The beginnings of The Cranberries go back to 1989 when brothers Noel and Mike Hogan, Fergal Lawler, and Niall Quinn formed a band in their hometown of Limerick, Ireland. They chose the punny
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One observation: That’s a lot of tinfoil. More Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp & Toyah Willcox
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The Cranberries single “Zombie” is a five-minute lesson in the politics and struggles of Northern Ireland. “Zombie” is something of a protest song that talks about the fighting between the Irish and the
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It was one year ago today–January 15, 2018–that news came of Dolores O’Riordan’s death in a London hotel room. It was death by misadventure: a combination of prescription drugs and Champagne caused her
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There’s something fun and satisfying about learning to play one of your favourite songs for yourself: learning the lyrics, figuring out the chords, and deconstructing all the constituent parts. Then you get deeper,
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This was such a weird and awful month in 2001. First, the 9/11 attacks. And on this day, the anthrax attacks. As for music news for September 18, 2018… Canadian music sales and
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Last November, LA’s Bad Wolves recorded a version of the Cranberries’ “Zombie” and sent word to singer Dolores O’Riordan that they’d like her help on the final version of the song. She agreed
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If you remember the story of the death of the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan, you’ll know that she died in a London hotel room hours before she was supposed to join an American metal
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[Note: 102.1 the Edge ran the wrong program last week. Listeners to the Edge will get the finale of the series on the 90s. Everyone else will hear this encore presentation of episode
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If an autopsy ultimately determines that Cranberries singer Dolores O’Riordan committed suicide, a newly discovered voicemail left hours before her death will only serve to further confuse the fans she left behind. Several
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The day Cranberries’ singer Dolores O’Riordan was found dead in her London hotel room, she was supposed to go into the studio with a metal band called Bad Wolves. They had contacted her
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