Willie Nelson
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Kevin McGahern: ‘Metal gigs are a great way to relieve stress’
- Music
- February 4, 2021, 10:00
I’ve listened to less music throughout the pandemic, because I’m not travelling as much. But I still use music as a mood-altering device, an essential(...)

Dolly Parton: ‘I’m just a person, a human being with very sensitive, deep feelings’
- People
- December 5, 2020, 06:00
Through decades of fame and success – and emerging as a vaccine hero – Dolly Parton has remained universally loved. ‘I just think people relate to (...)

Appliance of science – the shortcomings of domestic objects
- Opinion
- November 6, 2020, 19:20
When you find yourself having murderous thoughts about your household appliances, then you know that this Covid lockdown is getting to you. More time(...)

I guess the problem is that we’ve all become, in our heads, American. We’ve become so subsumed into the Sky Atlantic/Netflix/Amazon Prime culture that(...)

Musician Dessie O’Halloran has died aged 79
- Music
- September 28, 2019, 19:40
Tributes have been paid to the traditional musician Dessie O’Halloran after he died, following a short illness, aged 79. O’Halloran, who recorded his(...)

Ryan Adams: Singer is no stranger to controversy or to Ireland
- Music
- February 14, 2019, 12:10
Ryan Adams, the American singer-songwriter who has been accused of abusive behaviour with an underage girl, is no stranger to controversy. Lizzy Good(...)

Ryan Adams accused of abusive behaviour with underage girl
- US
- February 14, 2019, 06:45
For nearly two decades, Ryan Adams, one of the most prolific singer-songwriters of his generation, has been heralded as a mercurial creative genius a(...)

Willie Nelson – Last Man Standing album review: Country star still going strong
- Music
- April 27, 2018, 05:00
Whatever about Dylan Thomas’s dad, Willie Nelson has no intention of going gently into that good night. If anything expect a rueful remark as on the o(...)
![Nakia and the Blues Grifters: “[The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians] has played a major role in cultivating the Austin music scene by keeping artists healthy and on stage. If you’re not sick you won’t have to miss a gig.” Photograph: Ben Porter Nakia and the Blues Grifters: “[The Health Alliance for Austin Musicians] has played a major role in cultivating the Austin music scene by keeping artists healthy and on stage. If you’re not sick you won’t have to miss a gig.” Photograph: Ben Porter](/polopoly_fs/1.3376581.1517488086!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_140/image.jpg)
The musicians suffering for their art in Austin, Texas
- Health & Family
- February 6, 2018, 03:01
Some say all true art comes from suffering. Reenie Collins from the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM) would argue the contrary. “A happy, he(...)

Louis Walsh: ‘Boyzone were more fun than Westlife’
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 3, 2018, 06:00
“I never wanted to be on TV,” says one of Britain and Ireland’s biggest TV stars. “It was never part of the plan. Never, ever. I just wanted to be a m(...)