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Irish pop star Niall Horan from One Direction is turning to Rolling Stones legend Ronnie Wood for guitar lessons. However, due to both men’s heavy workloads they have been unable to get together for the first session. Wood had promised to give the young singer some one on one classes as a 20th birthday present.… Continue reading Niall Horan to learn guitar from Stones legend

Traditional folk legends the Chieftains are to give lessons in Irish music for four nights in New York next summer. The band will team up with Californian Ry Cooder whose long and successful career in folk and blues music began in the 1960s. The event is called the Celtic Sessions and will include master classes,… Continue reading Chieftains to give master class in Irish music

Children are causing permanent damage to their hearing by playing loud music directly into their ears using modern high-tech earphones. For generations teenagers have sat in their bedrooms with their favourite band blasting out of the stereo, while their parents stand at the bottom of the stairs shouting at them to “turn it down!”

U2 frontman Bono has written a personal tribute to Nelson Mandela. Bono is one of many music stars who campaigned for the release of Mandela throughout the 1980s. He met the iconic South African leader several times over the last 15 years, and the two became friends. Bono has now spoken about the admiration he… Continue reading Bono: personal tribute to Nelson Mandela

A song written by a group of music students as a tribute to their teacher who tragically died in a car accident has gone straight to the top of the ITunes charts. Alice Strain of Clonmel, taught the teenagers for three years but was killed after her car was involved in a head on collision… Continue reading Irish teens hit #1 with tribute to teacher