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The acclaimed Irish songwriter gives one of her most cherished songs a new visual life ahead of her appearance in RTÉ One’s Trinity’s Treasures The music industry is perpetually hunting for the next thing, sometimes so frantically that it forgets a great song does not expire simply because release week has passed. Eleanor McEvoy understands…
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The Belfast musician and visual artist discusses growing up during the Troubles, the radical power of empathy and the city of warmth, wit and creativity at the heart of his new single, ‘Belfast (Place of My Soul)’. For Paul Archer, Belfast is more than a birthplace. It is a creative force, a spiritual anchor and…
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Why Century Artists Might Be One Of The Most Interesting New Irish Music Projects This Year What happens when one of opera’s most rebellious female characters collides with contemporary Irish rap culture? Dublin producer Louis Ryan’s new project Century Artists is betting that the answer lies somewhere between Georges Bizet’s nineteenth-century opera house and the…
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For centuries, the sound of Ireland’s original brass-wire-strung harp was lost to history. This July, audiences in Kilkenny will have a rare opportunity to hear the instrument that shaped Ireland’s musical identity and inspired the national emblem brought back to life by pioneering musicians and researchers. When most people think of the Irish harp, they…
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With Waxing | Waning, Taupe reject almost every convention currently driving music consumption. This is not a record built for ease. It is built for friction. Operating somewhere between jazz, noise, experimental rock, and improvisational structure, the album refuses stable ground. Tracks shift direction without warning. Rhythms dissolve and reassemble. Melodic ideas appear briefly before…
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In recent years, few cultural initiatives have reshaped Ireland’s conversation around identity and belonging as clearly as Black and Irish. What began as three simple words shared online quickly grew into something much larger. At a time when conversations about race and representation were intensifying across the world, the phrase captured an experience many people…
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Our Rating: 8.5/10 There are countless films about Frida Kahlo. Few allow her to speak for herself. Directed by Carla Gutiérrez in her feature debut, Frida premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award, before being released globally on Amazon Prime Video on March 14, 2024. From the…
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