This is our first time doing this. No long tradition, no rulebook — just a year of listening, writing, arguing, revisiting, and occasionally changing our minds. The Hidden Awards grew naturally out of what The...
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Richard Bodin
Category - Features
Like A Rolling Stone: The Song That Shook Folk
The song Like A Rolling Stone was written by Dylan in June 1965 for the album Highway 61 Revisited, a masterpiece of electro-acoustic folk rock — the first of its kind — which profoundly shook the American folk scene in...
Guillaume Ruffat
From Two Bobbys to Gaza: The Journey of The Little Flame
The great thing with music, is that it never really dies. A musician usually creates it, puts the words together, comes up with a melody, and releases it into the world. From thereon every song lives on. Some will meet...
Gangsta’s Paradise: How Hip-Hop Crossed The Atlantic
Hip-hop was born in New York in the early 1970s and was culturally significant. From humble beginnings to becoming one of the most popular music genres on the planet, the world of hip-hop is the biggest it’s ever...
Ronan O'Brien
Dig It: How Nuggets Mined the Sound of a Generation
In 1972, Nuggets compiled the raw, forgotten garage rock of the '60s—and accidentally mapped out the future. From Lenny Kaye’s crate-digging to its ripple effects on punk, mod revival, and beyond, this is the story of a...
We Can’t Be Stopped: How Geto Boys Scarred a Generation
The nineties in the UK music scene had a single burning question: Oasis or Blur? Across the Atlantic, in the States, the question was different but attracted the same heat of emotion. Here, the hip-hop scene was on the...
Shaking Hands with Fire: The Making of Wish You Were Here’s Artwork
On September 12, 1975, Pink Floyd fans rushed in the stores to get their copies of Wish You Were Here, the band’s new album. They found a mysterious package, wrapped in a black plastic shrink cover, with only a round...
New Tarantula Era
Tarántula is a rock band from Valencia that started in the 1970s. After many years apart, the group has recently reunited. Want to know more about their story? Check out this article to explore their history. I was...
David Moya
Faites entrer la Moustache dans votre vie: Interview avec Liliboy de Deluxe
Lire la version originale Il y a quelques années, alors que je surfais sur une vague de nostalgie sur une certaine plateforme de streaming musical bien connue, je parcourais une playlist de morceaux du groupe I AM...
The Raft, the Lash, and the Legacy: Géricault Meets The Pogues
When The Pogues released Rum, Sodomy & The Lash in 1985, they didn’t just make a statement through music, but also through an unforgettable cover art—a parody of one of France’s most iconic Romantic paintings. To...
Invite the Moustache into your life: Interview with Deluxe’s Liliboy
From the streets of Aix-en-Provence to their own Super Moustache Festival, French funk collective Deluxe have spent 15 years blending genres, breaking rules, and spreading joy. In this candid conversation, vocalist...
Neptune Blood on Shedding Skins and Starting Fresh
In conversation with Neptune Blood, we trace the journey from Fox Jaw to a bold new chapter. Reuniting under a different name, the Limerick band opens up about fresh sounds, old habits, and the challenge of starting...
More Than a Legacy: The Life and Afterlife of ‘Dreams’, by The Cranberries
A few weeks ago, on several occasions, I went to see Wreckquiem, the new play by Mike Finn in the Lime Tree Theatre, featuring Pat Shortt. One particular moment got me deep in the guts every time I saw it. And every...
The Comeback Girl: Brez Breslin from Republic of Loose
Republic of Loose are a real favourite of mine. Apart from providing the soundtrack to some of the best years we had in this country, they introduced the Irish public to some of the finest genre-bending music ever...
God Only Knows: Brian Wilson’s Eternal Song
There are some songs, that when you hear them for the first time, you take a huge blow in the guts and just forget where you are. Then you listen to it a second time, and a third, and so on, and you simply realise that...
Records, Roles & Revelations: Pat Shortt in ‘Wreckquiem’
People of Limerick — if you’ve wandered past the corner of Henry Street and Sarsfield Street lately, you might have spotted a curious new addition: Dessie’s Disc, a retro-style record shop that looks like it’s been...
Matt Lucey
The Colour Green and Other Stories: Conversation with Imelda Kehoe
Imelda Kehoe’s music doesn’t just sit in the ear—it settles into the soul. Her latest album, The Colour Green, is rich with warmth, memory, and a striking sense of place. The work draws from the Irish landscape and...
Peter Burrows
