Damien Rice

Damien Rice (born 7 December 1973) is an Irish singer-songwriter, musician
and record producer who plays guitar, piano, clarinet and percussion. Rice
was raised in Celbridge, County Kildare, Ireland and began his musical career
as a member of the 1990s rock group Juniper. After leaving the band he worked
as a farmer in Tuscany and busked throughout Europe before returning ... read more

Little Mix Wins This Year's X Factor

They perform songs by Jay-Z and Alicia Keys, as well as Damien Rice on the show....
Posted 12 December 2011 12.04am — Comment on this

New music: Diana Vickers – Music to Make the Boys Cry

The former X Factor contestant is back following a split with her label. And her new song glides like a glitter-covered featherOf all the X Factor contestants in recent y...
Posted 9 December 2011 5.39pm — Comment on this

X Factor UK Headlines for 11/29/11

‘X-Factor’ winner set to cover Damien Rice’s ‘Cannonball’? One Direction filmed their third music video for single “One Thing”!...
Posted 29 November 2011 11.00pm — Comment on this

The secret Irish festival

Now 10 years old, the Other Voices festival attracts big stars. But what makes them want to play in a church in tiny Dingle?If you haven't heard of the Irish music festiv...
Posted 27 November 2011 12.04am — Comment on this

Depeche Mode Cover U2′s “So Cruel”

U2 were awarded the Greatest Act Of The Last 25 Years at this week’s Q Awards. The mag lovefest continues today with the newsstand release of issue #305, which is m...
Posted 25 October 2011 7.09am — Comment on this

Hear Garbage Cover U2′s “Who’s Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses”

AHK-toong BAY-bi, Q Magazine’s all-star tribute to U2′s twenty year old classic Achtung Baby, is out next week. So far we’ve heard Jack White’s &#...
Posted 21 October 2011 4.21am — Comment on this

Irish singer Hannigan feels lucky

Lisa Hannigan escaped the shadow of her six-year run in fellow Irish singer-songwriter Damien Rice's band with the 2008 release of her critically acclaimed solo debut, Se...
Posted 14 October 2011 7.38pm — Comment on this

Damien Rice Covers U2′s “One”

U2′s Achtung Baby turns 20 next month, and Q Magazine is celebrating the occasion by putting together AHK-toong BAY-bi, an all-star tribute album. Earlier this week...
Posted 14 October 2011 2.18pm — Comment on this

Lisa Hannigan - Passenger

Damien Rice's old mate takes control of the wheel for second solo outing....
Posted 11 October 2011 1.00pm — Comment on this

Maths Teacher John Adams Wows X Factor Judges

The X Factor was in Cardiff last night and John Adams, a 23-year-old maths teacher, stole the show with a performance of Damien Rice's Cannonball. The hottie impressed Tu...
Posted 18 September 2011 10.14am — Comment on this

Listen To This: The Male Adele???

Not that his music sounds like hers, but we hope/feel that Ed Sheeran can connect with audiences worldwide in a similar way as Adele!Not seemingly commercial, we think S...
Posted 13 September 2011 4.40pm — Comment on this

Ed Sheeran: + – review

(Asylum/Atlantic)Lad-next-door troubadour Ed Sheeran is indebted to artists such as Jamie T and Damien Rice, as evidenced by a debut that hops between bullish mockney rap...
Posted 11 September 2011 12.04am — Comment on this

Melanie Laurent - Melanie Laurent Releases Debut Album In France

Inglourious Basterds star Melanie Laurent is making a run on the pop charts in Europe after releasing an album of self-penned songs. The French actress' ex-boyfriend, Dam...
Posted 3 June 2011 1.37am — Comment on this

Click to download: Bell X1's Facebook stream, Ben Lovett's folky Flowerpot

Bell X1 get blown away for Zuckerberg's Irish visit and a Mumford waters folk's Flowerpot in this week's roundup of music onlineLast week, following a presentation to the...
Posted 1 June 2011 2.49pm — Comment on this

Go North 2011 - MusicWeek Indie Sampler (streams)

Great sampler from U.K. music industry publication MusicWeek. North in this case is of course the North of the U.K... or Scotland as we know it.:)goNorth, this year on...
Posted 27 May 2011 1.46am — Comment on this

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Top songs

The 5 most played Damien Rice songs in the past year.

  • Cannonball  218 plays
  • Cannonball (mix)  1 plays

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Absolute Radio stations playing songs by Damien Rice over the past year.

  1. Absolute Radio 00s 126 plays
  2. Absolute Radio 96 plays
  3. Absolute Radio 90s 7 plays
  4. Absolute 80s 3 plays
  5. Absolute Classic Rock 3 plays

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