Music | Loney Dear At The Workman’s Club
In the almost 10 years since this reviewer last encountered Emil Svanängen, the Jönköping-born talent behind the Loney Dear moniker,…
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Arts | How and why I wrote ‘I Dreamt I Was An Astronaut’
I feel that the second part of this two-part question is more difficult to answer. Leaving aside one’s own endless,…
Insight | Life as an Orchestrator
As far back as I remember I’ve loved the different sounds of my favourite classical composers. Early on I became…
Music | Zohra, the Afghan women’s orchestra
Hailing from a variety of towns and regions in Afghanistan, Zohra isn’t your average orchestra – in fact one would…
Music | Ireland’s greatest ever punk track?
Between 2002 and 2009 a band unknown in most circles blistered through the Irish underground scene with riotous gigs and…
Music | Katie Kim live in Dublin’s Unitarian Church
The soft light throws forty foot shadows along the interior church wall. Window glass reflects the orange hue. But otherwise,…
Essay | The healing sound: music and the power of the word
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” Maya…