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

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He delighted with Disco Pigs, bamboozled with Ballyturk, and took a Tony award for Once — now Irish playwright Enda Walsh is collaborating with no less than David Bowie.

Long before entering the political stage, Albert Reynolds had already forged a successful career by changing the Irish showbusiness landscape.

The story of Sir Henrys and its famous Sweat night has been well told in the past. How a weekly dance night in the Cork venue grew into one of the best house events in Europe in the 1990s, attaining quite a reputation for its amazing atmosphere and the quality of music on offer.

ULTAN CONLON has no idea how it happened. “A friend mentioned my music was on Spotify, so I checked. Sure enough, there it was,” he says with a phlegmatic shrug. “Seeing my songs up there was certainly news to me. I don’t actually know how the process works. It’s a mystery.”

I only took up cello because my mother failed at teaching me the piano, so, I asked to play a different instrument.

He’s now, if not fitter, richer and happier than when he played.

This Wednesday, the normally quiet streets of Kinsale will echo to an unusual musical happening as a “Battle of the Pianos” takes centre stage at a local restaurant.

Bee Gees star Robin Gibb has shown signs of recovery after waking from a coma by responding to his family, his spokesman said.

Robin Gibb's family "can't believe" his progress since he woke from his coma.

Barbara Orbison, the widow and manager of rock 'n' roll pioneer Roy Orbison, died on the 23rd anniversary of her husband's death, it emerged today.

Bruce Springsteen paid tribute to his friend of more than four decades and E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons at a private funeral in a Florida church.

Clarence Clemons, the larger-than-life saxophone player for the E Street Band who was one of the key influences in Bruce Springsteen's life and music through four decades, has died. He was 69.

Late rock ’n’ roll pioneer Roy Orbison has been honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

AN IRISH composer who penned one of the bestselling tracks around the globe has been honoured in an exclusive list of international lyricists.

Irish composer Brendan Graham who penned one of the best selling tracks around the globe has been honoured on an exclusive list of international lyricists, it emerged today.

ONE of the best known names in broadcasting Larry Gogan is to leave weekday radio after 45 years, it was revealed yesterday.

One of the best known names in broadcasting Larry Gogan is to leave weekday radio after 45 years, it was revealed today.

NOBODY captured that feeling quite like Roy Orbison: the end of a wonderful affair, the time when passion turns to ashes, the day that trust dies. His voice, capable of soaring into melancholy, was the perfect soundtrack for a broken heart.

The studio where Elvis Presley recorded Heartbreak Hotel is being torn down.

Chart star Robbie Williams is the music world’s biggest winner of 2003, according to a new list of the all-time greats today.

Coronation Street favourite David Neilson has ditched Roy Cropper for Roy Orbison in a Stars In Their Eyes special.

SAM PHILLIPS, who discovered Elvis Presley and helped usher in the rock’n’roll revolution, died yesterday at St Francis’ Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee aged 80.

Sam Phillips, who discovered Elvis Presley and helped usher in the rock 'n' roll revolution, has died.

Sun Studio in Memphis, where recording pioneer Sam Phillips discovered Elvis Presley and other rock’n roll legends, is to receive historic landmark designation from the US government.