Bryce Dessner

The Guide: Dara Ó Briain, Lisa O’Neill, TradFest and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end

January 18th-24th, 2025: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week

Sat Jan 18 2025 - 05:00

Bryce Dessner of The National on his NCH residency: ‘It’s special for me. Ireland is a place where we feel comfortable and inspired’

The guitarist and classically-trained composer has a number of orchestral projects planned for autumn at the historic Dublin venue

Mon Jun 03 2024 - 05:15

The National in Dublin: a night of gusto, gloom and heartfelt melancholia ends in a big, happy sing-along

Singer Matt Berninger plunges into the crowd for hugs and selfies like a Taylor Swift for crestfallen middle-aged people

Fri Sept 22 2023 - 09:57

The National have just released a surprise album. Here’s how we rate Laugh Track

Album will be thrill for fans whose tastes veer towards fervid dynamics of old

Mon Sept 18 2023 - 11:58

The National: ‘The Irish are such great singers and musicians – it’s almost daunting in a way’

The music almost deserted the Cincinnati band when they began to write their latest album

Sat Apr 15 2023 - 05:00

Cillian Murphy confesses all in pounding sound and blinding light

All of This Unreal Time review: He unleashes a torrent of regret in this intense film installation

Mon Jul 05 2021 - 11:15

Adam Cohen: ‘Dad, I know you’re not happy with this . . .’

Leonard Cohen’s son on his dad’s final days and being his late father’s producer

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 05:00

‘Music is made in communities’: Aaron and Bryce Dessner’s new vision

The National’s guitarists are part of People, a community of musicians creating new spaces and platforms

Sat Jul 28 2018 - 07:00

Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh to join Cork Culture Night

GAA commentator will speak as part of largest programme yet for Leeside event

Wed Sept 02 2015 - 19:08

Video: Cillian Murphy and Bryce Dessner on Cork’s newest arts festival

Sounds from a Safe Harbour, which Dessner has curated, takes place in September

Wed May 20 2015 - 07:00

Bryce Dessner harnesses Cork’s creative potential

The National guitarist is excited about curating the first Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival, which will be ‘like throwing a party for your friends’

Thu May 07 2015 - 05:00

What? . . . Wow: not much new about David Lang’s festival of minimalism

Why this year’s festival turned to the US for a curator is hard to fathom

Wed Mar 11 2015 - 01:00

David Lang: ‘Minimalism existed for about a minute ’

In curating the What? . . . Wow festival, Lang is examining the legacy of his neighbourhood, and the 1960s New York scene that gave the world minimalism

Tue Mar 03 2015 - 06:00

Mistaken for Strangers

Thu Jun 26 2014 - 17:46