Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

Fräulein on <i>A Small Taste:</i> "The punk history of Northern Ireland really gripped me in my teens"
  • Music
  • 26 May 22

Fräulein on A Small Taste: "The punk history of Northern Ireland really gripped me in my teens"

Album Review: Ryan Sheridan, <i>Americana</i>
  • Music
  • 26 May 22

Album Review: Ryan Sheridan, Americana

SOAK: "I like who I am as a person now – so I’m not afraid to be that person, publicly or in my songs"
  • Culture
  • 23 May 22

SOAK: "I like who I am as a person now – so I’m not afraid to be that person, publicly or in my songs"

Ye Vagabonds: "You don’t have to be born here, or speak the Irish language, to feel a connection with traditional music"
  • Music
  • 18 May 22

Ye Vagabonds: "You don’t have to be born here, or speak the Irish language, to feel a connection with traditional music"

The Blizzards: "There's no point in trying to keep up with an industry that doesn’t know what it is"
  • Music
  • 17 May 22

The Blizzards: "There's no point in trying to keep up with an industry that doesn’t know what it is"

Album Review: Sharon Van Etten, <i>We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong</i>
  • Opinion
  • 09 May 22

Album Review: Sharon Van Etten, We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong

Album Review: The Waterboys, <i>All Souls Hill</i>
  • Music
  • 06 May 22

Album Review: The Waterboys, All Souls Hill

Album Review: Róisín O, <i>Courageous</i>
  • Music
  • 29 Apr 22

Album Review: Róisín O, Courageous

Sive on her new album <i>We Begin In Darkness:</i> "It’s about taking the light with the dark, and trying to incorporate both"
  • Opinion
  • 27 Apr 22

Sive on her new album We Begin In Darkness: "It’s about taking the light with the dark, and trying to incorporate both"

Griff: "I do everything... it’s the only way that people are going to turn around and realise that I’m not just a cookie cutter artist"
  • Opinion
  • 19 Apr 22

Griff: "I do everything... it’s the only way that people are going to turn around and realise that I’m not just a cookie cutter artist"

Pauline Scanlon: "Tradition in Ireland is a funny thing. People guard it, and they’re right to. But not all elements of all cultures are worth hanging onto"
  • Music
  • 18 Apr 22

Pauline Scanlon: "Tradition in Ireland is a funny thing. People guard it, and they’re right to. But not all elements of all cultures are worth hanging onto"

Simon Amstell: "There’s still a lot of people in this country who can’t talk about their feelings. That’s a real problem. And the things that would be helpful, like magic mushrooms, are illegal"
  • Music
  • 14 Apr 22

Simon Amstell: "There’s still a lot of people in this country who can’t talk about their feelings. That’s a real problem. And the things that would be helpful, like magic mushrooms, are illegal"

Olwen Fouéré: "I’ve always been interested in people who are deemed ‘other’"
  • Film And TV
  • 13 Apr 22

Olwen Fouéré: "I’ve always been interested in people who are deemed ‘other’"

Album Review: Stephen James Smith, <i>See No Evil</i>
  • Music
  • 01 Apr 22

Album Review: Stephen James Smith, See No Evil

Kae Tempest: "It’s not really the wins that define you. It’s how you recover from the losses. That’s what I’ve learned"
  • Opinion
  • 28 Mar 22

Kae Tempest: "It’s not really the wins that define you. It’s how you recover from the losses. That’s what I’ve learned"

Lea Heart: "I never expected to start posting online, and end up here. Obviously it’s what you hope for! But you never really think it’s going to happen..."
  • Music
  • 23 Mar 22

Lea Heart: "I never expected to start posting online, and end up here. Obviously it’s what you hope for! But you never really think it’s going to happen..."

Amy Michelle: "It’s really important to me, to be transparent in my lyrics"
  • Opinion
  • 22 Mar 22

Amy Michelle: "It’s really important to me, to be transparent in my lyrics"

Belters Only: "It’s an unstoppable force now. The whole Irish scene is absolutely flying"
  • Culture
  • 21 Mar 22

Belters Only: "It’s an unstoppable force now. The whole Irish scene is absolutely flying"

Pillow Queens: "The culture of Dublin is slipping through its own fingers – but the people are holding onto it for dear life"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Mar 22

Pillow Queens: "The culture of Dublin is slipping through its own fingers – but the people are holding onto it for dear life"

Album Review: CMAT, <i>If My Wife New I’d Be Dead</i>
  • Opinion
  • 04 Mar 22

Album Review: CMAT, If My Wife New I’d Be Dead

Hurray For The Riff Raff: "I have a long road ahead of me – but I’m an adventurer"
  • Opinion
  • 28 Feb 22

Hurray For The Riff Raff: "I have a long road ahead of me – but I’m an adventurer"

Big Thief: "Everyone is trying to be this certain kind of cool, and it’s so flat now"
  • Music
  • 24 Feb 22

Big Thief: "Everyone is trying to be this certain kind of cool, and it’s so flat now"

Album Review: Kate Nicholson, <i>Fallen From Grace</i>
  • Music
  • 18 Feb 22

Album Review: Kate Nicholson, Fallen From Grace

Orla O’Connor of the National Women’s Council: "Violence against women goes to the heart of women’s rights, and the heart of women’s equality"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Feb 22

Orla O’Connor of the National Women’s Council: "Violence against women goes to the heart of women’s rights, and the heart of women’s equality"

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