/songwriters…Sat Mar 18 2000 - 00:00
The Handsome FamilyArmed with a guitar, a drum machine, a washboard, a collective personality disorder and an array of curious songs about life, …Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00
Dark and HandsomeNot so long ago, The Handsome Family's landlord finally replaced the windows in their apartmentSat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Huff and Puff and oul guffHe's a millionaire rap mogul with a trail of dead friends, with a movie star girlfriend (Jennifer Lopez), with a sworn enemy …Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Classy soulIn what is probably the best and most sophisticated venue in Ireland for soul and R&B acts, Shola Ama proved that there is…Mon Mar 06 2000 - 00:00
RootsQuite possibly the most consummate of New Orleans musicians, Dr John's (right) musical education began in his childhood in the…Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
Randy NewmanIt's a safe bet to say that 100 per cent of the audience at Randy Newman's concerts on Wednesday and Thursday wasn't there because…Fri Mar 03 2000 - 00:00
Rock in a hard placeIt's been a long time in the offing, but finally Irish rock music is to get an historical overhaul on TVSat Feb 26 2000 - 00:00
Alternative CountryIn Ireland for a brief tour to promote his debut solo album, Chappaquiddick Skyline, Joe Pernice (right) belongs to the sweet…Sat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
Post-PunkPlaying at Dublin's HQ Hall of Fame tomorrow, Wire first came to prominence in the anything-goes-and-the-weirder-the-better approach…Sat Feb 19 2000 - 00:00
DaraNothing if not ambitious, Dara O'Toole surrounds himself with a phalanx of musiciansSat Feb 12 2000 - 00:00
CountryIt's rare that an Englishman captures the rumbling and ragged Americana sound, but Londoner Bruntnell (right) carries it off …Sat Feb 12 2000 - 00:00
Dick GaughanBroad-shouldered, brickie-like and stocky (with a long-haired pigtail the only tell-tale sign of a career lived outside the construction…Thu Feb 03 2000 - 00:00
FolkOne of the few proponents of contemporary folk who gives a fierce relevance to what he sings, Scotsman Dick Gaughan (right) has…Sat Jan 29 2000 - 00:00
Reedy Freedy offers flat chatWith a thin, reedy voice somewhere between Neil Young's and Nils Lofgren's, a voice perfect for swooping down and carrying you…Wed Jan 26 2000 - 00:00
