Appearing on BBC Radio 2 with Jo Whiley, the band looked to play one of Roan’s songs. But before sharing their cover, Kapranos explained the stardom surrounding Roan and the success she created in ...

LONDON — Two decades ago, the Scottish rock band Franz Ferdinand sent a jolt across the music world. They waltzed in stripped-shirts and quickly became global icons for their deliriously hooky songs, ...

“We all do things that we wish we hadn’t done,” Alex Kapranos purrs at the end of the new Franz Ferdinand album, but it sounds like his regrets are too few to mention. The Scottish mod rogues are back ...

We can’t think of a better name for Howth’s Guinness, oyster and music festival, which celebrates its return to the calendar with headline performances from Leslie Dowdall and Flo McSweeney (Friday, ...

Franz Ferdinand have released a new version of “Build it Up,” off this year’s The Human Fear, which features Johnny Marr on guitar. “Johnny is an inspiration. Literally,” frontman Alex Kapranos says. ...

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Digital Journalist Jacob Langston took this photo of a tree in his Winter Springs neighborhood that was still covered in ice at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday. Read full article: Ground stop lifted after cold ...