Fresh off of their victory at this year’s Battle of the Bands, brothers Alex and Jordan Gough of ‘Central Hall’ sat down with the UCC Express to discuss their music. The band is made up of four guys, with Alex on drums, Eamon on guitar, Ross on bass and Jordan singing. Winning the final by…
Recently I had the opportunity to chat with Aileen Hickey, a successful journalist-turned-barrister and fabulous mother of five. Aileen lives in Dublin with her five children and her husband, Matt Cooper: the highly successful journalist and radio presenter with his own show, ‘The Last Word’, on Today FM. I began by asking Aileen about her…
YouTube is quickly becoming one of the most popular sources of news, entertainment and analysis in the world. It’s been just over thirteen years since the site’s founding, and You Tubing is no longer just a hobby – it’s becoming a profession. As more and more people view videos posted to popular channels, the content…
I can’t remember how many conversations I’ve had that haven’t contained at least three references to The Simpsons – it honestly may be easier to count the conversations that didn’t contain reference to Matt Groening’s cartoon creation. If you’re an Irish person of a certain age, your post-school afternoons were built around waiting for The…
One of the brightest musical talents coming from Cork is an act known as Rushes. Currently based in Dublin, Rushes has just released his debut single as part of the creative hub known as Diffusion Lab, a song called ‘Wild High’. Rushes took a moment to sit down and talk about his start in music….
This writer has been put on hold numerous times in his life, but has never before heard a more interesting choice of music on hold. Normally you’d be lucky to hear any music at all, and if you did you’d hear nothing more than the company’s advertisement music. Capitol records in Los Angeles however, has…
Interview by Cailean Coffey, transcribed by Laura O’Connor While it may not always seem the case, what with Trump and a certain “rocket man” criticising the size of each other’s big red buttons, the environment is by far the most pressing and most important issue of the 21st century. It seems at times that ever…
Joe McNamee is one of the leading food critics in Ireland. Joe, a Cork-based food critic for the Irish Examiner, Food For Thought magazine (FFT.IE), has previously contributed to the McKenna Irish Food Guide and is known for his expertise in both the business and political aspects of the food industry. Cailean Coffey sat down…
You may know beatboxing mostly from YouTube, where people show off their abilities to mimic instruments and styles with amazing speed and precision. Doppler is a musician, a beatboxer, a member of the band Ded Beats, and organised a couple of Cork’s hip-hop gigs as well as the Irish Beatboxing Championships 2017. (He’s also my…
The music industry has had a tough year. From the slow death of SoundCloud to the accusations of number-manipulation on the part of Tidal; from Spotify creating fake artists and placing them in popular playlists in order to lower their own expenditure, to rape allegations from Nelly and of course, R. Kelly’s sex slaves. By…