Morning Coffee & Prayer: Time of Your Life
One early morning back in May, the sun was shining and it was pleasantly warm even at 7.30 in the…
Category: Music
The Ties That Bind: Springsteen in Belfast
In the same week that Richard Haass breezed in to help us out another, more famous American rocked into town…
Sing the Delta – Iris DeMent
OK, so many will never have heard of her, and those that have may struggle with her voice and her…
Paul Brady, The Clash and Ireland’s Woes
I am drawn compulsively to RTE radio these days, like a junkie to a hit. The financial news for Ireland…
Making Pies – Patty Griffin
This song does it for me every time. I love the cinematic narrative – the older woman who lost her…
Who Stole the Soul
Friend emailed me from the USA telling me of a friend, Juan Armando Rojas, a fellow academic who is also…
Tom Traubert's Blues
My 11 year old has, in recent days, discovered the gruff and poetic majesty of Tom Waits. He can talk…
Energised by The Choir
What a thoroughly inspirational series The Choir was on BBC. If ever there was a testimony to the power of…
Bruce Springsteen, The Wire & The Corner
What, you might ask, brings these three together? Gritty urban realism perhaps? I’ve just started reading The Corner, from the…
Laughing With – Regina Spektor
Brilliant new song by Regina Spector from her forthcoming album ‘Far’ Laughing With Video by regina spektor – MySpace Video…