They were the best of the best, but then they faded from view. They were the best of the best, and then they returned – but they will not, we have been advised, be around for very long. In other words, catch ‘em while they’re here again. Back in their day, Fight Like Apes gave it socks , but threw down the microphones about eight years ago.
Two sold-out nights at Vicar Street constitute major popularity in our book, but when you have over 1 billion plays on streaming platforms perhaps it’s no shock. In his early 30s, Bryson Tiller knocked it out of the proverbial park at the age of 18 when he released his debut mixtape, Killer Instinct Vol. 1. It took four years for Tiller’s official debut album, Trapsoul, to be released but since then only the pandemic has slowed him down.
Norway’s Dagny Norvoll Sandvik knows what it’s like to serve an apprenticeship – 14 years ago, she left her hometown of Tromsø for the UK, from where she aimed to kick-start a career. In between working part-time in a variety of low-paying jobs, she performed her original songs in tiny clubs but within a few years had managed to land support slots with Elton John, Sting, and Bryan Adams.
Patrick Freyne’s favourite TV shows of 2024: An Irish national treasure, bickering hitfolk and the best actor of her generationJean-Georges at The Leinster review: A swanky new restaurant already filled with the D4 and south Co Dublin set ‘A few months ago my wife left the country. The last six months have been the most traumatic of my life’Nominated for two Irish Times Theatre Awards, Michael Gallen’s riotous opera strikes a steady balance between serious thought and amusing commentary. Libretto by Gallen, Annemarie Ní Churreáin and Carys D Coburn. Tom Creed directs.