When the news originally broke about Justin Vernon guesting on Kanye West’s upcoming album, surprise doesn’t begin to describe the reaction. When the album finally dropped, writers ran short of hyperbole to describe the utter genius of the record, including two standout moments from Mr. Vernon. Somewhere between the final release of My Beautiful Dark […]
April 16, 2011
The gig of the week for Cork has been awarded to O Emperor (Strings & Brass) at the Pavilion. Can the rest of the country offer to compete with that? Well… The next week is actually rather a dry one for the live scene in Ireland – tonight sees Lykke Li, Steve Mason and A […]
April 16, 2011
This is (yet another) weekly feature on the new blog. I will select a gig over the next seven days that is near unmissable for music fans in Cork. In another entry, I will select one for the whole island. This week: O Emperor at the Pavilion. Who? O Emperor. Waterford/Cork mongrel O Emperor were […]
April 18, 2011
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