Wolf Alice – Blue Weekend: Power pop, power ballads and grunge
London band deliver a safe but effective collection on their 'difficult third album'
The best 50 Irish music acts right now – in order
It’s a particularly thrilling time for Irish music – here’s our countdown of the finest
Brave Giant: White, Pink & Blue review – Afraid to commit to a style
Longford band sound a bit like Mumford & Sons butting heads with The Killers
Native Americans go solar with goal of energy independence
Poverty levels result in US tribes being hit hard by electricity and delivery costs
EP2017: Wednesday Gang rock and roll in from Slane
Who better to kick things off than a pub band with chops?
Ukulele: The ‘child’s toy’ that conquered the musical world
Ireland’s annual ukulele festival demonstrates the instrument’s phenomenal appeal
‘Sunny everywhere’: Weekend to finish with highs of 22 degrees
Final day of Longitude will see over-cast conditions clear to give dry, bright weather
Una Mullally: Cruel summer ahead with no female festival headliners
Too few women playing Ireland’s big music festivals – and too many excuses
What’s on TV: six shows to watch this week
Gerry Adams, Conor McGregor, Hozier, One Direction ... and some sad dads
Our Wedding Story: We Crillys find the Fr Ted connection funny
A tight budget lead to a handcrafted wedding with help from friends and family
Metal? Bear-hunting? Glastonbury Rage Against the Metallica Machine
Purists hopping mad over Metallica should just grin and bear it
Christy Moore: ‘Some of the things I did back then would make me wince now’
After almost 45 years of recording, Christy Moore has gathered his 45 best songs on a triple CD, ‘Where I Come From’
Video: All the news that’s fit to sing
irishtimes.com features the first of a series of online ‘musical columns’. Temper-Mental MissElayneous, Doctor Millar and other songwriters will sing about Ireland and its crises, to rekindle the social fire at the heart of music
Rookie mistakes: 10 things you’re bound to get wrong in your first year of college
The freedom of being a fresher, compared to the servitude of the Leaving Cert, can go to your head . . . watch out for these 10 pitfalls
Shane Filan: a man with nothing and everything
The success of Westlife was fast and vast and band member Shane Filan sought to bank for the future by investing in property. He lost everything spectacularly, including his reputation. Here, he puts the record straight
U2-funded children get a chance to record song on board ‘Beatles’ bus
John Lennon Educational Tour Bus is an advanced music studio on wheels
Cold with a chance of grizzlies: nobody said it would be easy
Northwest Passage Diary: Paul Gleeson on the latest leg of his rowing journey
Mass exodus from Glastonbury site begins
Hoe downs break out as Mumford & Sons headline last night of Somerset festival
Haim: Sisters with attitude
As the children of wannabe rock-stars, Haim were always destined to make music – “Our parents didn’t wave us off to college; they waved us off to a rock band”
Dublin residents hold talks over proposed Phoenix Park concerts
Concern expressed over three gigs following Swedish House Mafia trouble last year
Mumford & Sons confirmed for Phoenix Park concert
Hugely popular British folk-rock group are first major act confirmed for the venue
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