Scene + Heard: What's going on around the country
As musicians queue up to give their tuppence worth on the US elections, one of the more bizarre outcomes of Donald Trump’s victory is that we get to hear a previously unreleased Wu-Tang Clan album. Much derided businessman Martin Shkreli bought the sole copy of Once Upon A Time In Shaolin for $2m (€1.83m) last year, and played tracks through Periscope on Tuesday night as Trump’s win unfolded. Shkreli, who was widely lambasted when his company enforced a major price hike in Aids drug Daraprim, promised he would also put out other unreleased music in his collection, including Nirvana and The Beatles. Neil Young is going about his releases in a more conventional way, with 10 new songs due on the Peace Trail album in early December. Irish musician Paul Bushnell plays bass on the album, adding to an impressive CV of session jobs that includes everyone from Michael Bublé to The Weeknd. Finally, Ella Yelich-O’Connor, aka Lorde, left her teen years behind when she hit 20 earlier this week, and a birthday Facebook post revealed that she has a new album written. However, she didn’t say when we’ll hear it.
Glen Hansard has already been involved in several tributes to his late friend, Fergus O’Farrell, and recently announced a concert at Cork Opera House on February 2 with the Cork singer-songwriter’s band, Interference.
