John Cooper Clarke

Any time you get the opportunity to see Billy Bragg live, you take it, no questions asked. Read More

British folkie Billy Bragg has kept the faith for a quarter century, and it appears that his loyal fan base is still doing the same. Read More

JON McClure is a preacher, yes – giving sermons to thousands of converts at gigs in his hometown of Sheffield – but his urban street tales have little to with the word of any god. Read More

THE third Housman Society Schools' Reading Competition produced keen interest among the competitors. Read More

What possessed Irish troubadours (isn't everyone in Ireland a troubadour?) Read More

Single released November 2nd on Flowers In The Dustbin. Read More

TWO SHOWS, which could prove highlights of this year's Galway Comedy Festival, could also be its most unusual - one is a slide show of photographs, the other a chat show. Read More

The festival kicks off on Wednesday October 21 and first up is Phil Nichol with his show A Deadpan Poet Sings Quiet Songs Quietly at 8pm. Read More

VINCE Power, the Kilmacthomas-born, London-based impresario officially launched this year's Imagine Arts Festival at a packed Waterford Courthouse on Thursday evening. Read More

Opera Gala with Bryn Terfel, 7.15pm. Call 087 0040 2000. Read More