Music Blog
Hellbent for Cooking!
French-Canadian Annick Giroux is the author of 'Hellbent for Cooking: the Heavy Metal Cookbook'[Read More]
An Appointment with Mr Yeats
I was lucky enough to see the first and last shows of The Waterboys' five-night stand at the Abbey Theatre, and everything from the intro music to the epic encore of 'Don't Bang the Drum' and 'The Whole of the Moon' was magic.[Read More]
The Chieftains and Ry Cooder Showcase
If Springsteen's 'The Seeger Sessions' is still welded to your stereo, it could have some serious competition...[Read More]
Other Voices Back on RTÉ Two
Something to warm up your Wednesdays: The eighth series of the acclaimed music show 'Other Voices' will begin on RTÉ Two next month.[Read More]
Steve Earle at the Olympia - 17 November
It's a rare joy these days to go to a show where the only time the audience opened their mouths was to sing along.[Read More]
Brian Peterson Interview
Brian Peterson is the author of 'Burning Fight: The Nineties Hardcore Revolution in Ethics, Politics, Spirit, and Sound', a great read about a decade in the hardcore punk scene.[Read More]
Music Blog - Tom Jones rocks the O2
I've never walked away from a Tom Jones concert disappointed… and things weren't about to change last Monday night at the 02 in Dublin.[Read More]
Stephen Gately Remembered
The music world was plunged into shock last weekend with the announcement that Boyzone star Stephen Gately had died suddenly, at the age of just 33. Since then tributes have poured in from across the world for the pop singer and actor.[Read More]
The Beatles Remembered
With the new Beatles remasters now in the shops, we asked some RTÉ presenters about their favourite Beatles songs, albums and memories.[Read More]
Roger Miret
The New York hardcore legend talks about the way the Big Apple used to be, the life he's chosen and why he's stilling doing what he does in his mid-forties.[Read More]
Oxegen - Backstage Chit-Chat
What's it like to have fans singing along as you play the main stage in Oxegen? Is there any banter between the bands backstage and how did the weather affect the acts? RTÉ.ie posed these questions to some of those on the bill. Get the answers here...[Read More]
Music Blog - The Lightweight's Oxegen
By the Sunday evening I was too tired and too dreading Monday morning to stick
around any longer.[Read More]
Music Blog - Things We Learned At Oxegen
Every year we learn something new at Oxegen, something that makes us more festival-fit facing into the following year. This year was no exception. Here are some of the things we learned over the course of a very rainy weekend at Punchestown.[Read More]
Ruth Scott's Oxegen Picks
RTÉ 2fm DJ Ruth Scott kindly gave us a bit of flavour of what it's like to mingle with the stars backstage at Oxegen.[Read More]
Oxegen Festival Survival Guide
Surviving a weekend at a music festival is no mean feat. It can be mucky, cold and miserable by times but if you're well prepared no amount of rain or camping disasters will stop you from enjoying the music and the atmosphere.[Read More]
