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500 Words of January – Mary Nally

One more post! One more post! One more post! We’ve reached the end of the 500 Words Of January series and I’d like to say a huge THANKS to all the writers who gave their time, imagination, craft and words …

500 Words of January – Darragh McCausland

More from the 500 Words Of January series: Darragh McCausland on finding “a silver lining of sorts” to resist the gloom.

500 Words of January – Jennifer Gannon

“It’s about the indefinable, the intangible delirium that all good popstars bring, that heady scent of something great”: Jennifer Gannon pays tribute to Lana Del Rey’s debut album, the one scorned by many in 2012.

500 Words Of January – Mark O’Connell

Next up in the 500 Words Of January series, Mark O’Connell dives into the Narcocorrido musical phenomenon and finds “an undeniable family resemblance between the Country and Irish standard-bearers and these Mexican troubadours of cocaine and bloodshed”. Contains first ever …

500 Words Of January – Anna Murray

Anna Murray is both a classical musician and a member of an indie band. Here, she makes some interesting observations on how audiences react to different performances and why this “one audience, two behaviours” question motivated her to co-found Fractal.

500 Words Of January – Olan O’Brien

Back in late November, I bumped into All City’s Olan O’Brien at the Shabazz Palaces/THEEsatisfaction show in Dublin and he went off on a superb, brilliant, colourful rant about the state of hip hop right now. On the way home …

500 Words Of January – Peenie Man

I asked West Coast music and hurling sage Peenie Man for some predictions and hopes for 2013 and this is what he delivered. Case in point: “as part of the terms of our bail-out package, can the statute relating to …

500 Words Of January – Elaine Buckley

The 500 Words Of January series resumes on the first proper working week of ’13 with Elaine Buckley looking at how 2012 brought fascinating developments from Irish acts who were once ones-to-watch and why taking your time to get things …