CLUAS Writers: profile of Cormac Looney
Embittered real-life news reporter living Greil Marcus-fantasy world through medium of Cluas. Less chance of being sued here and the company's good. Likes: Wooden instruments, bars (musical and non), Saturday afternoons, Manhattan (second only to Athlone), idly listening to the radio while driving, burritos with corona, girlfriend. Dislikes: Mostly everything else, particularly Irish singer-songwriters.
Joined CLUAS: August 2001
Some of Cormac's articles published on CLUAS:
Feature Articles...
- Top Ten Bloke Songs
- Interview with Martin Finke
- Interview with Paul O'Reilly
- Interview with Josh Ritter
- Profile of Rodrigo y Gabriela
Gig reviews...
- Liam Clancy live in Mullingar (April 2005)
- Crumb live in Dublin (Sept 2004)
- Witnness Festival 2003 - Day 2 (July 2003)
- Tom Rush live in New Hampshire (Sept 2002)
- Bonnie 'Prince' Billie live in Dublin (Oct 2001)
- The Pogues live in Dublin (Dec 2001)
- Josh Ritter live in Dublin (Nov 2001)
- Juliet Turner live in Wexford, Ireland (Oct 2001)
- Glen Hansard live in Whelan's Dublin (Aug 2001)
- Shane MacGowan live in the Olympia (Aug 2001)
Album reviews...
- Tessa Perry 'Live at De Barras'
- Erin McKeown 'Grand'
- Rodrigo y Gabriela 'Foc'
- Nina Hynes 'Staros'
- Josh Ritter 'Golden Age of Radio'
- Louis Walsh's History of Irish Pop (Vol 1)
- Bob Dylan 'Love and Theft'
- Ted Barnes 'Short Scenes'
- Cormac Looney's top 5 Irish albums of all time
Check out profiles of other CLUAS writers:
- Aidan Curran
- Alan Morrissey
- Anna Murray
- Anthony Morrissey
- Celine O'Malley
- Cormac Looney
- Daire Hall
- Daniel Bristow
- Daragh Murray
- Doctor Binokular
- Dromed
- Eoghan O'Neill
- Garrett Cleland
- Gav Reilly
- Ian Wright
- John Ford
- Jules Jackson
- Ken Fallon
- Kierry
- Mark Godfrey
- Michael O'Hara
- Mick Lynch
- Niamh Madden
- Ronan Lawlor
- Steven O'Rourke
- Una Mullally