Jazz and punk rock may seem like opposite ends of the musical spectrum, but to drummer Brian Chase, switching between genres is all in a day’s work.

It's quite unexpected when Damo Suzuki, one-time shamanistic singer with the legendary German rock band Can, evokes football as a metaphor for the way he performs now.

Growing up near Rosscarbery, Co Cork, Catherine Sikora had never been exposed to much jazz, writes Don O’Mahony