Fontaines DC interview: Why don’t you hear Irish accents on the radio?
“I still feel there’s a lot of ground to be explored with guitars,” says Grian Chatten, frontman for thrilling Irish rock band Fontaines DC. “The sound of…
Grammy winner Jon Batiste: ‘Genre is an archaic concept’
NB: This interview first ran on April 2, and has been republished following Jon Batiste’s four Grammy wins – including the award for Album of the Year…
From Louis CK to Will Smith – a celebrity apology is never enough for Twitter
Yes, he still has a substantial following for his comedy – and can support himself by publishing content on his own site. But those most vehemently against…
Grammys wunderkind Jon Batiste: ‘Genre is an archaic concept’
Jon Batiste has been nominated for an extraordinary 11 Grammy awards this year, more than any fellow nominee (and one short of Michael Jackson’s record-breaking 12 for…
‘Blasphemous’: how metal band Ghost became the acceptable face of Satanism
“I am as much of an exhibitionist as anyone else who has ever put on a guitar and walked onstage but I like the idea of being…
The Lumineers, Brightside, review: a sweet slice of Americana that will get right under your skin
What is it that sets folk pop outfit The Lumineers apart from their peers? On the surface, they seem a fairly regulation Americana act. Rootsy, heartfelt yet…
Elvis Costello: ‘They’ll mark my death with two songs I didn’t write’
Costello’s Irish paternal grandfather “was an orphan who ended up in the British Army in the second battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment, wounded in France in…