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The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has recognised a healthy wad of Irish talent with its nominations for this month’s Golden Globe Awards. Tomm M(...)

This is the time of year when we whine about awards season starting six months before the Oscar ceremony. Have the lamps gone out on gongs chatter? Wi(...)

During its broadcast of his second fight with Ken Norton in 1973, ABC introduced a special in-picture feature that allowed viewers to watch Bundini Br(...)

The Voice of Rod ranks as among classic pop’s seven wonders. It descends from on-high at the 3Arena, whisking the audience off to soft rock singalong (...)

Paddleton February 22nd Paddleton Alex Lehmann’s Netflix film Blue Jay was a small but beautifully formed indie-flick about intimacy (...)

“In the words of that great Northern Irish singer Van Morrison, it is time we all moved from the dark end of the street to the bright side of the road(...)

Named the “Queen of Soul” in a mock coronation on a Chicago stage in 1967, Aretha Franklin – who has died aged 76 – reigned majestically until her dea(...)

What Classic soul updated for the modern era. Where Fort Worth, Texas Why Leon Bridges’s debut album, Coming Home, from 2015, was filled with tasteful(...)

New artist of the week: Denis Sulta What: UK house music’s young leader Where: Scotland Why: The generational difference on the dancefloor was rece(...)

Fame came late to the soul singer Charles Bradley, who died on Saturday of cancer aged 68. He did not record his first single until 2002, and made his(...)