Damien Rice

The band are celebrating 20 years with a sold-out residency at Vicar Street, in Dublin

EP2017: Donegal duo offer vocal lilts ripped right out of Damien Rice’s O

Bus trike looks likely to end, focus shifts to water charges refunds, Trump and Russia, Ed Sheeran, Canadian man sentenced

Sheeran’s audience craves traditional, the comfortable conformity and uniformity of the generic

Van the Man recently rolled back the years with The Monarchs. Here are a few other first acts that need a reboot

Galway International Arts Festival rolls into the City of the Tribes this weekend, and in among the visual arts, theatre and music there's some great food to be found

Series of 25 summer shows at the Docklands venue kicks off with Riverdance

Decorating, organising and hairdressing, the groom’s sisters make themselves useful as an office romance culminates in a big day in Dublin for Anna Tholse and Paul Vickers

In a new column called How Music Works, Niall Byrne talks to those who make a living in the Irish music industry, who shape the musical landscape and who build up the country’s musical reputation, at home and abroad. This week, manager, agent, producer Úna Molloy

Peter Aiken says Ireland needs to capitalise on venues like Croke Park and Aviva

Promoter also announces Ellie Goulding and Beck gigs for Live at the Marquee in Cork

Crowd of 400 gathered for much anticipated Whelan's show, with some ticket-winners turned away

‘David and I were on the same wavelength and that was a really nice thing. It’s still like that’

The open, authentic Dingle festival shows no sign of losing its Midas touch despite a drop-off in media attention

Damien Rice, Mundy among musicians bringing shopping street to standstill

A selection of the best, oddest and most memorable musings by some of the world’s artistic greats, as told to Irish Times writers

Tired of seasonal booze-fest? Here’s some options for non-drinking holiday revellers