Music

Lola, which the New York musician took issue with, came out 56 years ago. That’s a long time in pop music and a geologic aeon in gender politics

Gender isn’t a defining force in Alec Duckart’s music; it’s part of who he is, not something he thinks about every time he picks up a guitar

The late singer’s talent has been used as a stick to beat a new generation of female artists, prompting Raye to take a lyrical stand

Welsh pop star to recount in depth for the first time what happened to her in 2010

Bertei’s No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene, makes for electrifying account of downtown demi-monde days

Plus: What is the colour in the title of the forthcoming solo album by Radiohead’s guitarist Ed O’Brien?

Florence Shaw and Lewis Maynard talk soap, Taylor Swift and recording some of Mercury Prize shortlist-tipped Secret Love in Dublin

The singer, an artist for the ages, on living with grief, attending the Oscars and enjoying ‘that mad, loony energy of the Irish’

The Smiths drummer on his memoir, his Irish background, Sinéad O’Connor and Morrissey

The K-pop superstar boy band are marking the end of a more than three-year hiatus for military service

Plus: The title of UK rapper Dave’s 2025 album, The Boy Who Played Harp, references which book in the Bible?

Galway singer who cofounded De Dannan and featured on A Woman’s Heart has died aged 72

Founder member of De Dannan died peacefully at her home in Co Galway aged 72

Several other Irish and international artists, including surviving Pogues, will contribute to 20th Century Paddy album

Plus: On Steve Van Zandt’s 1999 album, Born Again Savage, which member of U2 performs on every track?