Music
Arooj Aftab: ‘If we all listened to more things that surprise us, we’d all be better for it’
Nobody does sound design like the Pakistani-raised singer and producer, whose new album is ‘about being flirty and crazy’ and who will soon seduce Dublin
Country music star Garth Brooks accused of sexual assault in civil lawsuit
Brooks says allegations are ‘lies’ and designed to extort money from him
Album Reviews
The Music Quiz: How many times have Radiohead been nominated for the Mercury prize?
With a new album (The Smile) and book of photographs (How to Disappear) landing, a special query into all things Thom Yorke & company
Chris Martin confirms in Dublin interview that Coldplay will make only 12 studio albums
Frontman tells Zane Lowe Show that ‘less is more’ as band prepares to release new album Moon Music on Friday
Oasis abandons dynamic pricing for remainder of world tour
Band’s management said they wanted to 'avoid a repeat of the issues' experienced by fans in August
‘I don’t miss it, I have to say’: Hayden Thorpe on life after Wild Beasts
Ness, the new solo album from the former frontman of one of the most underrated bands of the past 20 years, is based on an epic poem by Robert Macfarlane
Kris Kristofferson obituary: songwriter whose songs of darkness and light brought rarely heard depth to country music
Kris Kristofferson wrote songs for hundreds of other artists, including Me and Bobby McGee for Janis Joplin and Sunday Morning Coming Down for Johnny Cash, before a second act in film
The night Kris Kristofferson defended Sinéad O’Connor on stage amid boos and jeers
Singer showed solidarity to O’Connor following her infamous Saturday Night Live appearance in 1992
Rory Gallagher: Joe Bonamassa to play tribute concerts in Cork to mark 30th anniversary of guitarist’s death
Bonamassa will play the entire set from Gallagher's famous Irish Tour 74 concerts that drew thousands to Cork, Belfast and Dublin
Kris Kristofferson, US country singer and actor, dies aged 88
Singer managed to have prolific acting career alongside his music
Lana Del Rey marries swamp tour guide in Louisiana
LanaDel Rey (39) and Jeremy Dufrene (49) applied for a marriage licence on Monday in Lafourche, Louisiana, and married three days later
Instagram star Garron Noone: ‘I’ve been broke most of my life. I’ve cleaned up people’s puke for money. Success is a transient thing’
The TikTok and Instagram star, who is hosting a new podcast, has grown used to attention from strangers. Not all of it is welcome
Low’s Alan Sparhawk on the death of Mimi Parker, his wife and bandmate: ‘The loss is real and will be felt forever’
White Roses, My God, Sparhawk’s first solo album, is a gut-punchingly raw response to the loss of his partner and musical collaborator of nearly 30 years
Ezra Collective: ‘The Irish and Nigerians have got a lot more in common than Guinness!’
Ezra Collective’s new album, an ‘ode to the sacred act of dancing’, could be set in a church or at a carnival, wedding or even funeral, says Femi Koleoso
U2’s Country Mile and Picture of You (X + W): Two fantastic songs – but it’s hard not to be haunted by what they represent
How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb was U2’s last artistically relevant album. These new releases are from the reboot How to Re-Assemble an Atomic Bomb
Alone, The Cure’s first new song in 16 years, is a huge aching sigh of darkness that brings great comfort
The track, which comes ahead of the release of new album Songs Of A Lost World, is refreshingly, gloomily Cure-ish
Niamh O’Sullivan: ‘I am obsessed with singing. I couldn’t imagine myself doing anything else’
Cork mezzo-soprano on her packed schedule, shifting pitch and the sadness of being away from home with constant travelling for performances and rehearsals
