Jeff Buckley

MUSIC DVD: Grace: Live Around the World Columbia ***

MUSIC DVD: Grace: Live Around the World Columbia***

Once you've cultivated fan worship, it seems relatively easy to manipulate it, and this latest attempt at rehashing what's already there (a live EP, a debut album, random out-takes and an unfinished follow-up album) will hardly appeal to discerning fans. However, for those Buckley lovers who will buy anything and everything, there might be a bonus or two here. This gathers Buckley's live TV performances around the world, from MTV's Most Wanted(Vancouver) and MTV's 120 Minutes( Last Goodbye) to a music video for Hallelujahand a VH1 Behind the Scenessection. The range of clips is difficult to dismiss, considering they show the singer-songwriter more as a working musician and less as a mythical figure. A documentary (from 2004) veers between competent and shoddy, which will give detractors further cause to complain that, despite the good bits, Grace is another shameless barrel-scraping exercise.

Tony Clayton-Lea

Tony Clayton-Lea

Tony Clayton-Lea is a contributor to The Irish Times specialising in popular culture