Sinéad Gleeson’s blog
There was much excitement in our house last week when a big box arrived in the post. The contents? One Omnichord, which is going to take some beating as the best musical instrument in the world (second only to my trusty, coveted pal, the xylophone). Now, you’d swear time wasn’t an issue for me with […]
Aged 84, and after a serious illness, Norman Mailer has died. Unbelievably, he was only 25 when he wrote The Naked and the Dead, one of the best books ever written about war. Mailer also won two Pulitzer prizes and once headbutted Gore Vidal (off air, but the on air debate is here). A life […]
Earlier this week someone asked me what my favourite Irish film was.
“Eh…”
But before I had a chance to rack my brain, I was asked to define what an Irish film is. If it’s made by Hollywood is it Irish? Does it have to be set here? Even if there’s one lone Irish character, does that […]
According to an article in the Guardian today, the real price - after all the publicity and hoo haa has died down - paid by the average punter for Radiohead’s In Rainbows is a measly £2.90stg. Apparently just over a third of fans stumped up for the album, while the other two thirds didn’t bother […]
“I have no singular space in which I create music. I’m very much in the “lyrics first” class of the song-writing school. I write a fair amount of lyrics, but only when they leap into my head. This might happen on the train, last thing at night, cycling… Sitting down to put music to the […]
About Musical Rooms
Musical Rooms Part 1: King Creosote
Musical Rooms Part 2: Jape
Musical Rooms Part 3: Adrian Crowley
Musical Rooms Part 4: Chequerboard
Musical Rooms Part 5: Cougar
Musical Rooms Part 6: Ungdomskulen
Musical Rooms Part 7: Dan le Sac VS Scroobius Pip
Musical Rooms Part 8: Steve Fanagan aka Northstation
Musical Rooms Part 9: Mumblin’ Deaf Ro
Musical Rooms Part 10: James […]
I’ve always been fascinated with the spaces that people choose to be creative in. Whether that’s scribbling in a notebook on the bus or locking yourself away in a little annex of your home in a bid to find your muse, creative spaces fascinate me. Another contributing factor to my curiosity is the fact […]
After Mike Murphy’s afternoon Arts Show, then Rattlebag, followed by The Eleventh Hour, the latest installment in RTE’s Arts review coverage - after last year’s upheaval - starts tonight at 8pm on Radio 1. The Arts Show, presented by Vincent Woods will not have to face scheduling hell and the graveyard shift that its immediate […]
Who hasn’t joined a completely pointless group on Facebook only to slink away a few days later when you get sick of the updates? From a group about naming your child Spiderpig if 100,000 sign up to groups formed by people who hate bad grammar/slow walkers/Irish tourists, there are more ways than Scrabulous to waste […]
In the venue formerly known as The Temple Bar Music Centre, a thundery backdrop slowly builds as four women pick their way onto a packed stage. There is barely room to move for musical instruments, (we’re later informed 136 strings have to be tuned for each gig) and two begin to slowly drag violin bows […]