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Joe Dolan, Journalist

Joe Dolan

In 2016, I was studying professional writing when an email dropped into my inbox with an opportunity to intern with a budding street press magazine (those were a thing back then). By the end of the eight-or-so-week course I was hooked - and for some bizarre reason,The Musicdecided to keep me around.

Since then I’ve gone on to review countless live gigs, albums, standup sets, theatre shows and gotten to interview some bone fide legends along the way too. Nowadays, I even perform and work on the occasional show myself, but I still like to find time to get out amongst the action whenever I can.

If it weren’t forThe Music, I can genuinely say my life would be totally different. Definitely more boring, to say the least.

Features / Arts
Deconstructing Comedy Is Simple Maths, Says Dara O'Briain
"If it's written well, performed well and it's funny, you can do a routine about helium depletion."
Features / Arts
How Matt Okine Goes From Silly To Serious In Under Four Minutes
"Even after ten years you still get nervous about what you're going to say on stage."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Golden Plains
"Echoing guitars envelop the amphitheatre, shortly followed by those iconic vocals: none other than Neil Finn."
Features / Arts
Mark Swivel Is A Post-Truth Comedian In His Latest Show 'Dad. Joke.'
"It's a show full of what I call evidence-based musings for a post-truth world."
Features / Arts
Frank Woodley Gets Meta On His Comedy In His Latest Show, 'I, Woodley'
"It was just this sensational thing where suddenly this drug addicted homeless man just had all the higher status."
Features / Arts
Ben Russell & Xavier Michelides Are Finally Ready To Mess With The Audience
"In the beginning I was thinking, 'I don't even know if people are going to find this funny'."
Features / Arts
Eddie Ifft On His Plan To Oust Trump And How Much He Hates Being An Adult
"If we just keep bothering Trump and annoying him he might just go away."
Features / Arts
Sammy J Gets Up Close And Personal In His New Solo Show, 'Hero Complex'
"For a couple years this story has just been kind of waiting to be created."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Luluc, Slow Dancer, Leah Senior
"Luluc manage to simultaneously be as hilarious as they are heartbreaking."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Ball Park Music, The Jungle Giants
"Ball Park Music are total musical animals on stage."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Olympia
"For those of you who clapped before we finished, you were right to. I messed up," she cheekily asserts.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Dinosaur Jr, Luluc
"... even as the boys all tick past their half centuries, they have never slowed down or let their age hinder their energy."
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