Lucy O'Toole

Lucy O'Toole

Articles by Lucy O'Toole

Maverick Sabre: "Growing up, the music I connected with most was always the rebel music – in whatever form that came in"
  • Opinion
  • 31 Jan 22

Maverick Sabre: "Growing up, the music I connected with most was always the rebel music – in whatever form that came in"

Album Review: Thyla, <i>Thyla</i>
  • Music
  • 28 Jan 22

Album Review: Thyla, Thyla

Glen Hansard: "It’s a powerful thing, to lose your mother... That’s the place you came from, literally. That’s your first home, and it’s gone"
  • Opinion
  • 26 Jan 22

Glen Hansard: "It’s a powerful thing, to lose your mother... That’s the place you came from, literally. That’s your first home, and it’s gone"

Education Special – Simon Harris: “I know, in many ways, my career has been a bit odd... Life came at me a lot faster than I expected it to"
  • Opinion
  • 25 Jan 22

Education Special – Simon Harris: “I know, in many ways, my career has been a bit odd... Life came at me a lot faster than I expected it to"

Joanne McNally: "I think comedy should be kept as open and as controversial as it possibly can be..."
  • Film And TV
  • 18 Jan 22

Joanne McNally: "I think comedy should be kept as open and as controversial as it possibly can be..."

Villagers: "We've got a taste of what could be lost"
  • Music
  • 14 Jan 22

Villagers: "We've got a taste of what could be lost"

Album Review: Grace Cummings, <i>Storm Queen</i>
  • Music
  • 14 Jan 22

Album Review: Grace Cummings, Storm Queen

12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Joy Crookes – On Irishness, Gentrification & <i>Skin</i>
  • Opinion
  • 21 Dec 21

12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Joy Crookes – On Irishness, Gentrification & Skin

12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Dermot Kennedy – On L.A., Album No.2 & Winning Big In The Hot Press Readers' Poll
  • Opinion
  • 20 Dec 21

12 INTERVIEWS OF XMAS: Dermot Kennedy – On L.A., Album No.2 & Winning Big In The Hot Press Readers' Poll

Joy Crookes: "When you say ‘Irish’ you don’t think of Black Irish people or brown Irish people – when that’s just as much a part of the history as anything else"
  • Opinion
  • 15 Dec 21

Joy Crookes: "When you say ‘Irish’ you don’t think of Black Irish people or brown Irish people – when that’s just as much a part of the history as anything else"

Self Esteem: "This is where it starts – the fact that this space isn’t even slightly for women"
  • Opinion
  • 06 Dec 21

Self Esteem: "This is where it starts – the fact that this space isn’t even slightly for women"

Erica Cody: "Last year, I didn’t feel like I was ever going to be in a place to even make new music"
  • Opinion
  • 17 Nov 21

Erica Cody: "Last year, I didn’t feel like I was ever going to be in a place to even make new music"

Martin Hayes: "I knew I was going to have to sort my life out – push the restart button and start all over"
  • Opinion
  • 11 Nov 21

Martin Hayes: "I knew I was going to have to sort my life out – push the restart button and start all over"

Rosie Day: "Girls are masters at being icebergs – you only see what’s on the surface, when there’s a whole other thing going on underneath"
  • Film And TV
  • 10 Nov 21

Rosie Day: "Girls are masters at being icebergs – you only see what’s on the surface, when there’s a whole other thing going on underneath"

Album Review: Christian Wethered, <i>Mon Petit Jardin</i>
  • Music
  • 08 Nov 21

Album Review: Christian Wethered, Mon Petit Jardin

Album Review: ABBA, <i>Voyage</i>
  • Music
  • 05 Nov 21

Album Review: ABBA, Voyage

Album Review: The War On Drugs, <i>I Don’t Live Here Anymore</i>
  • Opinion
  • 29 Oct 21

Album Review: The War On Drugs, I Don’t Live Here Anymore

Album Review: Coldplay, <i>Music Of The Spheres</i>
  • Music
  • 21 Oct 21

Album Review: Coldplay, Music Of The Spheres

Album Review: James Blake, <i>Friends That Break Your Heart</i>
  • Music
  • 08 Oct 21

Album Review: James Blake, Friends That Break Your Heart

Kodaline's Steve Garrigan: "It took me a long time to actually build up the courage to realise that I needed help”
  • Opinion
  • 07 Oct 21

Kodaline's Steve Garrigan: "It took me a long time to actually build up the courage to realise that I needed help”

HousePlants' Paul Noonan and Daithí: “It is a lockdown record, but we didn’t want to mope. We wanted to do the opposite"
  • Music
  • 06 Oct 21

HousePlants' Paul Noonan and Daithí: “It is a lockdown record, but we didn’t want to mope. We wanted to do the opposite"

Interview: <i>Sex Education</i> stars on the return of the acclaimed Netflix series
  • Film And TV
  • 06 Oct 21

Interview: Sex Education stars on the return of the acclaimed Netflix series

Album Review: <i>In The Echo – Field Recordings From Earlsfort Terrace</i>
  • Music
  • 30 Sep 21

Album Review: In The Echo – Field Recordings From Earlsfort Terrace

Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill on <i>In The Game:</i> "Music always puts you into vulnerable situations..."
  • Opinion
  • 27 Sep 21

Mick Flannery & Susan O’Neill on In The Game: "Music always puts you into vulnerable situations..."

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