Born in Strabane, Northern Ireland, on the border with the Irish Republic, he was exposed to a wide variety of music from an early age. A Fifties child, his first sounds were the Swing, Jazz, Show tunes and light opera of his parents’ generation.

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The Nationwide Mercury Music prize is pleased to announce it is warming up to the release of the nominees for this years awards with a recommended music section. While the details of award nominees will not be released until July, the Nationwide Mercury Music prize website now features a recommended list of music from across […]

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Billie Piper is back as Belle in a second series of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl on ITV2. The series that achieved record audiences of more than two million in 2007 returns to the channel for a further eight episodes in September 2008.

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If music be the food of love, then SpongeBob SquarePants fans are going to adore his latest incarnation. Nickelodeon UK has awarded a licence to John Hornby Skewes & Co. Ltd, (JHS), to produce SpongeBob-branded electric guitars, ukuleles, and other real musical instruments.

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