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Fingal County Council is inviting applications for the Artists Support Scheme 2021.
This strand of funding allows professional artists to avail of an award up to €4,000 towards travel/professional development opportunities, a residency or towards the development of work.
The objective of the Artists Support Scheme is to support individual professional artists from Fingal to develop their artistic practice.
The award, with a total combined fund of €100,000, is open to practising artists at all stages in their professional careers working in music, visual art, drama, literature & dance. T
o be eligible to apply, applicants must have been born, have studied, or currently reside in the Fingal administrative area.
20th September – Leeds – Brudenell Social Club
22nd September – Manchester – Academy 3
23rd September – Newcastle – Head Of Steam
25th September – Edinburgh – Mash House
26th September – Glasgow – Stereo
28th September – Southampton – The Loft
30th September – Amsterdam – Paradiso
4th October – Hamburg – Hebebühne
5th October – Berlin – Berghain Kantine
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It seems odd to argue that a member of one of the most celebrated rock bands of all time, the Velvet Underground, is under-appreciated, says Daniel Dylan Wray in this subscriber only essay, until you consider just how absent he is from conversations about popular music
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People have some very strongly held beliefs about the roles of John Cale and Lou Reed. A few years ago, when interviewing Cabaret Voltaire’s Richard H Kirk, I lightheartedly made a Reed/Cale comparison between him and ex-Cabs member Stephen Mallinder due to their fractious yet potent creative relationship. It was met with a stern look, a furrowed brow and the reply, “Well it depends who’s who.” It turned out the idea of being painted as Cale in that partnership was deeply offensive, and of course Kirk would be Reed in any such scenario.
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2020 was the crappiest, most stress-inducing year in recent memory, so if you managed to get through it in one piece, congratulations! You are a true survivor. But let’s be real for a sec: We all needed help along the way to reach the other side of this dumpster fire. Staying in touch with friends and family, packing the cal with Zoom wine nights, and starting a new hobby (or five) kept us tied together with fragile smiles, but if you ask me, the real unsung hero was all the music we listened to…you know, to maintain our sanity. And the