Category: Music

Poguetry poster

Poguetry in Louisiana

I’ve always been a big fan of Irish music and especially bands like the Pogues, who I was fortunate to see on several occasions during the past few decades. When I saw that two of the original members (of the...

Galway

A slice of Ireland – Ennis and Galway

I’d been to Ireland once before, many years back I spent a week working in Dublin and even back then it was a very ‘European’ city with the Temple Bar area being the main attraction for music and drinking. I...

Weezer at Ascend Ampitheater in Nashville, TN – 28th July, 2018

The lights dimmed, the voice-over announced ‘Happy days is recorded before a live studio audience …’ the blackout curtain dropped and Weezer (with a stage set representing Al’s Diner in Kenosha, Wisconsin) launched straight into ‘Buddy Holly‘. ‘Beverly Hills’, ‘Pork...