Indiependence: The ‘accidental’ success story of Irish festivalsA downhome atmosphere, good crowd and a quality line-up of mostly Irish actsSun Aug 02 2015 - 17:25
Blood lines and Jamaican roots: Lianne La Havas’s latest journeysLianne La Havas was raised in London, but a trip to her family’s home in Jamaica with her mum opened up a whole new world of influencesThu Jul 30 2015 - 06:00
Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin: ‘Who else but me would have the authority to do this?’The band’s founder has just finished years of work on their studio back catalogue, with no little relief. And although he appreciates a modern mash-up of their music, he says we will never see the like of Led Zeppelin againSat Jul 25 2015 - 14:00
Review: Dylan Goes Electric! by Elijah WaldFifty years ago today, Bob Dylan strapped on his electric guitar at Newport folk festival and changed musical history, a story told superbly here, writes Tony Clayton-LeaSat Jul 25 2015 - 01:37
Me & My Money: Niall McGarry, founder of Maximum Media‘As an entrepreneur money is obviously important to me’Tue Jul 07 2015 - 01:00
Patients inspire oncology consultant's first albumExperiences at work helped an oncology consultant write his first albumMon Jul 06 2015 - 12:00
Various Artists: Dust on the Nettles | Album ReviewA glimpse into folk music’s past that reminds us how it has shaped the presentFri Jul 03 2015 - 00:00
Me & My Money: Jenny Taaffe, CEO, iZest Marketing‘In terms of business I am a risk-taker. I’m an entrepreneur through and through’Tue Jun 30 2015 - 01:00
Taylor Swift’s Dublin show suffers from blank spacePop star’s 3Arena gig pleases her adoring fans but drags between her clever songsTue Jun 30 2015 - 00:40
Sarah Cracknell’s kite-flying exerciseThe St Etienne singer’s second solo album, Red Kite, nods to Morricone and 1960s garage without resorting to pasticheThu Jun 25 2015 - 01:00
The Frames having a 25th anniversary? Don’t be absurdGlen Hansard never dreamt the band would last so longFri Jun 19 2015 - 05:00
Why we still love WB Yeats after 150 yearsA century and a half to the day since William Butler Yeats was born, Edna O’Brien, Paula Meehan, Philip King, Caitriona Yeats and Cathal Coughlan say why his work still mattersSat Jun 13 2015 - 09:30
Me & My Money: Jason Flynn, chairperson of Dublin Pride Festival‘My boyfriend reckons I’m the easiest person in the world to up-sell to!’Tue Jun 09 2015 - 01:00
Franz and Sparks remind us of more collaborations, from the odd to the awfulToday, the odd blend of Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand and US duo Sparks release a collaborative album, FFS. It got us thinking - what other GUBU pop/rock collaborations are out there?Fri Jun 05 2015 - 11:19
Wolfgang Flür: his art and his KraftwerkFlür remains defined by the Robot outfit nearly three decades after quitting the revolutionary electronica ensemble. That’s okay with him, but to fans who come see him to hear him play Kraftwerk, ‘I don’t’Fri Jun 05 2015 - 05:00
Me & My Money: Jack Teeling, founder/MD, Teeling Whiskey Company‘The investment in my ongoing executive education has really stood to me’Tue Jun 02 2015 - 01:00
Slane back with a bang as Foo Fighters wow 60,000Contentious village politics and traffic delays aside, Slane Castle concert returns in styleSun May 31 2015 - 16:01
Classic albums, perfect venuesWhat classic albums in their entirety we’d next like to hear in Ireland – and in which ideal locations they should be performedFri May 29 2015 - 16:30
Me & My Money: Jennie Flynn, owner of Designist, shop.designist.ieI do a lot of research online but I try to spend my money locally, if I canTue May 26 2015 - 01:00
Another Little Piece of My Heart: My Life of Rock and Revolution in the ’60s by Richard GoldsteinSat May 23 2015 - 12:42
If you listen to one thing this week: Kablammo! by AshIt comes as no great surprise that, following Ash’s announcement in 2007 that their album Twilights of the Innocence would be their final one as a band, along comes a new studio recordThu May 21 2015 - 06:00
Me & My Money: Rachel Doyle, chief operations officer, PIBA‘I’m very bad at haggling, even in countries where it is expected’Tue May 19 2015 - 01:00
Fight Like Apes: ‘We left the label because we wanted to do it on our own... as it turned out, we’re not experts’Fight Like Apes co-founders Jamie Fox and MayKay Geraghty tell Tony Clayton-Lea about the five years from their second to their third and what happened in betweenFri May 15 2015 - 05:30
