Her name's Tulisa . . . and what?
This summer N-Dubz is the word on the street as the urban grimesters’ Channel 4 reality doc, Being N-Dubz , wins them even more fans. Now the Camden cousins (and Fazer) are in the US rattling more cages before their Dublin show. Frontwoman Tulisa tells LAUREN MURPHY that, for a bunch of messers, they’re deadly serious – even Dappy
Let's go outside
As Ireland prepares to play host to Milk, a major European outdoor gay music festival, BRIAN FINNEGAN asks: what is gay music? And with such an eclectic mix of sounds floating the community’s boats, can this festival please all of the people all of the time?
Rock/Pop »
Higher ground
Steven Ellison aka Flying Lotus always dreamed of taking to the skies as a superhero - with his latest album, Cosmogramma, he’s doing just that, as he shoots off in a jazzier direction that is partly inspired by his aunt, Alice Coltrane, he tells JIM CARROLL
Behind the curtain
Róisín Murphy is set on doing a Wizard of Oz at the Milk festival, writes JIM CARROLL
Roots/World/Jazz »
'They said I'd never leave the chorus'
Tony Bennett’s musical career has charted seven decades. Here, he tells Tony Clayton-Lea about meeting racism in the army, the dangers of Las Vegas and how his son turned his life around
A tradition to hold dear
We Irish are world leaders and standard-setters in traditional music. In any other sector this uniquely Irish art form would be recognised as a definitive strategic and competitive advantage – why not here, asks PHILIP KING
Classical »
How one man helped shape a tradition
Aloys Fleischmann’s life as a ‘dynamic cultural activist’ shaped many aspects of the cultural life of Ireland and his centenary celebrations in Cork mark the extraordinary impact his family have had at home and abroad, writes MARY LELAND
- Sa Chen (piano), Uo/ Howard Shelley
Ulster Hall, Belfast Tues 1.05pm Adm free 0044-3709011227
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