The Corrs News

Last year, if I had been made to guess what would become my favorite album of 2009, I would have been, in a word, wrong.

Comprising three sisters and one brother of the Corr family -- vocalist Andrea, drummer Caroline, violinist Sharon and guitarist/keyboard player Jim -- the Corrs blend the music of their Irish background with contemporary pop/rock and occasional use of synthesizers.

Izzy Corr, 2, daughter of Dana and Jamie Corr, is ready for the third annual 'Walk for Will' to start at Lambert High School Oct.

Welsh baritone and opera star favorite Bryn Terfel is joined on his new album of popular British Isles folk songs by Irish pop singer Ronan Keating, English soprano Kate Royal , and violinist Sharon Corr from the Contemporary Celtic band The Corrs.

It looks like like Boris has got himself a nice pair of skin-coloured board shorts.

Remember Jim Corr? The only male member of tin-whistling Celtic folk-rockers The Corrs, who was so quiet and anonymous he was represented in 'SMTV' skits by a bloke with a paper bag over his head? Well, turns out that placid exterior conceals a seething mental viper's nest of fear and paranoia.

David Foster has been called a master of schmaltz more than a few times. But you can't argue with his commercial track record.

While not particularly earth-shattering in terms of beats and melodies, it is at least prepared to try something different which, in turn, establishes Shakira as something of an independent spirit working within the mainstream.

It's a case of deja vu for Irish voters as they prepare to go to the polls in a second referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

Irish voters were preparing Thursday to cast their ballots in a crunch second EU referendum, which Europe's leaders hope will overturn last year's No vote and avoid plunging the bloc into chaos.

THE Corrs are getting back together again some time in the future, according to the driving force behind the band, Jim Corr.

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen will be the first guest on the new season of the Late Late Show tonight as Ryan Tubridy takes over the hottest seat in Irish TV.

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THEY ARE a familiar sight at many a wedding party: ageing musicians who once harboured dreams of performing their own work belting out cover hits of timeless classics.

Preparations are underway for the wedding of Andrea Corr, the youngest member of The Corrs.

"We were like, 'Country? What are you talkng about?'" she recalls. Lee adds: "We don't write for a particular genre.

"We were like, 'Country? What are you talkng about?'" she recalls. Lee adds: "We don't write for a particular genre.

Lene Marlin is one of Norway's biggest pop acts. She doesn't have much of a profile outside of Europe but you will have heard her big single from the turn of the century, Sitting Down Here.

Horslips, the founding fathers of Celtic rock, are getting back together to settle unfinished business three decades after they split, stymied by punk.

IRELAND'S most celebrated songwriter, Jimmy MacCarthy, plays at the Carnegie Arts Centre in Kenmare on Saturday 4 July.