Arts and Culture
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Interview of Interest: Tall Trees
Fresh from the six chair challenge on this year’s X Factor, Tall Trees are about to start growing on their own terms – check out our interview with the boys to find out more.
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Little Hats for a Big Cause
Gemma Kavanagh speaks to Age Action Ireland as they enter into their eight year of the Innocent Big Knit appeal.
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You Me At Six does not disappoint at The Academy
It’s tough to break the ‘emo’ mould, but Surrey quintet You Me At Six managed to unleash a brand new, gritty edge at their first Dublin show in three years.
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Singles from the Alley: Kolumbus – ‘Leave the light on’
Rating: 5/5 ‘Leave the light on’ – the latest single by Wicklow-based singer songwriter Kolumbus – succeeds where many songs about heartbreak fail. From the opening guitar riff and gentle weaving lyrics the listener is pulled into the song. “I remember the night. You…
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Albums from the Alley: Keith Burke and The Little Black Book – These Boys
RATING: 3.5/5 Keith Burke’s sophomore album came together with the help of his band, The Little Black Book featuring a group of veteran Irish musicians including the talented songwriter and fiddle player Sinead Madden from the Moya Brennan Band. With Gavin Glass on…
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Acting on gender equality
You’d think that in 2016 – a time when marriage equality and equal pay legislation are cropping up in the western world – that the pay gay between men and women would be non-existent. Gender gaps not only dominate the corporate world, but…
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Music from the Alley – Tabloid TV
In our second episode of Music from the Alley we met Dublin-based indie band Tabloid TV. Mark, Ultan, Senan, Moninne and Ian joined us in the alley for a quick interview (with a few awkward laughs) and live performance of their song Runaways. …
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The WIN – The women’s war continues
Part of Smock Alley Theatre’s Scene + Heard festival, The WIN is a newly devised piece from rookie theatre company BANBHA. Directed by Cara Brophy-Browne and Tara Louise Morrison, The WIN is a concise and thoughtfully put together narrative focusing around stories from…
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Music from the Alley – Kolumbus
In the first episode of our new feature – Music from the Alley – we caught up with Kolumbus. Hailing from Co. Wicklow, he performed his first solo show in Whelans last week to great success. Watch the interview below to hear how…
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#Grammys2016 – What you missed
Last night the 58th Annual Grammy Awards rewarded the many talents of the music industry at the Staple Centre in Los Angeles. The Grammy show was full of energy and surprises with an over-the-top David Bowie tribute by Lady Gaga, and Kendrick Lamar’s…
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