HEARING THE POGUES for the first time was like an epiphany,” declares John McLaughlin whose background as a songwriter for ...

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SHE WAS, WELL, FINE. Adequate seems harsh, good seems flattering, and middling is about right, but the show was probably elevated beyond the implications of that term by Suzanne Vega’s efforts to ...

IN THE AFTERLIFE there should be a special spot for the records that were just what we wanted, just when it was called for. And if this heavenly place exists, there’s an Australian band with a few ...

BENJAMIN CLEMENTINEEnmore Theatre, October 22 THE SHOPWORN CLICHÉ “from the sublime to the ridiculous” is more a tired punchline than useful these days, but sometimes you see it in real life, in ...

OLD PEOPLE – YOU KNOW, 50 years and up: ancient types – like to reminisce about the days when out in the suburbs you didn’t have to go to the city but could see a band in a local venue or somewhere ...

IN CASE IT WASN’T ALREADY CLEAR four songs in, Nicole Atkins lets neophytes and casual observers know as Drama progresses that “You’re not in Kansas anymore”. This public service announcement should ...

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LOOK AROUND AND IT IS EASY to find some well-meaning or well-remunerated type telling us how what we need to build – in ourselves, in society, in our sporting team – is resilience, that somewhat ...

A SLIGHT MAN, even more lean of hair, and seemingly built for low impact speed and melting into the background, like his softened Scottish accent, Midge Ure is even quicker to smile or deflect. As I ...