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Gerry Diver's Speech Project

4442 days ago
Guardian Music — The innate musicality of speech has inspired Gerry Diver's Speech Project. Colin Irwin talks to him, and looks at the chequered history of words and popular music"Speech … speech is dripping with musicality. There's a real magic to it," says Gerry ... more info
Diver Shane MacGowan Christy Moore Damien Dempsey

Gerry Diver: The Speech Project – review

4469 days ago
Guardian Music — (One Fine Day)The idea is certainly original: take a series of interviews with well-known Irish musicians, and then mix short excerpts of speech with instrumental work that follows the rhythms of a spoken phrase. The interviewees include Christy Moor... more info
Diver Christy Moore Shane MacGowan Damien Dempsey Van Morrison Lisa Knapp

The Xmas factor: what's the best Christmas song ever?

4516 days ago
Guardian Music — Shane and Kirsty, Justin and Mariah, Benton the dog – they've all tried to capture the spirit of Christmas. But who does it best? Jude Rogers finds out with our panel of judgesLast month the Reverend Dr Giles Fraser resigned from St Paul's Cathedr... more info
The Pogues Mariah Carey Mike Batt David Essex Shane MacGowan Spearmint Justin Bieber

Old music: Seán Ó Sé – Do Bhi Bean Uasal (Carrickfergus)

4536 days ago
Guardian Music — A ballad from one of the pioneers of modern Irish folk brings back memories of the immigrant experienceBetween 1961 and 1969 the Irish group Ceoltóirí Chualann made a successful attempt to keep alive and promote Irish traditional music. Among the m... more info
Shane MacGowan The Chieftains

Hear Serge Gainsbourg Covers From Rufus Wainwright, Iggy Pop, Shane MacGowan, Johnny Depp

4542 days ago
Stereogum — The legendary French singer/libertine Serge Gainsbourg is a man worth honoring, and a new tribute album called From Lulu To Gainsbourg does just that. Gainsbourg’s son Lulu put together the tribute and sings about half the songs, but he also brough... more info
Rufus Wainwright Shane MacGowan Iggy Pop Serge Gainsbourg Lulu

Tom Waits: Bad As Me – review

4574 days ago
Guardian Music — (Anti-)"I'm the boat that won't sink, I won't sleep a wink," declares Tom Waits, perhaps explaining the rollercoasting urgency that runs through his 17th album and the first of completely new material in seven years. Now 61, with Keith Richards in hi... more info
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June Tabor and Oysterband: Ragged Kingdom – review

4609 days ago
Guardian Music — (Topic)Twenty-one years ago, June Tabor and Oysterband got together to record what is now recognised as an English folk-rock classic. It wasn't exclusively a folk album, though there were some traditional tracks, but rather an eclectic, powerful rewo... more info
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APPROACHING THE AGE OF FIVE (Part 7)

4617 days ago
The Vinyl Villain — Featuring Belle & Sebastian yesterday leads very nicely into today's vinyl offering featuring as it does the not inconsiderable vocal talents of Monica Queen who of course made a stunning contribution to the song Lazy Line Painter Jane.Monica first c... more info
BMX Bandits Mogwai Teenage Fanclub The Vaselines Sharleen Spiteri Grant Lee Buffalo Dolly Parton The Jayhawks Shane MacGowan

Johnny Depp plays guitar for Alice Cooper at London gig

4690 days ago
Guardian Music — The Pirates of the Caribbean star's two-song contribution wins him a job offer from the shock rockerNot all of the known world's A-list celebrities were at Glastonbury this weekend, as 200 or so fans at the 100 Club in London discovered, when Johnny ... more info
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The Pogues join the Chieftains on stage

4701 days ago
Guardian Music — 15 July 1991: Number 45 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of World and Folk musicWhen Shane MacGowan's rowdy London Irish punks shared the stage of the Brixton Academy with Paddy Moloney's old guard, it seemed to unite two very dispar... more info
The Chieftains The Pogues Shane MacGowan

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