Leonard Cohen

Nov. 12-16: Marco Benevento Bends Those Circuits

The mention of Marco Benevento's jazzy, piano-based tunes might strike the listener as typical at first—until you realize that he's tweaked the whole setup by adding circuit-bent Mellotrons, glockenspiels, toys and other...

Fading away, trying to stay

David Byrne performs new solo tunes and old covers Pillbox | Matt Siffert David Byrne performs his unique blend of funk, pop and African music. He is best known as the lead singer and songwriter of the Talking Heads, an...

James Taylor Much Happier Taking The Indie Route On Covers Album

By: Howie Edelson James Taylor is riding high on the success of his recent Top Ten hit Covers, which is selling just as strongly as his many hits for the Warner Brothers and Columbia labels. Taylor released the album on the...

“I told you when I came I was a stranger”

Leonard Cohen - “The Stranger Song” from Songs of Leonard Cohen (1967) Songs of Leonard Cohen is Cohen’s first album. Before recording music, he found success as a poet and novelist (the novel Beautiful Losers is his literary...

Judy Collins to Be Recognized With The ASCAP Foundation Champion Award "For Music in the Service...

Honor to Be Presented at Manhattan Event on December 10, 2008 Judy Collins to be honored with The ASCAP Foundation Champion Award 'for music in the service of humanity' NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwire - Marilyn Bergman, President of...

Amy Winehouse earns vocal respect

Amy Winehouse's Back To Black has been voted the second greatest vocal performance of all time. The 25-year-old singer was beaten to the top of the poll by soul diva Aretha Franklin's Respect but Amy was the only artist of this...

Music Choice: Monday 10th - Friday 14th November

The US election may have been and gone, but whilst we were nursing our hangovers we managed to preview Rock the Bells at the O2, a rap music event that has a pretty tasty lineup for those of you who prefer your rap to your...

My Five -- Spadika Jayaraj

This is a song that epitomises Blink 182’s music. Recorded before the band came into the mainstream, the scratchy vocals, and insanely quick drumming give you a perfect glimpse of the band’s character. ‘Dammit’ is the ...

Daily Downloads (Deer Tick, Ford & Fitzroy, and more)

Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Deer Tick: "Standing at the Threshold" [mp3] from War Elephant/em> (out November 11th) other Deer Tick posts at Largehearted Boy Donny Hue and The Colors: "Good Time Happening" [mp3] from...

'I get embarrassed for the people at RTE and their excitement over the US election... I wonder if...

By Brendan O'Connor Sunday November 09 2008 Saturday Not to sound like Gerry Ryan, but we go to this new steakhouse in Cork, Boardwalk Bar and Grill. Wednesday This girl rings me to go on Matt Cooper to talk about the Jonathan...