The Irish Times

The best 50 Irish music acts right now – in order

It’s a particularly thrilling time for Irish music – here’s our countdown of the finest

Sat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00

Brian Deady: Yellow Creek review – True grit

An on-the-hoof recording in Memphis pays off for the forthright Irish songwriter

Fri Apr 10 2020 - 05:00

Brian Deady: ‘My job is not to be famous, it’s to make stuff’

The Cork native is continuing to plot world domination from his Spanish cave house

Wed Apr 08 2020 - 05:00

New Year’s Eve events guide: Where to go and what to do

Outdoor concerts, silent discos and best of New Year’s Eve TV to help you ring in 2020

Tue Dec 31 2019 - 14:26

Wake the dead: Cork Guinness Jazz Festival kicks off

40,000 jazz fans to attend as New Orleans-style funeral procession hits town

Fri Oct 26 2018 - 08:56

It Takes A Village to put on a festival in Trabolgan

How Music Works: Joe Kelly is organising a festival in Trabolgan holiday village in Co Cork in April, aimed at veteran festivalgoers who are fed up of mud, tents and portaloos

Fri Dec 22 2017 - 00:00

‘The Prodigy helped me put my family life back together’

This Album Changed My Life: Musician Brian Deady on The Prodigy’s Experience (1992)

Sat Dec 16 2017 - 05:00

Creative retreats, opera and TV holidays to soothe your soul

Check-In: the art behind violin production in Paris and Puccini with Marty Whelan

Sat Apr 15 2017 - 06:00

Al Porter launches himself into a thrilling New Year

Dublin comedian proves 2016 wasn’t bad for everyone, finishing year on a career high

Fri Dec 30 2016 - 19:43

Radio silence: Stations which play the least Irish music revealed

Gavin James and Walking on Cars top the most-played Irish lists on Irish radio stations

Tue Dec 27 2016 - 05:00

About 1,000 musicians to perform at Cork Jazz Festival

Rodrigo Y Gabriela and Bell X1 join acclaimed jazz perfomers on October line-up

Thu Sept 08 2016 - 19:14

Electric Picnic: main stage times plus Rankin's wood, Other Voices and Body & Soul

Here’s the first stage times for the Main, Rankin’s Wood, Other Voices and Body and Soul stages. We'll have more for you tomorrow

Mon Aug 29 2016 - 07:00

Elvis Costello, Enda Walsh and Hughie O’Donoghue announced for Galway

Suede, a new work inspired by Eileen Gray and US model Cameron Russell are also on the July arts festival bill

Mon May 23 2016 - 18:00

Brian Deady - Non-Fiction: Ireland has a new soul star in its midst

Fri Mar 18 2016 - 13:31