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Louth musician S J McArdle brings PORT, his acclaimed song cycle, to An Táin Arts Centre on Friday March 29 for the start of a tour taking in venues in Meath, Cavan and Dublin this spring.
The renowned stage of Wexford Arts Centre is just one of the locations around the country set to host Louth-based songwriter SJ McArdle as he presents the results of a year-long research and writing project in PORT.
A surreptitious reading of 'Normal People' kicked off COLIN SHERIDAN's discovery of contemporary Irish culture
Carol Keogh’s latest creative persona upends expectations with beautiful results
Author, RTÉ 2FM DJ, MMA fan We've all heard about 'the difficult second album' syndrome, but 2fm's Dan Hegarty gives us a further 20 follow-up Irish albums that saw Irish acts beat that sophomore slump, with spectacular results... Sack - Butterfly Effect (Dirt Records, 1997) The late 90s were rich on talent but light on commercial impact where Irish artists were concerned. One of the finest albums released during this period is Butterfly Effect by Sack. It’s an album filled with glorious punchy guitar riffs, and intoxicating vocals from Martin McCann. Morrissey was a huge fan of ...