The Irish Times

Simon and Garfunkel for people who don’t like Simon and Garfunkel

Donald Clarke: Never cool, Bridge over Troubled Water spans tastes half a century on

Sat Jan 25 2020 - 05:00

Scott Walker’s work is woven into the musical fabric of the age

His beautiful voice and avant garde compositions influenced David Bowie and Radiohead

Mon Mar 25 2019 - 11:13

The Incredible Stream Band ‘captured the enchantment of winter to a child’

Daragh Lynch of Lankum on the album that changed his life and songs you have to hear

Sat Nov 18 2017 - 05:00

Roger Waters: Trump voters are not liking his latest Wall

Fans are angered by provocative images of the US president in the Pink Floyd man’s Us + Them tour

Wed Oct 11 2017 - 05:00

Ever the absolute beginner: Bowie, by Simon Critchley

Review: David Bowie created the Ziggy zeitgeist more than 40 years ago and has spent every creative moment since experimenting, innovating, recalibrating

Sat Oct 18 2014 - 10:00

These ‘weirdest ever’ lyrics are really nothing to freak out about

A new poll of the weirdest song lyrics ever includes songs by The Killers, The Beatles and Black Eyed Peas, but read between the lines and they’re not so strange

Fri Aug 08 2014 - 00:00

Mark Mulcahy: Return of the great unknown

Mark Mulcahy’s fanbase may be stellar but it is painfully small. Undaunted, the cult hero is back for another shot at fame. Plus, a who’s who of ‘who?’ – our top five cult acts

Wed Jul 03 2013 - 01:00