Scene and Heard
His estranged brother Liam wanted to play ‘Wonderwall’ with his band Beady Eye at the ceremony, and Noel made him seek official permission. “I did play a bit of cat and mouse with them for a few days,” he told the XFM radio station. “I took it until Friday night at ten o’clock before I said yes. They were shitting it.” Raidió na Gaeltachta’s electronic music hero Cian Ó Cíobháin is about to release the fifth of his free compilation albums from the Taobh Tuathail show. It will be available from Monday on www.rte.ie/rnag, and includes Katie Kim, Welsh outfit Dau Cefn and the debut release of Dutch teenager Torus. Also on the release trail is Robert Glasper, whose Black Radio album has been one of the stand-outs of the year. The jazz pianist continues his crossover shenanigans with an October remix EP from the album, featuring the likes of the Roots, Questlove and Solange Knowles.
RORY GALLAGHER: The next batch of Rory Gallagher’s remastered studio albums will be released on Oct 1 in what Sony describes as “deluxe digi-packaging”. The five albums were given a revamp by Daniel Gallagher, Rory’s nephew. “We’re going back to the vinyl artwork and original ¼ inch tapes so that they look and sound exactly as Rory intended,” said Daniel.
