Category Archives: reviews and reports

The Rocky Road To Dublin

Posted on 6 January 2010 by

Jen and I went to see the new Sherlock Holmes film the other night in our newly reopened local Swan Cinema in Rathmines. I really enjoyed the film and we cheerfully chatted about it as we strolled home, me wearing … Continue reading →

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Tommy Tiernan

Posted on 24 September 2009 by

Tommy Tiernan did a Hotpress Q&A at Electric Picnic – watch it here on the Hotpress website.  That may be enough to make you wonder what the fuss is about.  Fuss that has surfaced two weeks after the event.  You’ve … Continue reading →

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The Lennox Café

Posted on 28 June 2009 by

Late night but it’s hard to actually sleep in so I got up to bring Jen to her photography course. Listened to ‘Falling to pieces’ by The Script on the radio on the way back – good song. Breakfast of … Continue reading →

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(Twenty-)five(ish) go to Marktoberdorf

Posted on 31 May 2009 by

This weekend was the 11th international chamber choir festival in Marktoberdorf, Germany, and New Dublin Voices made the trip. The opening concert was given by Consono, from Köln, who won the top prize at the festival in 2007. We first … Continue reading →

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Anderson & Roe piano duo

Posted on 24 April 2009 by

I found The Anderson & Roe Piano Duo on YouTube yesterday.  Graduates from Julliard, these two have done some really fantastic work reimagining works such as Strauss’s The Blue Danube waltzes, Astor Piazzolla’s Libertango and John Williams’ Star Wars music … Continue reading →

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snow and Sigur Rós in Dublin

Posted on 11 February 2009 by

Last week we had snow here in Ireland and the second concert featuring Brian Denvir’s faithful arrangements of Sigur Rós music took place in the chapel of Trinity College Dublin.  A music-loving friend of mine told me she went running … Continue reading →

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Hamlet’s launch in Whelan’s

Posted on 2 February 2009 by

On Friday Hamlet Sweeney played his first gig of 2009, launching his release strategy on the world.  He will release a single every month this year – the first one being ‘I am a man’.  We recorded a handful of … Continue reading →

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Whinging about iTunes

Posted on 27 October 2008 by

I followed a link to this album, which was featured on the iTunes Store front page… Here’s what I posted to iTunes, although I suspect it may not be published: If the blurb is anything to go by, this release … Continue reading →

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music and video, chocs and blood

Posted on 24 October 2008 by

Yesterday Hamlet and I went into the MUZU TV studio to record a video for their site (to be released at some pertinent date in the future).  I arrived in first, bearing my spine-compressingly-large keyboard up to the second floor, … Continue reading →

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couldn’t see any other way

Posted on 13 September 2008 by

The other day I was listening to two CDs that I haven’t heard in ages: Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band by The Beatles and Things Fall Apart by The Roots. I saw The Roots play a superb set at … Continue reading →

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