Tony Clayton-Lea
@tcl1234.bsky.social
Freelance writer, journalist, consultant editor, author. Irish Times. Irish Post. Copywriter/editor. Arts/pop culture/travel/food. MC/host/public interviewer/panel and event moderator. Podcaster. Always for hire. tonyclaytonlea.com
Think you're an Oasis fan? Think you know your Roll With It from your Champagne Supernova? Take this Oasis-themed Music Quiz and find out... www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
The Music Quiz: The title of Wonderwall was inspired by a solo album by which Beatle?
Plus: In 2002, Oasis requested the British army to withdraw a recruitment video that used which song?
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My weekly mix of arts-related events in this weekend's @IrishTimes.com Ticket magazine. Go to: #TheWeir @3olympiatheatre @PierceTurner @wexfordarts #WeveOnlyJustBegun @whelanslive #HowthRootsAndBlues @MIKPYRO @KilkennyArts #ArtandSoul @cullodenestate www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
Event guide: The Weir, Kilkenny Arts Festival and other best things to do in Ireland this week
August 2nd-8th, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
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You want a music quiz for your coffee break? You got it... www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
The Music Quiz: The Undertones’ Top Twenty features lines from which T Rex hit?
Plus: The Bear includes which former member of hip-hop collective Odd Future?
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My monthly Irish-only album reviews in The Irish Post - take a bow and a curtsy. Share widely - support Irish music! Ciara Lawless Stiff Little Fingers Matthew Devereaux Rob De Boer Moncrieff www.irishpost.com/entertainmen...
The best new Irish music releases | The Irish Post
‘GRAB it, take it, it’s yours…’ So goes one of the lines in Alternative Ulster, a song released ...
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30 years gone from tomorrow - here's one example of how brilliant a pinpoint guitarist @rorygallagher.com was. It's a genuinely incomparable piece of rock music - Blister On the Moon. open.spotify.com/track/6fGTwr...
Blister On The Moon
Taste · Taste · Song · 1969
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Music Quiz time - take a break, take a goddam Kit-Kat... (@Irishtimes.com) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
The Music Quiz: Where are the brackets placed in this U2 song title?
Plus: From which song on Lou Reed’s 1973 album, Berlin, did Mike Scott choose the name of his band?
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Test your music knowledge with this week's Music Quiz! Go on - dare ya. (@Irishtimes.com) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
The Music Quiz: What is Sam Smith’s middle name?
Plus: Special Pride edition including questions on Elton John’s tattoo and kd lang’s tribute band
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My review of The Swell Season (featuring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) is now online @IrishTimes.com From teary ballads to guitar shredding - and many things in-between... www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
The Swell Season in Dublin review: Not a dry eye on the balcony for Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
Show was a means for Hansard and Irglová to remember old times and reclaim lost ground
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A genuine treat to chat with world-famous Irish photographer John Minihan... www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
Photographer John Minihan: ‘I’ve seen a lot of heartache in my life but I’ve never been unhappy’
The veteran photographer captured Samuel Beckett in Paris and London as well as the then Lady Diana Spencer in 1980
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Had a chat with Shirley Manson, the lead singer and potent frontwoman of rock band, Garbage - online right now @Irishtimes.com Three words: Take. No. Prisoners. www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Shirley Manson of Garbage: ‘I was shuffling about on a Zimmer frame. I was absolutely stripped of any pride’
Three years of intense physical pain shaped the way the singer saw the band’s new album – and then made her carve out a new perspective on life
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New song by @gerrwalsh.bsky.social Confident, punchy pop/rock with a rigid melody spine from top to bottom. open.spotify.com/album/38IygK...
Golden Wings
Gerr Walsh · Single · 2025 · 1 songs
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If there's one album (less than 40 minutes!) you really need to listen to this weekend, then it's this one - the new arrival from Vinny Peculiar… A career highlight, no more, no less... open.spotify.com/album/3bRGr0...
Things Too Long Left Unsaid
Vinny Peculiar · Album · 2025 · 10 songs
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Is @irishtimes.com the only national newspaper to carry a monthly Irish-only album reviews column? Yep... (Subscription required.) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: The Would-Be’s, Varo, Curtisy and Pete Holidai
May 2025 releases include HindZeitgeist, The World That I Knew, Beauty in the Beast and Electric Jukebox Volume One
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The Irish Albums Review column for May has just arrived via @Irishtimes.com The Would Be’s Varo Curtisy Pete Holidai www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: The Would-Be’s, Varo, Curtisy and Pete Holidai
May 2025 releases include HindZeitgeist, The World That I Knew, Beauty in the Beast and Electric Jukebox Volume One
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Chatted with Jake Burns of Belfast's durable punk band Stiff Little Fingers. He's in good form... (Via @IrishTimes.com subscriber only.) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Jake Burns of Stiff Little Fingers: ‘I still get angry about stuff, and writing songs is my release valve’
Northern Ireland’s most durable rockers are releasing a singles collection featuring their best-known punk anthems
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New song from Fia Moon - her casually delivered melody lines never fail to hit the mark. Why aren't her songs played regularly on Irish radio? open.spotify.com/album/7jM0bN...
Like I Should Do
Fia Moon · Single · 2025 · 1 songs
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What to make of the U2 album that comprises a collection of unconventional songs written for (mostly) imaginary films, and that they decided to release under a pseudonym? In the year of the 30th anniversary of Original Soundtracks 1, let's take a look, shall we? www.irishpost.com/entertainmen...
From chaos to craft - inside U2’s creative studio alchemy | The Irish Post
TRUST U2’s soothsayer and drummer Larry Mullen Jr. to state the obvious and call out what he view...
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If there's one new album that you need to listen to this weekend, this month, this year, then it's this one... Take it away, The Would Be's! open.spotify.com/album/5amoWA...
HindZeitgeist
The Would Be's · Album · 2025 · 10 songs
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Can't fathom why @DarkTropics.bsky.social aren't selling out massive venues - they are easily one of the best Irish bands around… New single, Whispers, highlights a more robust side to the duo. Your time and attention to this song - and others - are worth it. open.spotify.com/track/3CVYOG...
Whispers
Dark Tropics · Whispers · Song · 2025
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Good news for Irish musicians - @IrishTimes.com starts a monthly 'Irish Albums Only' review column today (subscription required). Here's the first, featuring: Maria Somerville Danny Groenland @PaddyHanna.bsky.social lullahush Cushla Support Irish music! www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
New Irish albums reviewed and rated: Paddy Hanna, Lullahush, Cushla, Maria Somerville and Danny Groenland
April 2025 releases include Oylegate, Ithaca, Tech Duinn, Luster and Burning Rome
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Wont (bside to 25) by David Long & Shane O'Neill Available from Bandcamp, davidlong4.bandcamp.com/album/25 Film footage taken from Earth (1930) movie Directed by Aleksandr Dovzhenko Cinematography by Daniil Demutsky youtu.be/cdsqG07rQkE?...
Wont
YouTube video by David Long & Shane O Neill
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Let's have 'one' for the road, eh? This week's Music Quiz - to you from me via @IrishTimes.com www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
The Music Quiz: What is the name of the Irish whiskey distillery backed by Bono?
Plus: What is the title of the debut album by Lexi Jones, the 24-year-old daughter of Iman and David Bowie?
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So much to see/hear, so little time... Go, go go! My weekly guide in @Irishtimes.com Ticket re arts-related events this week... www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...
The Guide: The Cruellest Month, Finneas, Death of a Salesman and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
April 12th-18th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
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Yes, the Gavin Friday gig last night Dublin’s Vicar Street was a wowser! Read my review online @irishtimes.com here: www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
Gavin Friday in Dublin review: Svelte, swooning performer lays bare his life on the stage
At 65, Friday shows a wilful disregard for inflexibility as he throws shapes, hunkers down and lurches forward
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Created just in time for Galway's Cuirt International Literature Festival - an extra special Music & Literature quiz (via @IrishTimes.com). Take it away, Mr Bowie! www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...
The Music Quiz: David Bowie’s Aladdin Sane was inspired by which Evelyn Waugh novel?
A highly readable special quiz to tie into the Cúirt International Literature Festival
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