Phil Lynott (song) moment for Irish pop" in 2008, with the same publication later calling it the best Irish song of that year. Jape fans launched an online petition to establish the song as the Christmas number one in the Irish Singles Chart. However, it lost out to a cover of the Leonard Cohen song "Hallelujah", performed by Alexandra Burke, that year's winner of British television talent show "The X Factor". The song is often covered by Irish indie musician Rob Smith. Phil Lynott (song) "Phil Lynott" is a 2008 single by the Irish band Jape, taken from their third studio album, "Ritual".
Matador: The Songs of Leonard Cohen icon, "Matador: The Songs of Leonard Cohen" cements O’Callaghan’s position as one of his most accomplished interpreters." Named after the Toronto tavern that Cohen frequented in the 1960s, "Matador" is unusual for a pop music album since, although electric guitar can be heard on one song ("Everybody Knows"), none of the tracks features electric bass guitar. The violinist, cellist and pianist on the album, Patipatanakoon, Borys and Parker, are better-known as the Canadian chamber music ensemble the Gryphon Trio. One song ("The Smokey Life") is a duet with Steven Page, a founder member of Barenaked Ladies. "Matador" was produced with