The Irish Times

Dennis Waterman was a familiar face on television for more than six decades

Sweeney success was later topped with critically acclaimed television series Minder

Mon May 09 2022 - 12:11

Elvis Costello: ‘What you get is this face and this voice that has changed’

The prolific post-new waver on cancer, death, friends and his latest album

Sat Jan 15 2022 - 05:00

Elvis Costello & The Imposters: The Boy Named If – Playing to his strengths

Declan McManus turns back the clock on songs that reference his late 1970s output

Fri Jan 14 2022 - 06:00

Christy Dignam: The Man Who Stayed Alive – A life-affirming triumph

Aslan singer releases an uplifting solo debut

Fri Oct 08 2021 - 05:00

Keywords Studios names Bertand Bodson as new chief executive

Mr Bodson, who joins from Novartis, has also served at Sainsburys Argos, EMI and Amazon

Mon Sept 20 2021 - 16:22

Queen’s Brian May: ‘I never have a single day without thinking about Freddie’

Queen guitarist recalls the period of turmoil that gave rise to his first solo album

Mon Aug 09 2021 - 08:57

Olympic countdown, Euro 2020 TV ratings and 100 years of HMV

Planet Business: What’s next for Sheryl Sandberg?

Sat Jul 17 2021 - 05:27

Crowded House: Dreamers Are Waiting – Neil Finn & sons reopen for pop business

New members Liam and Elroy Finn add spark to the band’s first album in a decade

Fri Jun 04 2021 - 05:00

John Spillane: ‘Why can’t you sing about Ballincollig if you can sing about Phoenix, Arizona?’

The Cork singer-songwriter has been writing songs to order, like an old-style bard

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 05:00

Irish Recording Company: Few know of these top-quality 1940s gems

An Irishman’s Diary: Story of the first trad record label under Bill Stapleton

Mon Mar 22 2021 - 00:00

Darryl W Bullock: ‘1960s showbiz let gay people hide in plain sight’

Velvet Mafia author on overlooked figures and roles they played in pop culture

Wed Mar 17 2021 - 05:00

Doves: The Universal Want review – Post-Britpop survivors back in demand

After an 11-year hiatus, the trio reconvene with nothing to prove and plenty to say

Fri Sept 11 2020 - 06:20

Christy Dignam: ‘Nearly all the people I started with are dead’

Interview: The Aslan singer pulls no punches about drug addiction, sex abuse and cancer

Fri Sept 20 2019 - 05:00

Mick Flannery: Mick Flannery review – Poignant meditations on fame

The Blarney native’s latest effort perfectly illustrates his strengths as a musician

Fri Jul 05 2019 - 07:00

Kenny eased Facebook’s fears over EU copyright laws

Then-taoiseach told Sheryl Sandberg Ireland would take ‘minimalist’ approach to rules

Mon Jun 03 2019 - 00:57

Music scouting tool Andrson closes seed-funding round

Majority of funding will go into development, which has been outsourced until now

Mon May 06 2019 - 05:32

Fast-growing fintech Optal opens Dublin base for EU business

Fast-growing e-money firm chooses Dublin as post-Brexit base of EU operations

Wed Mar 13 2019 - 04:29

Copyright case against One Direction struck out at High Court

Singer-songwriter had claimed Night Changes infringed his musical work

Thu Mar 07 2019 - 17:27

How HMV’s new owner wants to change the way we buy music

Doug Putman rescued HMV in Canada, but will his approach work this side of the pond?

Wed Feb 06 2019 - 13:15

Darren Smith: ‘The ratings will decide if you’re coming back’

The TV producer on doing ‘covers’, lessons from ‘Anglo’ and everybody loving ‘Goggler’

Fri Dec 21 2018 - 05:30

Theresa May, the ‘Tulip’ tower and Taylor Swift’s landmark record deal

Planet Business: Also this week, Apple’s slide and an Australian media mega-merger

Fri Nov 23 2018 - 04:58

Lily Allen: ‘I was pretty brazen with all my behaviour. I just didn’t care’

Fame, failure, assualt, getting high: nothing is off limits in the singer’s memoir

Thu Sept 20 2018 - 10:45

Florence + the Machine: High as Hope review – in a contemplative mood

Fri Jun 29 2018 - 05:00

Róisín Murphy: ‘My Irish family were wheeler-dealers, laying roads, collecting antiques’

The ex-Moloko singer on the freedom and heartbreak that inspired her favourite tracks

Thu Jun 21 2018 - 19:27

Sony’s $2.3bn deal with EMI puts it on top of music industry

Acquisition gives Sony catalogue of more than 2 million songs

Tue May 22 2018 - 08:42

Bankers’ bonuses blocked, tracker mortgage scandal won’t go away and Nama’s fortunes

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 06:30

DJ Larry Gogan’s son backs AI to find the next U2

Former EMI exec joins A&R startup Andrson, which connects unsigned artists with labels

Thu Apr 26 2018 - 05:00

Hodges Figgis: A 250-year-old story of selling books

‘On Christmas Eve there was always a sherry reception for the customers’

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 06:00

Domhnall Gleeson on Peter Rabbit: `It's Peadar . . . What’s ‘rabbit’ in Irish?'

Behind the scenes at the making of the film version of the Beatrix Potter’s book – and keeping lookout for an appearance by Julian Assange

Thu Mar 15 2018 - 06:00

Beck is back, filling the dance floor with snap, crackle and pop

Fri Oct 13 2017 - 05:00

‘It's a romantic attempt to describe how we are as humans to an extra-terrestrial audience'

Emer Reynolds's new film ‘The Farthest’ looks at the extraordinary, humbling story the Voyager space project

Sat Jul 29 2017 - 05:00

Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott: Double act with wit and warmth

PAUL HEATON & JACQUI ABBOTTCrooked CalypsoVirgin EMI, 3

Thu Jul 20 2017 - 12:39

Lil Yachty: Great tunes, shame about the puerile lyrics

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 13:12

How ‘Sgt Pepper’ made the world slip on its axis

Released 50 years ago, The Beatles’ opus changed the way people listened to music

Sat May 27 2017 - 05:00