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This Town echoes the ways in which music is forged by its social context, while shaping and defining the lives of the people who make it.
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There is no sweeter view of Dublin, looking east in the early morning or west at evening time, than the play of sunlight on the river
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Review: Band bring epic polish to the last ever recording with Dignam, whose vocals give the release a shiny stadium rock gloss
Dublin rockers Aslan are preparing to release their final track recorded with late frontman Christy Dignam - a version of one of Ireland's best known folk ballads, The Fields of Athenry.
An ex-BBC journalist says her ancestor, referenced in the Fields of Athenry, "failed" Irish people.