The Irish Times

The Wicc: Wolf – Conspicuously individual work by an important Irish artist

Carol Keogh’s latest creative persona upends expectations with beautiful results

Fri Mar 18 2022 - 05:00

‘If I am negotiating set bills such as phone and insurance, I will haggle’

Me & My Money: Designer Jennifer Rothwell on her pandemic spending habits

Mon Feb 15 2021 - 00:00

Dublin Bowie Festival celebrates The Man Who Sold the World

Gig of the week: producer Tony Visconti and drummer Woody Woodmansey are guests

Sat Jan 04 2020 - 05:00

Sean O’Hagan: Radum Calls, Radum Calls review – Compelling and quietly triumphant

Former Microdisney man’s second solo outing in almost 30 years offers earthly delights

Fri Oct 25 2019 - 00:00

Gig of the Week: Féile ’19 at Semple Stadium

Horslips, Sinéad O’Connor, and hot tubs await punters making the Trip to Tipp

Sat Sept 14 2019 - 05:00

A Dublin rap group have just been booked to headline 3Arena

Announcement by Versatile of November gig comes after Irish duo’s performance at Longitude

Wed Jul 10 2019 - 15:14

Gig of the week: Damien Dempsey at Vicar Street

For the past 10 years, the Dublin singer has followed his own characteristic path

Sat Dec 23 2017 - 05:00

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

Sat Dec 02 2017 - 05:00

Van Morrison – Versatile review: far removed from the man’s masterworks

Fri Nov 24 2017 - 09:53

Columbia Mills: A Safe Distance to Watch – taut tunes worth taking a closer look at

Fri Nov 10 2017 - 05:00

Stereophonics review: new album has its moments but is nothing to scream about

Fri Nov 03 2017 - 05:00

U2 at Croke Park: A nostalgic return that just made sense

The band is looking older, but the music continues to carry a political punch

Sat Jul 22 2017 - 23:00

What's the best gig ever to take place in Ireland?

A new book asks music critics and fans that very question, and as you'd expect, the answers vary widely

Tue Jan 24 2017 - 13:00

RTÉ Choice Music Prize shortlist revealed

Lineup features Rusangano Family, All Tvvins and James Vincent McMorrow in a shortlist dominated by indie rock

Wed Jan 11 2017 - 14:30

Hollie McNish: ‘Being a parent is very much political’

McNish writes insightful, funny, political poetry rooted in her everyday life, on topics including weird attitudes to breastfeeding

Mon Apr 18 2016 - 07:00

Going Out: The best of what’s on this weekend

A round-up of the best nights out across the country, inicluding gigs by Little Green Cars, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Mmoths and more

Fri Mar 18 2016 - 12:28

Culture Shock: When artists are faced with the end, how do they respond?

It’s tempting to read ‘Blackstar’ as David Bowie’s swansong. But he was already writing his next album

Fri Jan 22 2016 - 16:00

Dance, laugh, love/hate

A night with Toney Clayton-Lea, Stuart Carolan, Cathy Davey and Colm O'Regan

Fri Nov 07 2014 - 11:27

The word is out on Lingo

Has it really taken this long for someone to pull together a spoken-word festival?

Fri Sept 26 2014 - 17:46

Album review: Larkin Poe – Larkin Poe

Fri Aug 22 2014 - 00:00

Wryly observant journalist and musician

Alan Richie Taylor: July 4th, 1953 - August 3rd, 2014

Sat Aug 09 2014 - 10:45

Cork’s Indiependence music festival is small but set to grow

Annual event is still at forefront of Ireland’s boutique festival experience

Mon Aug 04 2014 - 01:00

Review: Pantha du Prince and the Bell Laboratory

Electronica royalty joins up with bell ringers – and somehow it works

Fri Mar 28 2014 - 17:34

Nels Cline: a guitarist’s guitarist

From pop to country, and from experimental to jazz, it sounds as if Nels Cline of BB&C – best known among rock fans as a member of Wilco – can turn his hand to anything

Fri Feb 21 2014 - 10:25

North Sea Scrolls

A clever conceit by Luke Haines and Cathal Coughlan makes for a show that is playful and serious at the same time

Tue Nov 12 2013 - 14:09

Back in the R.O.I – Fifty years on, the Fab Four are still causing a stir in Dublin

Celebrating 50 years since The Beatles played their only Irish gigs, the Dublin Beatles Festival takes place this weekend with tribute bands, exhibitions, plays, interviews and more

Fri Nov 08 2013 - 00:00

From road to runway: Aaron Buggle

The former professional cyclist is carving out a new career as a model

Sat Oct 12 2013 - 00:00

Regina Spektor: Stunning fusion of anti-folk dissonance and odd pop music

Hold on to the gorgeous oddness of her art and you’ve got songs you could easily live with for the rest of your life

Thu Aug 22 2013 - 17:37

Bad Bob? Another listen to Dylan’s most derided era

‘Self Portrait’, Dylan’s first album of the 1970s, was his attempt to besmirch his image as a cultural icon. It worked. Will the most recent trawl of the archives change any minds?

Tue Aug 20 2013 - 01:00