Still firmly rooted, naturally Gilbert O’Sullivan
In the 1970s, flat-capped crooner Gilbert O’Sullivan had quite a reputation.
Seen as something of a thinking man’s Elton John, or a modernised lyric-writer...
Spirit of the Liberties
FADING photos star on the covers of Dublin rock band Fontaines DC’s early singles, the images featuring a variety of street-famous Dubs of old....
Superorganism: Music for the Internet Generation
When London-based Superorganism released their first single, some of them had never met.
In fact, their lead vocalist, a Japanese girl living in the USA,...
Nerina Pallot: Growing Up In Music
In 2006, Nerina Pallot had a big, topical hit single with a perfect piece of peace-demanding pop, ‘Everybody’s Gone To War’.
It was the aftermath...
Punching Up: The Left-Wing Folk of Grace Petrie
British politics, if we may make an observation across the Irish Sea for a moment, is in turmoil. Barely a day passes without the...
John Oates – Educating fans on his solo skill
John Oates is a soft-rock, pop and blues legend: a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee twice, in his own right, and alongside...
Deep Purple
Glenn Hughes is a legend in rock circles, a curly haired bassist with a distinctive vocal, one of the icons of the genre. Famed for...
Radin between mainstream lines
Joshua Radin is one of those singers that a lot of people know without realising they do.
A sentimental, storytelling singer-songwriter known for his living-room-like...
Take this PiL for some raw honesty from Rotten legend
Public Image Ltd have come to mean more to many punks than Johnny Rotten’s scene-making, better-known other band, The Sex Pistols.
As his far more...
Seamlessly shifting from style to style
Swedish electro-pop veterans Little Dragon have been going for more than 20 years, a winding journey that’s taken them through several disparate guises, seen...
