VOL:44 ISSUE:05, MAY 13. 2020
LETTERS FROM HOME By B OB GELDOF
Sam Smith on Covid-19
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Bob Geldof, Imelda May, Danny O’Reilly, Sam Smith, Laura Whitmore, David Keenan, Neil Jordan, Louize Carroll, James McGovern, JyellowL, Faye O'Rourke and Glen Hansard offer their deeply personal takes on the COVID-19 crisis.
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FEATURES
THE A&R DEPARTMENT... 20
AIRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION... 38
KEEPING THE STREAM ALIVE... 40
The Ocelots, Daniel Blume, The
Attics, vanity desks and kids’
From Twitter listening parties
Burma & Zali star in our round-up
bedrooms have all been
to Aisling Bea-related
of the hottest Irish music out there.
commandeered as Irish radio
rambunctiousness, we’ve some
DJs plug in at home.
excellent reasons to be cheerful
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FRONTLINES... 42
ALBUMS...48
The Whole Hog separates coronavirus fact from fiction - sadly having constant sex won’t protect you; McCann goes all biblical in his assessment; and the emergency frontline services being provided to heroin users.
TV... 28
BOOKS... 30
LOCKDOWN PLAYLISTS... 32 FOOD... 50
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