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Alternative Christmas Mixtape: Day 4

  By Culch.ie | December 15, 2011 - 12:00 pm | Music
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10 days out from Turkeyfest 2011, we’re settling into our stride with three top alternative Christmas tunes already in the bag. Today it’s the turn of Jenny Headen… I love this Christmas track by LaptopPunk – a nice bit of a festive intro then a mash up featuring the late great Johnny Cash and Chemical Brothers – with a bit of Kool and the Gang thrown in to boot. It’s taken from the ‘Santastic 4’ album (http://santastic4.com/) – which is well worth checking out. Some of the tracks are belters and a nice change from the usual Christmas fare… It’ll be on full blast at EA Towers for the festive season!   Jenny Headen is the Music Manager at PR, Marketing and Consultancy outfit Entertainment Architects: www.entertainmentarchitects.ie Culch.ie’s Alternative Christmas Mixtape is curated by Sinéad Keogh, Aaron McAllorum and Lisa McInerney. (Yeah, we said curated…)

Johnny Cash - Ain’t No Grave

  By johnmfinn | March 25, 2010 - 5:12 pm | Music, The Culch
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I idolize Johnny Cash. So much so that I drink tea exclusively from a cup emblazoned with his image. This is the level my obsession has reached. Despite being a country artist his life is the quintessential rock and roll story. Most people know the story from Walk The Line but where that film ends is where things get really interesting. The 70’s and 80’s were a lean period with critical and commercial success in short supply. By the dawn of the 90’s he was just another washed up country star, trading on past glories with little or no appeal to modern audiences. Enter Rick Rubin. Rubin was the founder of Def Jam Records. As a producer he had worked mostly with rap and rock acts such as LL Cool J, Run-DMC, Slayer, Beastie Boys, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Public Enemy. In 1993 Rubin renamed the label American Recordings … There’s more →