50 people to watch in 2021: The best young talent in Ireland

The hottest talent in politics, fashion, food, sport, activism, culture, tech and entrepreneurship

Bruce Springsteen: Western Stars review – His most radical and best album in years

By structuring the music around an orchestra, there is a remarkable freshness to his sound

Louis Walsh: ‘Boyzone were more fun than Westlife’

‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ star on ungrateful popstars and being falsely accused of sex assault

Rest in peace ... They died in 2017

Irish and international stars of film, music, politics, sport and real life who left us this year

Your guide to going out and staying in this week

They Called Her Vivaldi show comes to Peacock Theatre and RTÉ Contempo Quartet kicks off tour in Kilkenny

‘God showed me just what I didn't need’: Glen Campbell in facts

He had his first child at 17, covered U2 and Green Day songs, and played golf in cowboy boots

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‘Rhinestone Cowboy’ singer Glen Campbell dies at 81

US country star had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease for several years

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

Villagers – Where Have You Been All My Life?: Back-catalogue ‘reimagined’ to interesting effect

Review | Vernon God Little: Decadent’s production gets the caustic humour but trips a little into farce

DBC Pierre’s novel excoriates contemporary America, and this production doesn’t quite keep the anger on the boil

Trying to unearth the story behind the reclusive Bobbie Gentry’s Ode to Billie Joe

The singer’s silence amplifies the mystery behind the song that made her a star, now the subject of a book of the same name, writes Karl Whitney