Nanci Griffith’s Irish hit, cancer history and ‘really dysfunctional’ family

Teacher turned Grammy winner was shrewd song picker with substantial body of work

Bobby Gillespie and Jehnny Beth – Utopian Ashes: Much pain, much gain

Primal Scream and Savages join forces on a compelling country-soul duets album

This Album Changed My Life: Bob Dylan – Desire (1976)

Scarlet Rivera’s violin on the album informed Mick Flannery’s approach to music

The Eagles’ ‘Greatest Hits’ is music for people who do not really like music

Album is now top-selling album in US after overtaking Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller’

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Flawless master of uilleann pipes who left priceless legacy

Liam O’Flynn obituary: born – September 15th, 1945; died – March 14th, 2018

President pays tribute to master uilleann piper Liam O’Flynn

Michael D Higgins: musician ‘will be remembered for his performances and recordings’

Spring due this weekend but do not shed the woollies yet

Water restrictions in Dublin will continue for the foreseeable future, says Irish Water

Grammys 2018: Bruno Mars wins big as U2 perform in front of Statue of Liberty

Singer Kesha’s emotional performance was a big talking point of the night

The best rock and pop gigs to see this week

A 1980s time-warp festival and indie kids Frankie Cosmos

Album of the Week - Lisa Hannigan’s At Swim: a transitional, sometimes stark collection

Guy Clark: Singer-songwriter linked to Texas troubadour movement

Obituary: ‘Desperados Waiting for a Train was one of a handful of originals now regarded as standards from his 1975 debut album, Old No 1’

Nashville: from country mecca to music industry powerhouse

The town has long been a place of pilgrimage for country musicians. Now the Tennessee city is booming, thanks in part to its own TV show, and the rest of the music industry is turning up in the honky tonk bars of Nashville