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BRENDAN BENSON was born and raised in Royal Oak, Michigan, a suburb of the port city of Detroit. The city is known as the world’s centre of the automobile industry, but it is even more famous for its music.

Kilkenny’s own acclaimed multi-instrumentalist and audio-visual innovator Jeremy Hickey, aka RSAG, released his second studio album last weekend.

Dublin group Hoarsebox are taking a short break from recording their new album to play a handful of Irish gigs to promote the release of their latest single, including a Kilkenny performance this Saturday.

IDENTITY PARADE, the indie rock five-piece, described by Stiff Records founder Dave Robinson - who discovered Elvis Costello and Ian Dury - as having “a very impressive sound”, play Gigantic at Kelly’s, Bridge Street, on Saturday April 10 at 9pm.

WALK THE Line told the story of Johnny Cash and his tempestuous love affair with the woman who was to become his wife - singer/songwriter June Carter. It won an Oscar, two BAFTA Awards, and three Golden Globes and the soundtrack won legions of new fans for the Carter/Cash family.

FOR MANY years Nanci Griffith has straddled the fine line between folk and country with a unique style of playing and singing she has christened ‘folkabilly’

Country and Western superstar George Jones is coming to town; Castlebar town that is. George will be playing in the Royal Theatre Pavilion on Friday August 8 and Saturday August 9. Country legends are born, not made, and few people can claim the title like George Jones. The prolific singer has had 167 songs break the Billboard country charts, comfortably more than any other artist, and he has released a remarkable 450 albums.

Limerick rockers and winners of Canada’s Indie Week 2007 Vesta Varro make a welcome return to the Marble City this week as guests of KilkennyMusic.com,

THROUGHOUT THEIR careers, both musician/broadcaster Philip King and writer Joseph O’Connor have documented the development of Irish consciousness and sense of identity.

KILDARE MAN David Geraghty began his musical journey in the mid-1990s when he joined Damien Rice, Paul Noonan, Dominic Phillips and Brian Crosby in the band Juniper for the recording of their second EP Manna. When Rice left the band in 1998 the remaining members continued to play together and formed the band Bell X1. To date Bell X1 have released four critically-acclaimed albums and have been gaining success in the United States in recent years, with Paste Magazine describing them as “one of Ireland’s greatest bands”. Geraghty released his debut solo album Kill Your Darlings in 2007 and earned himself a nomination for the Choice Music Prize alongside Roisin Murphy, Kila, and Delorentos. Next week sees the release of his second solo album The Victory Dance and as part of a nationwide promotional tour he plays Roisin Dubh on Friday September 11.