The Best Underrated Music Releases Of 2021 So Far

What a whirlwind first half of 2021 it has been, one that’s given us Olivia Rodrigo’s newly coronated princess of pop status, Doja Cat’s highly-anticipated new album, Tyler, the Creator’s…

Q-and-A: Deer Tick on July Concerts, Newport Folk Fest Album Release and New Music

Deer Tick includes Christopher Ryan, Dennis Ryan, John J. McCauley and Ian O’Neil. Things used to be wild, but it’s been an understandably quiet year and a half for the…

‘We believe that access to music is a fundamental children’s rights issue’

At 5.30 in the evening outside a Community Resource Centre on the edge of Longford town 17 Roma teenagers are gathered in the open air as they take turns playing…

John Goldsby: “It’s expected nowadays that you know how to play Brazilian music, or funk, or hip-hop, or metal. A lot of younger bass players can do it all“

Bassist, bandleader, composer, teacher, clinician, and author John Goldsby is a dream interviewee, and not just because he’s an interesting guy with a wealth of experience. A journalist to the core,…