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The Music Quiz: Which Irish artist sounds like ‘one of those Tibetan monks who use their voices for healing’?
Plus: Gilbert O’Sullivan’s Alone Again (Naturally) was illegally sampled by which rapper back in 1991?
Tibetan monks chanting. Photograph: YouTube
Tony Clayton-Lea
Wed Jul 13 2022 - 06:00
Tony Clayton-Lea
Tony Clayton-Lea is a contributor to The Irish Times specialising in popular culture
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