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As the revelations from the Anglo tapes cause public revulsion at the financial culture of greed, megalomania, and callous disregard for the welfare of the State and its citizens, a new novella, which satirises such behaviour, is about to be published.

IRISH TRAD and alsa join forces in the exciting musical fusion of Galway band Baile an Salsa who play The Crane Bar on Friday June 14 at 9pm.

SHE CROONED confidently how ‘My baby just cares for me’; raged against racism and killings of African-Americans in ‘Mississippi Goddamn’, turned a song from a musical, ‘Ain’t Got No, I Got Life’ into a cry of black pride, and penned her own civil rights anthem in ‘To Be Young Gifted, and Black’.

MARK EITZEL, founder of alt.rock icons American Music Club and a critically acclaimed solo artist, had a rough start to the current decade, but over the last few months he has become “more believing in people’s kindness”, and released one of his finest albums to date.

BRESSIE HAS announced a headline tour of Ireland in May which will take in the Radisson Blu Hotel in Galway on Thursday May 9.

Elevens have been wowing audiences with their wonderfully crafted songs delivered with great poignancy by lead singer Martin McCann. The much talked-about band will bring their eclectic acoustic sound to the surrounds of The Stables on Saturday, February 2.

On January 30, 1984 it is said that the whole of Dublin grieved the early death of Luke Kelly. He left an indelible mark as being the greatest folk artist of the 20th century. In October 2001 A Tribute to Luke Kelly was launched before an audience which included Luke’s siblings and relations. As a result of the show’s success the band played to a full house for three months at the Olympia Dublin.

WILDFLOWERS, the folk/roots/Americana band of Noriana Kennedy, Noelie McDonnell, and Nicola Joyce, play this month’s Spirit of Voice festival.

WHEN HIP-HOP emerged from the Bronx in the late 1970s and spread throughout New York, punk and new wave musicians in the city btook notice.

To day time listeners to 2FM’s Rick O’Shea show his voice is a familiar part of the “organised madness” that goes out on the air each afternoon. But a long time before he ever took to the national airwaves, Cormac Battle was living the life that everyone who picks up a guitar dreams of. Moving to London with his band Kerbdog to record a debut album, then following that up by heading to the USA to record the follow up, before being dropped by the record label, Battle has seen both the good and the bad side of the music industry during the 1990s.