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Paul McCartney: “The one thing I’ve always managed to do, whether at home or on the road, is to write new songs.” Photograph: Mary McCartney/PA Wire Paul McCartney to publish 900-page lyrical ‘autobiography’
  • February 25, 2021

The Lyrics, a ‘self-portrait in 154 songs’, is based on conversations with Irish poet Paul Muldoon

Grainne Humphreys: ‘George Michael was a consummate artist yet so bloody catchy.’ Photograph: Chris Cuffaro Grainne Humphreys: ‘Not much makes me feel better than a George Michael nostalgia trip’
  • Grainne Humphreys
  • February 25, 2021

Soundtrack of My Life: Kate Bush, Philip Glass and more, from the director of Dublin film festival

Satanist: Nergal, of Behemoth, on stage in London last year. Photograph: Gus Stewart/Redferns/Getty Satanist appeals for support to take on government after blasphemy prosecution
  • Ronan McGreevy
  • February 24, 2021

Heavy-metal singer Nergal has fought several previous legal battles with Polish authorities

David Gray performing at Dublin’s Convention Centre in June 2011. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons The Music Quiz: Which Irish island appears on a David Gray album cover?
  • Tony Clayton-Lea
  • February 24, 2021

Plus: LSD in the studio coffee, Phil Lynott’s rock opera role, Pink Floyd’s musical nod

Mick Jones, Joe Strummer and Paul Simonon of The Clash in 1980. On Sandinista! I heard jazz, gospel, blues, dub and rap and knew enough to go looking for the original sounds that had inspired them. Photograph: Hulton Archive/Getty Images Sandinista! – The Clash triple LP that became my post-punk Bible
  • Michael McCaughan
  • February 24, 2021

The album widened my musical and political horizons, and sent me travelling to Nicaraqua

It’s a Sin: Olly Alexander (front) with Omari Douglas, Nathaniel Curtis, Callum Scott Howells and Lydia West. Photograph: Channel 4 ‘The way many of these songs have been embraced by queer people is incredible’
  • Alim Kheraj
  • February 23, 2021

It’s a Sin creator Russell T Davies and director Peter Hoar on the 1980s’ uncoolest anthems

Thomas Bangalter, left, and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk. Photograph: Matt Sayles/Invision/AP Daft Punk split: Influential dance duo call time on their partnership
  • February 22, 2021

Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo announce retirement with video

The new-found credibility of Enya and The Corrs tells us a lot about where music is today. Photograph: Isa Foltin/Getty Enya and The Corrs are superstars, loved around the world. Why not in Ireland?
  • Ed Power
  • February 21, 2021

Ed Power: Country has rarely looked kindly on those who stood out, who dared sing differently

In a request filed in LA county court, Eilish (19), said a man (23) had been camping outside a school across the road from the family residence. File photograph: Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images Billie Eilish granted restraining order against alleged stalker
  • Laura Snapes
  • February 20, 2021

Singer says she no longer feels safe going outside her home as man could attempt to hurt her

Demi Lovato revealed she was still living with the effects of the overdose, including brain damage and blind spots in her vision, which prevent her from driving. File photograph: Danny Moloshok/Reuters Demi Lovato had ‘three strokes and a heart attack’ after 2018 overdose
  • February 18, 2021

Singer reveals she was minutes from death in new documentary Dancing with the Devil

Classical

Three Irish opera projects shortlisted for prestigious European prize Three Irish opera projects shortlisted for prestigious European prize

February 22, 2021 Michael Gallen’s Straymaker, Wexford Festival Opera and Irish National Opera make list

Relive: Live orchestral works that capture a time and place Relive: Live orchestral works that capture a time and place

February 19, 2021 Pieces by Jane O’Leary, Peter Dickson Lopez and Corrina Bonshek still resonate

Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn String Quartets Op 76 – magicians at work Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn String Quartets Op 76 – magicians at work

February 5, 2021 The quartet achieves a well-nigh perfect balancing of parts that seems impossible

Oculi Ensemble: Metamorphosen review – How Strauss shed his father’s influence Oculi Ensemble: Metamorphosen review – How Strauss shed his father’s influence

January 22, 2021 Richard Strauss went his own wild way, as this selection of chamber works shows

More Music

Mick Flannery: I’m so obsessed with songwriting that I try to keep my mind clear of musical distractions Mick Flannery: ‘I listen to Leonard Cohen dying’
  • Mick Flannery
  • February 18, 2021

Soundtrack of My Life: From Tom Waits to Van Morrison; I’m allergic to hope at the moment

Scottish band Mogwai have just released their 10th album As the Love Continues. Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite: ‘The Tories haven’t got a clue about culture’
  • Eamon Sweeney
  • February 18, 2021

The frontman on sleep-talking, dying young, and what Brexit is doing to British musicians

U2 at the time of their Achtung Baby album and tour. Photograph: Anton Corbijn The Music Quiz: What was U2’s Achtung Baby originally called?
  • Tony Clayton-Lea
  • February 17, 2021

Plus: Suzanne Vega located, Scarface sampled, Bowie’s Buddha directed

John Buckley McQuaid: ‘Leaving doesn’t mean artists suddenly became idiots and didn’t know about anything going on in Ireland’ John Buckley McQuaid: ‘Ireland’s silence is a comfort zone’
  • Derek Scally
  • February 17, 2021

The expat artist’s new album tackles the omertà over his home country’s recent past

Saoirse Duane, Karen Cowley and Caoimhe Barry of Wyvern Lingo are gearing up for the release of their second album, Awake You Lie. Photograph: Miguel Ruiz ‘I think the powers that be in Dublin don’t value the culture of nightlife’
  • Glen Murphy
  • February 17, 2021

Wyvern Lingo on the pluses of working in Berlin and Ireland’s chance to change

Wedding plans: Kylie Minogue and Paul Solomons look set to marry in Melbourne. Photograph: Samir Hussein/WireImage/Getty Goodbye, ‘unlucky in love’ Kylie: Girl next door finally lands a keeper
  • Tanya Sweeney
  • February 16, 2021

Kylie Minogue is set to marry Paul Solomons. It’s going to be low-key. Or perhaps enormous

CMAT: ‘I’m making people become interested in personal problems by being entertaining.’ Photograph: Sarah Doyle CMAT: ‘I had a full mental breakdown – it was better just to get it out of the way’
  • Tony Clayton-Lea
  • February 16, 2021

The singer on mental health, hyperfemininity and using humour as a shield

Stuart Staples: “I grew up in an industrial English city where people like The Clash introduced different ways of thinking.” Stuart Staples: ‘The wrench of leaving a small town was very defining’
  • Eamon Sweeney
  • February 13, 2021

Tindersticks singer on Nottingham, TV Personalities cover, Eimear McBride and new lp

Bruce Springsteen was arrested in New Jersey in November 2020 on a charge of driving while intoxicated, authorities said. File Photograph: Ander Gillenea/AFP via Getty Images Jeep pulls Bruce Springsteen advert following rocker’s drink-driving arrest
  • February 12, 2021

Rockstar accused of driving while under the influence, reckless driving and consuming alcohol in a closed area

Rihanna poses during a promotional event of her brand Fenty in Paris on May 22, 2019. File Photograph: Martin Bureau/ AFP/ Getty Images Rihanna’s luxury Fenty fashion house closes down after two years
  • February 12, 2021

Label hit by supply chain issues and travel restrictions during pandemic — as well as possible teething problems

Victoria Mary Clarke: ‘The playlist is very random, but that’s what I like about it.’ Victoria Mary Clarke: ‘Johnny Depp has been a bit of a hero for me and Shane’
  • Victoria Mary Clarke
  • February 11, 2021

Soundtrack of My Life: Shane MacGowan’s partner on the songs getting her through Covid-19

Bruce Springsteen is accused of driving while under the influence, reckless driving and consuming alcohol in a closed area. Photograph: Ander Gillenea /AFP via Getty Images Bruce Springsteen faces drink-driving charge in New Jersey
  • February 10, 2021

Veteran rocker was arrested on November 14th in a part of the Gateway National Recreation Area

Paul McCartney and Nancy Shevell leave after their marriage ceremony at Old Marylebone Town Hall in London on October 9th, 2011. Macca wrote My Valentine for Shevell. Photograph: Luke MacGregor/Reuters The Music Quiz: Who’s that in Paul McCartney’s My Valentine video?
  • Tony Clayton-Lea
  • February 10, 2021

A special loved-up quiz on all things music and St Valentine’s Day

Monika Sapielak, director and co-founder of the Centre for Creative Practices. Photograph: Johnnie Doyle New Voices offers fresh perspective on art in Ireland
  • Gemma Tipton
  • February 10, 2021

Series aims to promote and connect work of migrant and culturally diverse artists

Mary Wilson arrives for the Ryan Gordy Foundation 60 Years of Motown Celebration at the Waldorf Astoria in Beverly Hills on November 11th, 2019. File photograph: Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty The Supremes co-founder Mary Wilson dies aged 76
  • February 9, 2021

Motown singer and best-selling author had 12 number one hits with the group

TThe Weeknd performs during the Super Bowl LV halftime show at Raymond James Stadium on February 7th in Florida. Photograph: Kevin C Cox/Getty Super Bowl halftime show: The Weeknd performed on his own terms
  • February 8, 2021

Review: Toronto musician brought rarely seen intimacy to pop’s biggest performance

Elton John on stage at the 3arena in Dublin as part of his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour in June 2019. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times Brexit negotiators ‘screwed up’ deal for musicians, says Elton John
  • February 8, 2021

UK musicians must now secure visa or work permit for each country they want to play in

Django Django’s fourth album features guest vocals from Charlotte Gainsbourg. Photograph: Horacio Bolz Django Django’s antidote to endless lockdowns
  • Lauren Murphy
  • February 6, 2021

The fourth album from the London-based band is aptly titled Glowing in the Dark

Gemma Dunleavy’s Twitter biog is ‘Sheriff St born bread n buttered’. Gemma Dunleavy’s love letter to Dublin’s inner city
  • Una Mullally
  • February 6, 2021

‘No one around me was into art. It wasn’t a normal thing in my family or around my road’

Sounds of the Unborn: Luca Yupanqui with her parents, Iván Diaz Mathé and Elizabeth Hart A star is born? Toddler to release debut album recorded in the womb
  • Ben Beaumont-Thomas
  • February 4, 2021

Luca Yupanqui’s parents used ‘biosonic Midi technology’ to record baby’s in-utero sound

Kevin McGahern: ‘I’m not great at keeping up with the latest cool music. I’m pure brutal, actually.’ Kevin McGahern: ‘Metal gigs are a great way to relieve stress’
  • Kevin McGahern
  • February 4, 2021

Soundtrack of My Life: The Clear History host on songs that have got him through the pandemic

The Staves: sisters Jessica, Camilla and Emily Staveley-Taylor releasing first new album in six years. File photograph: Sequoia Ziff The Staves: ‘What’s the worst that could happen when what has already happened is so bad?’
  • Tony Clayton-Lea
  • February 4, 2021

Jessica and Camilla Staveley-Taylor on reshaping themselves after the death of their mother

Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters playing the RDS in August 2019. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw The Music Quiz: Foo Fighters made an appearance in which hit TV show?
  • Tony Clayton-Lea
  • February 3, 2021

An all-things-Foo quiz to mark 25 years and a 10th album, Medicine at Midnight

Tony Bennett is preparing to release another album of duets with Lady Gaga, following 2014’s Cheek to Cheek, recorded between 2018 and 2020 as he began to suffer from the illness. File photograph: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Tony Bennett: US singer diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease
  • February 1, 2021

Bennett showing ‘cognitive issues’ but other parts of brain ‘functioning well’, says doctor

Neil Young: in the early 1980s the now grizzled old rocker filtered his Crazy Horse sound through an array of synths, vocoders and other gizmos. Photograph: Pete Still/Redferns/Getty Neil Young’s ‘lost’ album: Before you start leaping up and down in your slippers . . .
  • Kevin Courtney
  • February 1, 2021

Johnny’s Island is from experimental phase that prompted rocker’s record label to sue him

Start Walkin’: Nancy Sinatra’s new collection spans solo releases, rarities and classics from her first two albums with Lee Hazlewood. Photograph: Ron Joy/courtesy Boots Enterprises Nancy Sinatra: ‘I married as a virgin. In those days you got married to have sex’
  • Eve Barlow
  • February 1, 2021

The singer on sexual politics, her friend Elvis and her hopes for peace in the US after Trump

Sophie performing on stage at Coachella in 2019. Photograph: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Grammy-nominated DJ and producer Sophie dies aged 34
  • January 30, 2021

Producer who worked with Madonna and Charli XCX was widely recognised for experimenting with pop

Kerri Chandler playing at District 8 in Jam Park in Swords, Co Dublin in 2019. Long before Covid, there was a sense of loss of city nightlife, with the closure of clubs and culture spaces alongside the conversion of city centres into streets of hotels. Photograph: Daniel Rrell. When will we dance again? The importance of clubbing as culture
  • Deirdre Falvey
  • January 30, 2021

‘On the dancefloors we totally lost ourselves and discovered ourselves’

Foo Fighters: Taylor Hawkins, Pat Smear, Dave Grohl, Chris Shiflett, Nate Mendel and Rami Jaffee Foo Fighters at 25: ‘For us to break up would be like your grandparents divorcing’
  • Lauren Murphy
  • January 30, 2021

Dave Grohl on YouTube drum battles with a 10-year-old, and the band’s Mariah Carey fan

Jon Bon Jovi: 'My life is much more normal than one would imagine'. Photograph: Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images Jon Bon Jovi: ‘That whole lifestyle was so vapid. I couldn’t wait to get away from it’
  • Hadley Freeman
  • January 28, 2021

With the big hair and bombast long gone, the rock star talks politics, pain and family

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Many painters have been drawn hypnotically to Achill Island. Painting: Brigid Grealish Hunter Local history: A round-up of books drawing on rural detail
A poet first, Conor O’Callaghan has spoken of the burden of inheritance of the Yeatsian singing line. File photograph: Eve O’Callaghan We Are Not in the World: Lyrical storytelling of heart-wrenching events
‘I think recognizing the wider role luck plays in society is very important,’ says TCD political scientist Peter Stone. Photograph: Joel Saget/AFP Creative/Getty The Leaving Cert is not fair. Why not just replace it with a lottery?

Album Reviews

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Music Videos

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2 Moses Farrow (left) with his adoptive parents, Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, and some of his siblings in 1989. Photograph: Ron Galella/RGC via Getty Moses Farrow: ‘I felt inherently like I was a bad kid. The abuse at home reinforced that’

3 Kate Winslet: ‘Partly because we are emerging from this spectacular #MeToo period, women are less afraid to say what we think now.’ Photograph: David M Benett/Getty Kate Winslet: ‘I shouldn’t have worked with Woody. I’ll always grapple with that regret’

4 British author Kazuo Ishiguro: ‘I am not really that interested in what happened, I’m much more interested in what the narrator thinks happened’. Photograph: Ben Stansall/AFP via Getty Kazuo Ishiguro: ‘I have to be careful to guard against genius syndrome’

5 #WTFthatending: Eve Hewson in Behind Her Eyes Behind Her Eyes: Sarah Pinborough on writing the Eve Hewson hit and its ‘WTF’ ending

6 Eve Hewson, Tom Bateman and Simona Brown in Behind Her Eyes Behind Her Eyes is crazy – making it the perfect show for these crazy days

7 Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘If you’re protesting against racism, you’re going to upset some racists.’ Photograph: Buck Ellison/NYT Sacha Baron Cohen: ‘I created characters with the aim of infiltrating Trump’s circle’

8 US army soldiers from the 10th Mountain and the 101st Airborne units disembark from a Chinook helicopter March 11th, 2002 as they return to Bagram airbase from the fighting in eastern Afghanistan. Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images ‘The Art of War’: As relevant now as when it was written

9 André Leon Talley, in his boyhood hometown of Durham, North Carolina. Photograph: Jeremy M Lange/NYT André Leon Talley: How Anna Wintour threw her right-hand man ‘under the bus’

10 One of Anthony Haughey’s photograph from Mosney. Céad míle fáilte? The true meaning of hospitality

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