Ticket Awards 2017: The best music of the year

Kendrick Lamar, St Vincent, Lorde, and SZA reigned supreme this year, while the Irish music scene has never been so vibrant

Evan Parker is to John Coltrane as Samuel Beckett is to James Joyce

Saxophonist Evan Parker's performances are not for the faint-hearted. But like his beloved Beckett, it’s the sort of art that, once you get it, you really get it

John Escreet: Sound, Space and Structures