Irish songwriter Damien Rice’s sophomore album “9” is an emotional, ballad-filled record with substantial tracks that do not disappoint. Other tracks, thoughs, with their perplexed lyrics and awkward ...

The year's best pop music from Lily Allen; The quiet and contemplative Damien Rice; Chilling out with The Hold Steady; Three new CDs from Tom Waits; A tragic treasury from The Gothic Archies; Surreal ...

Do you find yourself saying "no" more often than not? Robin Hilton does, which is why he kicks off this week's All Songs Considered with L.A.-based Afternoons' joyful sing-along, "Say Yes." Next, Bob ...

In the mid-'90s, in Dublin, Damien Rice's band Juniper released a hit single, causing the record company to demand another hit single, causing Damien Rice to bristle, quit the band, leave the country ...

With 9, Damien Rice scored his first Number One in his home country, topping the Irish album chart in the fall of 2006. The singer-songwriter followed with a world tour and a pair of live albums but ...

Damien Rice made me do something I told myself I’d never do. I coughed up $30 for an import album, even though I knew good and well its U.S. release was a few months away. Not to mention the fact that ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Damien Rice’s music is famous for its lyrical poetry. Each line of every song is deeply personal, ...

Damien Rice, the iconic Irish folk singer/songwriter, played an emotive and intimate set at the Congregation Sherith Israel before releasing his first record in seven years, My Favourite Faded Fantasy ...

Even with an audience including Julia Roberts, Renee Zellweger, George Clooney and Nicolas Cage, singer-songwriter Damien Rice is not a background kind of guy. All those stars attended a gig that Rice ...

Find out what you should be listening to this weekend! — -- intro: This week the Foo Fighters offer up the much-hyped companion album to their HBO series “Sonic Highways,” Pink Floyd returns for ...

Impassioned is too light of an expression to describe the music of singer-songwriter Damien Rice. Rice brought his A game to the stagnant confines of South Side Ballroom on Wednesday night, but it was ...

On the heels of their “Achtung Baby” reissue announcement, U2 has gone further in celebrating that album’s 20th anniversary. Q Magazine has commissioned a covers set of that 1991 album, and Jack White ...