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The music of Makaya McCraven: Editing as composition, the studio as instrument

An innovator who pushes against received notions of jazz, the Chicago-based musician has been a key figure in a vibrant and revitalised international scene

The Music Quiz: What topped Rolling Stone’s list of best karaoke songs performed in a movie?

Plus: Which European football club has teamed up with Pink Floyd to launch new merchandise?

Spotify subscriptions to increase by up to 15% in weeks ahead

‘Change means we can invest more in premium,’ Spotify said in an email sent to impacted customers

‘I had lost one of my sisters. That changed everything’: Siobhán Cleary on composing Canto

Composer says bereavement ‘kind of changed everything about the writing of the piece’

Kneecap’s Móglaí Bap speaks of mother’s death by suicide: ‘We have to alleviate that extra burden of shame’

Activist Aoife Ní Riain died in 2020 and son Naoise Ó Cairealláin has dedicated new song to her

Jordan Joy, daughter of U2’s Bono, releases new single

Don’t Kill the Vibe, Jordan Hewson’s first single as Jordan Joy, has found favour with some big names

Nedra Talley Ross: Last surviving member of The Ronettes dies aged 80

The Ronettes, made up of Talley Ross, Ronnie Spector and Estelle Bennett, had their first big hit with Be My Baby in 1963

‘It’s run by a bunch of sanctimonious bloody Americans’: The weird world of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

US citizens seem to secretly yearn for the honours system they abandoned in 1776

Kneecap: ‘These topics have been out of bounds for many years’

The controversial group have had a year of a kind that few artists will ever experience. They’re determined to stand their ground as they release their album Fenian

‘Working with Oasis? It’s tricky to talk about’: Richard Fearless of Death in Vegas

The musician on turning his back on the charts to follow his muse, summers in Donegal and why producing big bands was not for him

Kneecap ar pholaitíocht, brú agus sícideileacha: “Ar ndóigh, teastaíonn teiripe uainn ... ar feadh na mblianta fada”

Agallamh le Kneecap: Anuraidh, bhí an ceol, an chonspóid agus an chraic fite fuaite i saol an ghrúpa agus i mbliana tá albam nua uathu ar na bacáin

Michael Jackson was breathtaking at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. But what was the 10-year-old doing at his hotel?

While the king of pop – the subject of a new biopic – was thrilling audiences in Cork in 1988, concerned reporters were offering to help James Safechuck escape

The Music Quiz: Which Hollywood star has Julian Cope written a song about?

Plus: What is the birth name of US singer/songwriter Ethel Cain?

Jazz trumpeter Eddie Henderson: ‘I didn’t register it was actually Louis Armstrong showing me how to play’

Bray Jazz Festival 2026: Maestro on being a doctor, an ice-skater and a musician whose latest project marks the centenary of the birth of Miles Davis

Electric Picnic 2026: Wolf Alice, The Saw Doctors and Djo among acts added to line-up

Irish acts including The Mary Wallopers, Florence Road and Madra Salach have joined the line-up too

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