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- What hits the high notes for juries?
Tue, May 22, 2012Nikolay Khozyainov was a more than worthy winner of the Dublin International Piano Competition, but what factors can influence the decisions of music-competition juries, asks
MICHAEL DERVAN - Revolver
Fri, May 18, 2012Everyone wants to be my baby 'now that's what I call marketing.
BRIAN BOYD on music - Pop cornerFri, May 18, 2012 AILBHE MALONE got a great anniversary present from Girls Aloud
- On the recordFri, May 18, 2012 JIM CARROLL on music
- Revolver
Fri, May 11, 2012Step away from the speaker, tinnitus time-bomb approaching, writes
BRIAN BOYD - On the record
Fri, May 11, 2012When it comes to music, smaller cities are hipper cities.
JIM CARROLL on music - Festival Fit
Fri, May 11, 2012THE LARGE-SCALE outdoor music festivals kicked off last weekend and my first port of call was Festival of the Fires on the Hill of Uisneach. - Popcorner
Fri, May 4, 2012 TRACK OF THE WEEK: Sleep Paralysis by Gabriel Bruce. We’ve had an eye on this young man for a while now, and debut single Sleep Paralysis is – forgive the pun – a sleeper gem. - On The Record
Fri, May 4, 2012 JIM CARROLL on music - Still more hearts and flowers for Loveless on Valentine's day
Fri, May 4, 2012 Revolver: BRIAN BOYD on music
- Barry runs Wilde with this potent operatic package
Tue, May 1, 2012Audiences in London and Birmingham were exhilarated by Wilde’s unerring wit, and composer Gerald Barry’s wicked take on it - Pop cornerFri, Apr 27, 2012 TRACK OF THE WEEK : Call My Name by Cheryl Cole. Chezza is back back back, with what has the potential to be the summer’s biggest banger. Produced by one-man strobelight Calvin Harris, Call My Name has echoes of Calvin’s work with Rihanna, with an icy Italo edge. What’s most interesting is the restraint. While we’re not in Jamie xx territory by any means, we’ll add 10 points for forgeoing a dubstep breakdown. Well played, Cole. Well played.
- On the record
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 JIM CARROLL on music - Wanna be a rock'n'roll star? Then start courtin' Norton
Fri, Apr 27, 2012 REVOLVER: BRIAN BOYD on music
- From the blogs: 'Theatre and me parted ways many years ago'
Wed, Apr 25, 2012IT’S NEARLY A year since OTR last went to the theatre. I know, I’m as much a philistine as most of you suspect I am. You’re supposed to go to the theatre if you’re writing about culture of any sort, right? - Why player pianos have a role to play
Tue, Apr 24, 2012YOU MIGHT NOT ever have seen or heard one in the flesh, but you’ve probably seen a player piano in a movie. Even in this age of digital wizardry, there’s a special aura attached to watching a piano, as if by magic, playing itself, the keys going up and down and the music pouring out without any direct human intervention. - Victorian visual effect could put Tupac back on tour
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 ON THE RECORD: Jim Carroll on music - Military marketing manoevres briefly put MDNA at the top
Fri, Apr 20, 2012 REVOLVER: BRIAN BOYD on music
- Festival FitFri, Apr 20, 2012AS I BOUNCE around the country on the festival trail, I sometimes find myself throwing out the anchor in the most beautiful places our little island has to offer, such as the banks of Lough Derg in Co Clare or the clifftops overlooking the Atlantic at Ballycastle in Co Mayo.
- From the blogs: 'Musicians have a habit of ceasing to matter'
Thu, Apr 19, 2012ALL SENSIBLE PEOPLE will, of course, rejoice at the news that Kraftwerk, one of the five greatest music acts of the last half-century, are set to release a new album.
