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Behind the music - Marcin Wasilewski

Marcin Wasilewski performs with his Trio at the National Concert Hall on Thursday 17 October at 8pm as part of the Perspectives Series. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 09 Sep 24

Behind the music - Mike Watt and Papa M

Minutemen and Firehose front man Mike Watt and Papa M (David Pajo) have released their new split 7" single. We asked them the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 19 Apr 24

Sultan Stevenson. Photo by Steve Funkeyfeet

Behind the music - Sultan Stevenson

UK jazz act The Sultan Stevenson Trio and special guest Denys Baptiste tours Ireland from 24 to 29 October. We asked pianist and composer Sultan the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 19 Oct 23

U2 feature on latest playlist from Barack Obama

Former US President Barack Obama has shared a playlist of 'Memorable Songs' from his Presidency ahead of the release of his new memoir - and it features U2's anthem Beautiful Day.

Music • 17 Nov 20

John Coltrane: fizzing, bubbling out of the primordial earth on A Love Supreme

Album review - John Coltrane: A Love Supreme/Ballads

Recorded in December of 1964 and released in 1965, two years before his death at the age of forty, A Love Supreme is saxophonist John Coltrane's enduring musical account of finding - and settling in - a spiritual way to live.

Features • 03 Nov 20

Behind the music: Mountain Caller

Heavy progressive instrumentalists Mountain Caller are gearing up for the release of their debut album, Chronicle I: The Truthseeker, on November 6. We ask the London-based trio the BIG questions...

Music • 10 Oct 20

John Coltrane: reworking recently recorded material for a film score

Blue World - John Coltrane

John Coltrane reworked his previously-released material - Out of This World and Naima - for Giles Groulx's breakthrough film, Le Chat dans Le Sac, back in 1964. One for dedicated aficionados.

Music • 11 Nov 19

Album review: John Coltrane: 3 Essential Albums

For an album which has a kind of cult following still, it's still hard to credit that Blue Train was recorded in one day, September 15, 1957, at the legendary Van Gelder studio, Hackensack, New Jersey

Music Reviews • 08 Aug 19

John Coltrane - genius of the sax celebrated on three CDs/five vinyl albums

John Coltrane - 1963: New Directions

The perfect introduction - a three CD- set from Verve/ Impulse! features choice recordings from 1963, including the album John Coltrane made with the brilliantly expressive singer Johnny Hartman.

Music Reviews • 02 Jan 19

John Coltrane: genius of the sax whose legacy is celebrated on two vinyl albums from Universal records

Chasing Trane - Original Soundtrack

Chasing Trane was the illuminating 2016 documentary on the life of John Coltrane. Now comes the soundtrack on two vinyl LPs, in effect the perfect anthology.

Music Reviews • 21 Mar 18

John Coltrane