Tune in, drop out: Jake Bugg's graduation to pop's big leaguesSince he heard Don McLean singing ‘Vincent’ at 12, making music was all Jake Bugg dreamed about. Now, at 19, he says he’s happy to keep learning from the older guysFri Aug 09 2013 - 00:00
As I went down in the river to playThe festival of Abhainn Rí is as much about reinventing the market town of Callan, a market town in Co Kilkenny, as it is about celebrating the artsSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
A multitude of Roger Doyles but only one composerThe 62-year-old pioneered Irish electronic music, and it returned the favour by saving his lifeMon Jul 29 2013 - 01:00
Your five a day for LongitudeLongitude, a three-day event in leafy Marlay Park in Dublin, has one of the most intriguing line-ups of the summer. Tony Clayton-Lea casts his eye over the bill and picks out the acts you really don’t want to missFri Jul 12 2013 - 00:00
Peace at lastYou haven’t heard of Peace? You will. The lads are coming straight outta Birmingham on a mission to rock like their role models.Fri Jul 05 2013 - 00:00
Paul Morley: getting to the heart of northern soulPaul Morley’s memoir of the north has been 50 years in the making – it’s been worth the waitMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
Aslan tribute concert raises money for singer’s treatmentCream of Irish music turn up for Christy Dignam concert at Dublin’s Olympia theatreSat Jun 22 2013 - 07:05
Waits/Corbijn ’77-’11: A Collaborative Photographic Book, by Tom Waits and Anton CorbijnPhotographer Anton Corbijn has been taking pictures of Tom Waits for more than 35 years. Now the pair have produced a limited-edition bookSat Jun 22 2013 - 01:00
Why ABC still have the look of loveBack in the glorious heyday of the New Romantics, he was the man in the gold lamé suit; and ABC’s Martin Fry remains a sharp dresser. “I don’t live in the 1980s because I love what I’m doing now”Fri Jun 21 2013 - 00:00
The emotional underground heartbeat of Jon HopkinsJon Hopkins matches the polish of his electronic production with the emotion of a fine songwriter – and he might just have forged the next missing link in musicTue Jun 18 2013 - 01:00
Slick Bon Jovi leave Slane living on a prayer‘Show me what you got, Dublin!’ says the man with the whitest teeth in rockSun Jun 16 2013 - 08:22
Cover girl: Judy Collins on other people’s musicDylan doesn’t have a life, she’s a one-woman band, and artists know they’ve made it when she covers their songs – after 54 years in the business, Judy Collins isn’t afraid to speak her mindFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:00
Surf’s up at Sea SessionsAn open-air event where people go to get wet, a part of Donegal that’s breathtaking in its natural beauty, and a line-up that stretches boundaries. Here’s the best of Sea Sessions 2013Fri Jun 14 2013 - 00:00
Legends of the fallThey have a combined age of well over 1,000, combined record sales of more than one billion, and they’re all coming here on tour in the next few monthsFri May 31 2013 - 00:00
Forbidden pleasuresSerge Pizzorno from Forbidden Fruit headliners Kasabian offers his take on the ‘sex, drugs and rock’n’roll thing’. Plus, a rundown of the best of what's on offer at the festivalFri May 24 2013 - 00:00
It’s alive! The rise of Slum CinemaA love of cult movies has turned into a semi-regular night of great bad filmsMon May 20 2013 - 02:00
Laura Marling: ‘Ambitious? I’m not conscious of it, but I have to admit I struggle to sit still’In the run up to the release of her already critically acclaimed fourth album, Once I Was an Eagle, Laura Marling talks mediums, metaphors and the art of songwritingFri May 17 2013 - 01:00
