Siobhán Kane

What made this show even more pleasing was Rowland’s reappraisal of some of the band’s previous work

The four-piece’s vision remains unbowed on a work that is operatic in scope

Dublin Theatre Festival 2023: Abigail Smith and Lioba Petrie create a space for reflection in the evocative Chapel Royal at Dublin Castle

Debut solo album firmly situated at the poppier end of the scale, with Fred Again, Stuart Price and Jamie xx all involved in production

The British producer duo’s return is buoyed by vocal collaborators including Channel Tres and Roots Manuva

Dizzying feast of an album as Kevin Rowland re-evaluates his attitudes to women and ideas of masculinity

Another mysterious milestone performed in an amplified emotional register

Dublin singer marks 20 years since his album Seize the Day was released with a show in the Iveagh Gardens

Vital, intelligent and dreamy music recorded mostly live to tape

Ambitious record moves between delicacy and muscularity

Frenetic percussion and dazzling soundscapes conjure ‘what Kraftwerk would have done if they’d been in Cairo in the 1970s’

The singular Bobby Aherne imbues his second solo album with pure joy and ramshackle artfulness

There is much softness to Arlo Parks’s second album, even if it is a touch too sweet in places

Dublin-based improv band’s second album brings the listener down a mysterious and compelling musical rabbit-hole

The ghostly hand of the pandemic lingers in the record’s exploration of time