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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Rice wears his heart on his sleeve in this gutsy, widescreen meditation on life and love. Songs We Love: Damien Rice, 'It Takes A Lot To Know A Man' Damien Rice wears his heart on his sleeve. His new ...

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 ...

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 ...

Damien Rice and his band let the songs speak for themselves during a live session with Rita Houston in Studio A, marking the release of his second solo effort, '9.' ...

Singer-songwriter Damien Rice has fine-tuned the art of delivering his ardent, lovelorn folk gems to maximum heartrending effect. Last night was no different. Stepping onstage for the first of two ...

A Damien Rice tour during the holiday season is a brilliant stroke of counter-programming. While most people are perfectly happy to sing about winter wonderlands and boughs of holly, the sad, the ...

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 ...