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‘Belfast is having a moment, it really is,” says the hotelier Melanie Harrison with an infectious laugh. We’re sitting in the bohemian bar of her playfully name

Van Morrison is churning out the new albums with a fourth ‘Accentuate The Positive’ coming put in November. It will be the fourth Van Morrison album since 2021.

Fans of Grammy-winning, genre-spanning multi-instrumentalist Meshell Ndegeocello will be delighted to know that she is playing at Kuumbwa Jazz Thursday night. What's more: She will be playing not one but two shows.

In an effort to support these dates, Ian Anderson agreed to have a chat with us about the album, the tour, life and legacy. Anderson joined the I-95 Morning Show on Wednesday (10/25/23) and we discussed everything from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to his family connection to the Walking Dead TV Series.

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Estelle Brown joined the Sweet Inspirations in 1965, and has performed not only on stage with Elvis, but you can hear her on Van Morrison's song Brown Eyed Girl, as well as recordings by Jimmy Hendrix, Wilson Pickett, George Benson, and the incomparable Aretha Franklin.

Mick Jagger couldn’t help himself. It was April 2008 and promoting The Rolling Stones’ latest project, Jagger was quick to get a gentle dig in at his collaborator, a scampish Stones fan named Martin Scorsese. The movie they had made together, Jagger said, was “the only Martin Scorsese film that doesn’t have Gimme Shelter in it!”.

Mike Oldfield's 1973 album 'Tubular Bells' was not very popular until it was featured in the soundtrack to 'The Exorcist.'

‘How Long’ singer Paul Carrack will perform at the Glasgow Royal Concert Hall on Sunday, September 15 as part of a 50th Anniversary Tour.

HIS name may not be familiar but the music of John Altman certainly will be. The prolific 73-year-old composer, songwriter, arranger and saxophone player worked...