Jim Carroll

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• January 10, 2012, 13:46

It will not have escaped your attention that David Bowie turned 65 at the weekend. There were a few gigs to mark the birthday, plenty of lengthy articles hailing the man hitting the bus-pass milestone and a lot of Bowie …

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• December 21, 2011, 09:17

The elephant in the room has finally made an announcement about its future plans: there will be no Oxegen in 2012. Per MCD PR supremo Justin Green, “Oxegen, like Glastonbury, is taking a year off in 2012 and will be …

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• September 7, 2011, 10:00

Let’s get ready to rumble (again): for the second year in a row, there’s going to be an OTR v Nialler9 night at the Hard Working Class Heroes festival in Dublin. The venue is the Workman’s Club, the date is …

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• August 3, 2011, 08:47

It seems that we’ll have to make do with that fantastic EP “The Recordings Of the Middle East” and debut album “I Want That You Will Always Be Happy” when it comes to Australian band The Middle East, a big …

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• July 27, 2011, 12:42

Music from the Congo: Damon Albarn, Actress, Dan the Automator, Kwes, Jneiro Jarel, TEED, XL label boss Richard Russell and others are currently recording a DRC Music album as part of an Oxfam-sponsored project in the Democratic Republic of Congo. …

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• February 4, 2011, 12:09

It’s the place which joins the dots between Hudson Mohawke, Flying Lotus, Katy B, Lunice, Mike Slott, Mr Hudson, Arveene, Onra, Aloe Blacc, Andreya Triana, Jamie Woon, Jneiro Jarel and hundreds of other producers, artists and musicians. The Red Bull …

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• December 8, 2010, 14:35

Free music: Irish ISP eircom have just launched their new Spotify-like site Music Hub. It means free streaming for eircom broadband subscribers (€6.99 a month if you’re not with the Big E), with different price levels if you want to …

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• December 2, 2010, 09:53

Forget the lobbying to host the World Cup in 2018 and 2022, WOMEX may well be coming to Dublin. Per this press release from Temple Bar Cultural Trust, the city is one of three shortlisted to hold the world music …