Glen Hansard funeral: A wicker coffin, a grieving widow and a son too young to be there
The service for the Ballymun musician felt more like a party where he was the only one missing from the celebrations
Eddie Vedder
Mark Lanegan, my uncle, died out of the blue after moving to Ireland
My uncle, who was in Screaming Trees and Queens of the Stone Age, died after moving to Killarney at the height of the pandemic. Our family have been trying to fit the pieces together ever since
Alex Kapranos: ‘I saw a guy in a band being extremely predatory with underage girls. He was exploiting his position’
Franz Ferdinand are back with The Human Fear, perhaps their best album yet. The band’s frontman talks about two decades in the music business
Eddie Vedder of Pearl Jam: ‘Music has helped me in survival, in mental health, in dealing with aggression’
Grunge stalwarts, whose rollicking new album is imminent, get along better than ever - until they enter the studio
Pearl Jam: Dark Matter – Eddie Vedder and co return with a tempestuous back-to-basics album
Producer Andrew Watt helps grunge stalwarts with what he did for The Rolling Stones last year: roll years back while avoiding parody
Red Hot Chili Peppers: ‘I thought we’d implode at some point, like most bands do’
Why does Anthony Kiedis hang up after a difficult question about his past?
RTÉ to screen Lizzo, Lady Gaga and Paul McCartney coronavirus benefit concert
One World: Together at Home, on April 18th, will support WHO Covid-19 response fund
Ukulele: The ‘child’s toy’ that conquered the musical world
Ireland’s annual ukulele festival demonstrates the instrument’s phenomenal appeal
Satirising Donald Trump: ‘It’s a struggle just to keep up’
Cartoonist Dan Perkins: It’s hard coming up with something crazier than what's actually going on
Seattle: Wide awake on the coffee and grunge trail
Catherine Conroy dines well, but there’s no tossed salad and scrambled eggs on offer
Musicians and the Middle East: there’s no middle ground
Eddie Vedder, Rihanna and more enter the war zone
Jake Clemons: No Springs attached
Sax maestro Jake Clemons (nephew of the late Clarence) is looking forward to his solo trek around Ireland. He might even get a bit of surfing in, he tells Jim Carroll
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Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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