The Irish Times

It’s oh so quiet: Exploring the role of silence in music

Experimental composer and guitarist Michael Pisaro-Liu’s 2013 work, asleep, wind, voice, poe gets its Irish premiere this month

Sat Apr 30 2022 - 00:00

‘The challenge for women in music is the lack of institutional support’

Participants in Finding a Voice, a festival of music by female composers, have their say

Tue Mar 01 2022 - 05:00

Laurie Anderson: ‘An important voice? My friends don’t call me an important voice’

The musician and artist on CD-roms, cancel culture and her new show, The Art of Falling

Sat Feb 19 2022 - 05:00

Aimee Mann: ‘Any woman my age is traumatised by growing up in the 60s and 70s’

US indie icon talks about her childhood kidnapping and her repressive upbringing

Mon Nov 08 2021 - 06:00

Straight to Hell: Elliot Murphy’s sonic journey through Dante’s Inferno

Berlin-based Irish composer’s new album follows the Italian poet into the underworld

Mon Sept 13 2021 - 05:00

John Lennon names his favourite Beatles songs in newly discovered tapes

Lennon discusses his love for Yoko Ono and being ‘possessed’ by fame in lost interview

Thu Sept 09 2021 - 09:05

Kilkenny Festival introduces Julius Eastman to new audience

A fiery pianist, and a singer of phenomenal range and power

Tue Aug 17 2021 - 05:00

Paul Weller and a Madness spectacular: This week’s unmissable online events

Dublin Dance Festival and Ross O’Carroll-Kelly are among the other highlights

Thu May 13 2021 - 06:00

When mainstream theatre closed, the avant-garde got busy

With productions shuttered, theatre has to break new ground to reach audiences

Mon Feb 08 2021 - 05:00

Andrew Hamilton: Joy review – Charting direct line to beginnings

Six works on album sounds disarmingly home-spun

Fri Aug 07 2020 - 05:00

Computer love: Kraftwerk’s motorik beat was powered by a human heart

Florian Schneider’s death is a reminder of how influential – and emotional – their music was

Sat May 09 2020 - 05:00

New Music Dublin festival breaks fresh ground

Unusual ambience and myriad external intrusions fails to derail eclectic artistry

Wed Mar 04 2020 - 05:00

New Music Dublin: A myriad of creative musical endeavours

With more than 20 events over four days, the festival features the best in contemporary music

Wed Feb 26 2020 - 05:00

I’d Love To Turn You On review – How David Bowie, the Beatles and others stole from the great composers

This compilation is a valuable reminder that even the most celebrated musicians didn’t think it all up on their own

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 06:15

Memes of the year: The 2019 version of the internet

From Ok Boomer to Wagatha Christie, here are this year’s Memes de la Crème

Sat Dec 07 2019 - 05:00

Louis Theroux: My guilt about Jimmy Savile

When Theroux met Savile’s once-underage ex, he thought, That’s what happened in the ’60s

Sat Sept 21 2019 - 06:00

Your idea of musical hell? – a Q&A for composers and musicians

International performers coming to Louth’s Stations of the Sun festival are put on the spot

Thu Jun 13 2019 - 05:00

Robert Armstrong takes a swipe at explosive landscapes

‘Squeegee Paintings’, the new exhibition by the former head of painting at NCAD, is all about what's left out

Tue Feb 19 2019 - 05:00

Three great classical music concerts to enjoy this week

West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Sebastian Heindl and Anthony Weeden

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00

New artist of the week: Reykjavíkurdætur

Plus songs you have to hear from Ross From Friends and Mick Pyro

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 05:00

This Album Changed My Life: Sonic Youth – Evol (1986)

Somadrone, aka Neil O'Connor, on an album that made him fall in love with noise

Sat Apr 21 2018 - 05:00

Irish National Opera’s debut show: the best classical and opera this week

Music Current 2018 offers a showcase of contemporary Irish electronic music

Mon Apr 09 2018 - 12:00

Flawless master of uilleann pipes who left priceless legacy

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

Sat Mar 31 2018 - 00:57

Liam O’Flynn remembered as a ‘magical’ musician

Uileann piper ‘bristled’ at being called a purist, funeral told

Fri Mar 16 2018 - 18:36

How a magazine became a piece of experimental art

Art in Focus: ‘Aspen 5+6’ is an exhibition in a cardboard container rather than a gallery

Sat Jan 06 2018 - 05:00

Classical highlights in November

At last, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra is presenting ‘A celebration of contemporary Irish female composers’ at the NCH

Fri Nov 03 2017 - 00:00

Classical music round-up with Michael Dervan

A celebrated Swedish brass player, a master US percussionist and a Norwegian trumpeter

Fri Oct 06 2017 - 00:00

Una Mullally: Delays to voting age Bill are extremely cynical

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael have co-operated to push back the legislation by nine months

Fri Mar 31 2017 - 01:00

Is silence golden? Welcome to ‘the last frontier of music’

Ten years after I first heard of Wandelweiser, Louth Contemporary Music Society has brought it to Ireland

Wed Jun 22 2016 - 01:00

Classical Music: Choir of 16 voices in the GPO sounds larger than life

While no longer strictly in houses, the Great Music in Irish Houses festival has found good new homes

Wed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00

Houston Chamber Choir/Robert Simpson/Sarah Rothenberg: Rothko Chapel – Album Review

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Fri Nov 20 2015 - 00:00

Tipperary becomes the centre of the dance world for six days

Tipperary Dance Project will bring a week-long flurry of international dance activity to the town

Mon Oct 12 2015 - 01:00

The unpredictable sounds of an American Wolff in Dundalk

The composer Christian Wolff, of the New York School, was central to a memorable night in Louth

Wed Jun 03 2015 - 01:00

Liszt is dead, long live the piano recital

Classical Music round-up: Recitals by John O’Conor, Marino Formenti and Philip Glass ranged from the masterful to the radical

Wed May 06 2015 - 11:02