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Etta shoots up the charts ...at last

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:47:49 +0000

E TTA James, the soul singer who passed away aged 73 on January 20, did not enjoy the commercial success suggested by the popularity of her songs. 'At Last', her best remembered recording, only reached number 67 in the Billboard Hot 100 on its release in early 1961. Her debut solo album of the same name, which also included the classics 'I Just Want To Make Love To You' and 'A Sunday Kind of Love', peaked at a lowly 68 in the U.S.

A trio of Beckett plays in Tinahely

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:47:11 +0000

THE COURTHOUSE Arts Centre, Tinahely, will play host to the Godot Company London on Sunday, January 29, who will perform three Samuel Beckett short plays.

It's Adele the unstoppable

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:47:11 +0000

Ina perfect world everyone with a talent for songwriting and performing would get an equal bite of the cherry, and live happily ever after. Life doesn't play fair, of course, so for every one Adele there are tens of thousands of also-rans.

Piercing study of human addiction

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:35:55 +0000

SHAME (18)

Is Keane the future of RTE soccer punditry?

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:35:55 +0000

'APERSON I would love to have on the panel would be Roy Keane. He would create huge waves if he came on. You never know he might in the Europeans. We'll see.'

Sonic tailor made for the iOS platform

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:35:55 +0000

WITH CHRIS HAYES

Shaking a Leg to some lively music

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:35:55 +0000

THERE was plenty of opportunity to shake a leg at Wicklow Active Retirement Association's Tea dance.

Silent era captured in a modern tribute

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:49:54 +0000

THE ARTIST (PG)

RTE'S take on new talent show not likely to spark into life any time soon

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 09:49:54 +0000

MAYBE IT'S just me but the giant sculpted hand holding a microphone and making a ' V' sign on RTE'S new series ' The Voice Of Ireland' looks to be giving rejected contestants the two fingers as they slump out the door.