If he’d lived, Jeff Buckley would have been 50 next week, writes Jonathan deBurca Butler

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Cork-raised Brian Deady worked through personal traumas to produce his impressive new album, writes Ed Power

The only way they win is if they succeed in deepening the wedge that already exists between the West and Islam, writes Fergus Finlay

I’d be lost without music. My taste in music is wide and ever-expanding. 

1994: The One with Whigfield, Ray Houghton, Blur v Oasis, Riverdance and THAT Guinness ad.

Joan Wasser, who records as Joan As Policewoman, is going her own way with a new, groovy, soulful sound, says Ed Power.

Reeve Carney is to play Jeff Buckley, who drowned in 1997, in a planned biopic, says Richard Fitzpatrick

Live music: Depeche Mode

Elephant by the White Stripes has beaten releases by acts such as Oasis and Radiohead to be named the greatest album of the past two decades.

LEONARD Cohen returns to Dublin next week to perform two concerts at the O2.

CHOOSE to get married on a cliff off the Irish coast.

Here's a busker with a difference.

Paddy Casey may have parted ways with his record company, but his optimistic new album shows how he’s moving on, says Ed Power

FEW artists have aged as gracefully as Leonard Cohen.

Gemma Arterton is in line to star in a biopic about Jeff Buckley.

Steve Sparrow of Morning Parade tells Ed Power why the Essex outfit have no fears for the future of rock’n’roll.

JOAN WASSER is glad she didn’t become famous until she was 36.

Adele “doesn’t need” to win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

Penn Badgley is to portray Jeff Buckley in a new movie, it has been confirmed.

ROCK trio Muse were lauded for the greatest cover version of all time, with their rendition of Feeling Good.

Rock trio Muse were lauded for the greatest cover version of all time, with their rendition of 'Feeling Good'.

THE faintest strains of a familiar song could be heard escaping from one onlooker’s MP3 player as John O’Mahony spoke softly of his decision to step down as Mayo manager on Saturday night.

Blur’s reunion show was today named the greatest Glastonbury performance of the past 40 years.

Leonard Cohen has announced his first American concert since 1993 after conquering Europe late last year.

' X Factor' winner Alexandra Burke has taken the coveted UK number one Christmas spot with her debut single 'Hallelujah'.

The mother of cult singer Jeff Buckley is convinced her son would have been amused that music mogul Simon Cowell has given him a boost up the pop charts - years after his death.

It was a double 'Hallelujah' at the top of the charts in the UK as X Factor winner Alexandra Burke won the battle for Christmas number one ahead of Jeff Buckley’s version of the song.

Pop acts old and new are set to top the UK charts this Christmas, with bookies closing their bets on Take That and the latest 'X Factor' star achieving number ones.

Coldplay took inspiration from their heroes when they were starting out - they copied Jeff Buckley for their hit 2000 single 'Shiver'.

Coldplay took inspiration from their heroes when they were starting out - they copied Jeff Buckley for their hit 2000 single 'Shiver'.

ONE of the greatest living singer/songwriters, Leonard Cohen, will perform in Dublin this summer — his first Irish gig in 20 years.

Angelina Jolie treated Brad Pitt to an extra-special 44th birthday present - a motorcycle engraved with a tribute to his favourite musician.

Reports that Brad Pitt will play Jeff Buckley in an upcoming biopic have been rubbished by the singer's mother Mary Guibert.

It epitomised the Britpop phenomenon more than 10 years ago – but now Definitely Maybe, the Oasis debut, has been named the Greatest Album of All Time.

DAVID GRAY has a lot to answer for. The Welsh warbler’s huge popularity in the late 1990s led to his White Ladder album becoming de rigeur at middle-class dinner parties.

The Streets rapper Mike Skinner has come top of a poll to find the best album of the year.