hamilton

He was a Founding Father before he was a hip-hop superstar. Listen and learn about the politics of Alexander Hamilton! So, how does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the…

I won’t caveat this list with the usual ‘2016 was terrible’, we all know it was. Check out the 10 Worst Songs of the Year, for instance. Instead, we might choose to focus on something positive - this year has been one of the best for…

With a thud, unfortunately. In the final 'regular' episode of the year - LISTMANIA is right around the corner, folks! - the NO ENCORE boys tackle Abel Tesfaye's latest effort for global pop domination - Starboy. Before that, there's much to…

Once upon a midnight dreary, Colm O'Regan returned from holidays to join Dave Hanratty and ethnomusicologist extraordinaire Andrea Cleary on the spookiest NO ENCORE yet. There's terrifying tales aplenty in the world of music news, some…

We've all heard of Padraig Pearse, James Connolly, Eamon De Valera, Constance "Biz" Markievicz, and Michael Collins. Some of us have even heard of Eamon "I" Ceannt "Even" thanks to @aoiph's excellent twitter joke. But the 1916 Rising was…