The First Lady of Song played two memorable concerts at the jazz festival in 1980, writes Des O’Driscoll

Thanks to Des O’Driscoll (Arts, June 13) for his very interesting article on Cork City’s music scene, reminding us of the history of Cork’s Arcadia Ballroom, as it was initially known.

THE recession blues were banished in Cork at the weekend, when over 50,000 revellers attended the Guinness Jazz Festival, worth in the region of €6 million to the city.

Thousands of Radiohead fans have flocked to Oxford to see the band play their first gig in their home city for five years.