Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that he will explore ways that the Irish State can purchase an iconic Fender Stratocaster guitar belonging to Irish guitar legend Rory Gallagher. Billed as the ...

The guitarists on this list hail from all corners of the musical spectrum, but, inevitably perhaps, there is one towering ...

Rory Gallagher's 1961 Fender Stratocaster Electric Guitar is among a number of items having belonged to the Irish rocker that will go under the hammer at Bonhams Auction House in London this week.

A great guitar is all about the wood. And a great guitar maker, or luthier, knows how to choose that wood, how to shape it, how to let it breathe, how to let it sing. George Lowden, who has been ...

It might not be to everyone’s taste, but as its consistently high ratings attest, Liveline (RTÉ Radio 1, weekdays) is still in tune with its audience’s interests. Even so, few items strike a chord in ...

A LEGENDARY guitar owned by Rory Gallagher sold for €841,000 when it went under the hammer today – and the instrument will be donated to an Irish museum. Played by Rory throughout his career, the ...

Irish Reels, Jigs, Hornpipes, and Airs is the rare acoustic guitar CD that isn't dominated by Leo Kottke-style wizardry or a John Fahey influence. It's also a rare example of Irish music played ...

A WOMAN who made a desperate fundraising bid to keep Rory Gallagher’s guitar in Ireland has said she is “flabbergasted” the appeal fell flat. And Cork woman Sheena ­Crowley, 57, is devastated. Her ...

An Irish pop memorabilia dealer is hoping to fetch between $80,000 at auction for the last guitar played on stage by the late, great Prince. Lawrence Carpenter of Pop Icons is selling the guitar via ...

Paul McCartney and Van Morrison have paid tribute to Henry McCullough, the Northern Irish guitar great who played with Wings, Pink Floyd and Joe Cocker and who died on Tuesday, aged 72, after a long ...

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