
New Artist of the Week: Leon Bridges
- Music
- April 14, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Anderson .Paak and Friendly Fires

New artist of the week: Let’s Eat Grandma
- Music
- April 7, 2018, 05:00
Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth are childhood friends making eerie nursery-rhyme freak-folk. Plus: new songs from Unknown Morta(...)

This album changed my life: Riz Ortolani – Cannibal Holocaust OST
- Music
- April 7, 2018, 05:00
Irish singer-songwriter Paddy Hanna on the 1980 Italian schlock-horror movie soundtrack that bled into his current album ‘Frankly,(...)

Ciaran Lavery on Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)
- Music
- April 6, 2018, 05:00
This albun changed my life: The singer on the frightening and otherworldly Tom Waits

New artist of the week: Charlotte Day Wilson
- Music
- March 31, 2018, 05:00
Plus, songs you have to hear from Seinabo Sey and ZHU featuring Tame Impala

This Album Changed My Life: The Strokes – Is This It (2001)
- Music
- March 31, 2018, 05:00
Rakel Mjöll of Dream Wife on the album that made her want to express herself loudly

New artist of the week: Denis Sulta
- Music
- March 24, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Leon Bridges and David Byrne

Karl Blau on the Van Halen album that changed his life
- Music
- March 17, 2018, 05:00
Van Halen – ‘Van Halen I’ (1978)

New artist of the week: The Blaze
- Music
- March 17, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Serpentwithfeet and David Kitt

New Artist of the Week: Caroline Rose
- Music
- March 10, 2018, 05:00
Plus tracks you have to hear from Chvrches and DJ Koze

Stimming x Lambert: The new artists of the week
- Music
- March 5, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Janelle Monáe and Kojaque

This Album Changed My Life: The Velvet Underground and Nico
- Music
- February 24, 2018, 05:00
Aoife Power of Whenyoung on honest lyrics and ragged guitars with the power to hurt

New artist of the week: Dermot Kennedy
- Music
- February 24, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Beach House and Paddy Hanna

New Artist of the Week: Half Waif
- Music
- February 17, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Fever Ray and AE Mak

New Artist of the Week: Car Seat Headrest
- Music
- February 10, 2018, 05:00
Sit back and let this indie wunderkind from Leesburg, Virginia do the driving. Plus: Tracks you have to hear from The Gloaming and(...)

This Album Changed My Life: Burial – Untrue (2007)
- Music
- February 3, 2018, 05:00
Daithí O’Connor of Come on Live Long discovered Burial’s second album during the downturn

New Artist of the Week: Peggy Gou
- Music
- February 3, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Geowulf and Pillow Queens

This Album Changed My Life: The Skatalites meet King Tubby – Heroes of Reggae in Dub (1999)
- Music
- January 27, 2018, 05:00
Mark Speer of Khruangbin says the album has been influential to the way he writes music

New Artist of the Week: Sudan Archives
- Music
- January 27, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from 1000 Beasts and Young Fathers

This Album Changed My Life: The Chemical Brothers – Surrender (1999)
- Music
- January 20, 2018, 05:00
Ruairi Lynch of Bantum on an album that ‘sounded like nothing I’d ever heard before’

New artist of the week: Derry girl Roe and her ‘grumpy electro pop’
- Music
- January 20, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Marcus Marr and Soccer Mommy

This Album Changed My Life: Lauryn Hill – The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998)
- Music
- January 13, 2018, 05:00
Hvmmingbyrd’s Deborah Byrne on ‘a truly fearless female voice’

New artist of the week: IAMDDB
- Music
- January 13, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from David Byrne and Bruno Mars

This Album Changed My Life: Stevie Wonder – Songs in the Key of Life (1976)
- Music
- January 6, 2018, 05:00
BARQ’s Jess Kav on music that a thousand weddings wouldn’t make her sick of

New artist of the week: Fontaines D.C.
- Music
- January 6, 2018, 05:00
Rock’n’roll garage music with a Dublin twist. Plus: Francis & the Lights; The Streets

This Album Changed My Life: Björk – Homogenic (1997)
- Music
- December 30, 2017, 05:00
Bad Bones, aka Sal Stapleton, on an album with ‘some of the best pieces of music ever created’

New artist of the week: Parcels
- Music
- December 30, 2017, 05:00
Synth pop group with Daft Punk’s seal of approval become ‘Overnight’ success

This album changed my life: Elliott Smith – XO (1998)
- Music
- December 23, 2017, 05:00
The album accompanied Homebeat’s Emmet Condon on many train journeys as a student

New artist of the week: Sigrid
- Music
- December 23, 2017, 05:00
Fans are flocking to the sound of this 21-year-old Norwegian. Plus: Sheer Mag; Davy Kehoe

It Takes A Village to put on a festival in Trabolgan
- Music
- December 22, 2017, 00:00
How Music Works: Joe Kelly is organising a festival in Trabolgan holiday village in Co Cork in April, aimed at veteran festivalgoe(...)

You can’t just make music anymore, you’ve got to be seen before you’re heard’
- Music
- December 19, 2017, 16:15
How Cork’s Generic People went from being DJs to a multimedia company

Just one single, and the buzz is already building about Whenyoung
- Music
- December 16, 2017, 05:00
And you have to hear Mango and Mathman, and Sufjan Stevens

‘The Prodigy helped me put my family life back together’
- Music
- December 16, 2017, 05:00
This Album Changed My Life: Musician Brian Deady on The Prodigy’s Experience (1992)

Meet Yaeji, house music’s exciting new voice
- Music
- December 9, 2017, 05:00
New Artist of the Week: The Korean-American house-pop producer is one of the BBC Sound of 2018 list

'I thought The Redneck Manifesto was a huge cult band from the States, not down the road in Crumlin'
- Music
- December 9, 2017, 05:00
This album changed my life: Lar Kaye of All Tvvins on The Redneck Manifesto's 'Thirtysixstrings' (2001)

Stevie G: ‘In Cork everything seems to be open for six months’
- Music
- December 8, 2017, 01:00
In the How Music Works series, Niall Byrne talks to people about their life’s work in music. This week, Cork DJ Stevie G

New artist of the week: the callow, but impressive Billie Eilish
- Music
- December 2, 2017, 05:00
And you have to hear . . . Sjowgren – Stubborn Forces and All Tvvins – Crash

Maria Doyle Kennedy: Joni Mitchell taught me not to feel sorry for myself
- Music
- December 2, 2017, 05:00
This Album Changed My Life: Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark (1974)

‘I remember at 11 or 12 having to beg people to come into the church’
- Music
- December 1, 2017, 00:00
Molly King is head of development for the Other Voices festival in Dingle and has been involved with it since her childhood

Ticket reseller entering Irish market was raided in UK investigation
- Music
- November 30, 2017, 05:00
Ticket reseller Stubhub was recently raided by the competition authority as part of ticket-touting investigation

New artist of the week: Jens Kuross
- Music
- November 25, 2017, 05:00
Piano-led electronic balladry from Los Angeles
This album changed my life: Can – Tago Mago (1971)
- Music
- November 25, 2017, 05:00
The Cyclist on the album that ‘takes him right back to a feeling of timeless creation’

New artist of the week: Brockhampton
- Music
- November 18, 2017, 05:00
Rap boy band crew with members from the US, Grenada and Ireland

The Incredible Stream Band ‘captured the enchantment of winter to a child’
- Music
- November 18, 2017, 05:00
Daragh Lynch of Lankum on the album that changed his life and songs you have to hear

Death and the salesman: running a record shop with cancer
- Music
- November 17, 2017, 00:00
Willie Meighan of Rollercoaster Records on dealing with a terminal illness and the `'happiest little record shop in the world'

New artist of the week: IDER, pastoral pop laced with folk intimacy
- Music
- November 11, 2017, 05:00
London duo Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville twin lilting chords with vocal harmonies

David Bowie’s ‘Low’: ‘Like unearthing a strange desire’
- Music
- November 11, 2017, 05:00
This Album Changed My Life: Elephant’s Shane Clarke on Bowie’s 1977 album

Stirring up a choice music mix at the Sugar Club
- Music
- November 10, 2017, 00:00
How Music Works: Mark Murphy of Choice Cuts on how he reinvented the Leeson Street venue as a musical mecca for a new generation o(...)

New artist of the week: DJ Seinfeld, king of the lo-fi house DJs
- Music
- November 4, 2017, 05:00
Lo-fi house has irked the dance establishment, and DJ Seinfeld is at the vanguard of the genre

‘Smashing Pumpkins crowned the end of my childhood’
- Music
- November 4, 2017, 05:00
This Album Changed My Life: James Heather on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

Disrupting the music industry with tech
- Music
- November 3, 2017, 00:00
In the How Music Works series, Niall Byrne talks to people about their work in music – this week, Donal Scannell

New artist of the week: Superorganism
- Music
- October 28, 2017, 05:00
This band have an origin story that’s hard to believe

This album changed my life: Johnny Cash – American Recordings (1994)
- Music
- October 28, 2017, 05:00
Musician Seamus Fogarty on the album he first ignored and later owed a debt to

How a ‘terrible’ sound engineer became a successful independent promoter
- Music
- October 27, 2017, 00:00
Julie Cooper persevered in the tough industry and now runs her own promotions firm

Our favourite new artist of the week: Julien Baker
- Music
- October 21, 2017, 05:00
And the best tracks tracks of the moment come from Alex Cameron, Angel Olsen and Sylk

This album changed my life: Fiona Apple’s When the Pawn...
- Music
- October 21, 2017, 05:00
Ailbhe Reddy: The 1999 release was groundbreaking to me – it’s so honest and self-aware

Life on the road: Playing gigs to no one. Losing money. Sleeping on floors
- Music
- October 18, 2017, 14:00
James Byrne is no innocent when it comes to touring in bands, but he’s fired up about the potential in Irish music

'If you get a radio licence, you’re going to be censored'
- Music
- October 11, 2017, 05:00
Online radio station Dublin Digital Radio says it has no plans to apply for an FM licence

The eight best new Irish songs of the week
- Music
- October 6, 2017, 15:00
Featuring Super Silly, Mark McCabe, Nina Hynes, Contour, The Ocelots and more

Subject to licence: what it means and how to avoid a public gig fiasco
- Music
- October 6, 2017, 00:00
Experienced events controller explains the planning involved behind successful events

Hard Working Class Heroes festival: eight new bands to catch
- Music
- September 28, 2017, 13:30
There are 50 acts playing HWCH 2017 – here’s the pick of this year’s new crop

A mirrorball-loving partystarter rediscovers home in Westport
- Music
- September 27, 2017, 14:00
In the How Music Works series, Niall Byrne talks to people about their work in music. This week, Conor Wilson, booker with the Wes(...)

‘The artist needs to know there isn’t just one path. It’s not just: do a Hozier’
- Music
- September 20, 2017, 14:00
Angela Dorgan of First Music Contact and Hard Working Class Heroes on how they help bands progress

‘I always think of De Barra’s as a pocket of resistance’
- Music
- September 13, 2017, 14:00
How Music Works: It took Ray Blackwell time to understand the importance of his family’s venue

The National, Bon Iver, Cillian Murphy, and Enda Walsh in Cork with no safety net
- Music
- September 7, 2017, 10:00
Mary Hickson on the wild idea behind Sounds From A Safe Harbour

Nine new acts to see at Electric Picnic
- Music
- September 1, 2017, 18:12
Our pick of first-timers and new artists you should see in Stradbally this weekend

Finding musical serendipity at Electric Picnic’s smaller stages
- Music
- August 30, 2017, 14:00
Tara McGuinness, booker of Body & Soul’s Bandstage stage, on how she selects the line-up

Salty Dog: Stradbally’s original pirate music ship
- Music
- August 23, 2017, 14:00
How Music Works: A boatload of scurvy musicians is a big port of call at Electric Picnic

Space Dimension Controller: ‘I can get really silly in my DJ sets’
- Music
- August 16, 2017, 14:00
How Music Works: Electronic producer Jack Hammill has been known to drop music from ‘Star Wars’ into his DJ set, but his own tunes(...)

A tour manager’s diary: keeping the show on the road
- Music
- August 10, 2017, 05:00
How Music Works: Jonathan Pearson on how you keep the touring engine running

Joining the tech dots between making music and getting it out there
- Music
- August 2, 2017, 06:45
‘When you’re in the music business, you’re in the technology business,’ says IE Music marketing manager Stephen O’Reilly

The 6 best new Irish tracks of the week
- Music
- July 27, 2017, 16:55
Release of the week from Orange Tree Edits and introducing new artist Franco Fire

‘It’s a gut-instinct business’ – Manager Joe Clarke on building artist careers
- Music
- July 19, 2017, 06:45
In the How Music Works series, Niall Byrne talks to people about their work

‘Metal is about misery, death, real stuff that’s happening in life’
- Music
- July 19, 2017, 06:45
Oran O’Beirne of overdrive.ie and Main Stage Design talks about music branding and metal

Where’s the best place to stand at a gig?
- Music
- July 10, 2017, 06:45
Sound system designer Abe Scheele on the 'one part physics, one part art' of acoustics at festivals and clubs

D-Light Studios: opening up Dublin’s northside to live music and cultural events
- Music
- June 28, 2017, 15:15
In the How Music Works series, Niall Byrne talks to people about their work in music. This week, D-Light Studios.

Gash Collective: making a space for women electronic DJs and producers
- Music
- June 21, 2017, 15:15
Ellen King on creating platforms to encourage more female participation in music

Here are our favourite Irish tracks right now
- Music
- June 16, 2017, 13:05
Nialler9’s top Irish music of the moment

Simma Down: A social club makes the leap to sustainable festival
- Music
- June 14, 2017, 15:15
In the How Music Works series, Niall Byrne talks to people about their work in music. This week, social club, promoters and festiv(...)

The DIY production unit that’s driving Ireland’s new breed of R&B acts
- Music
- June 11, 2017, 05:00
How Music Works: Diffusion Lab has helped shape Hare Squead, Soulé and Jafaris

Electric island: Open Ear festival goes back to Sherkin
- Music
- May 31, 2017, 07:15
Staging an experimental music fest in an island setting lets fans switch off and plug into a slower speed of life, says organiser (...)

Credibility is everything when it comes to the artist-brand tie-in
- Music
- May 24, 2017, 15:15
Brands have always liked musicians, and increasingly, the love is going in the other direction too

Phil Taggart on how he became a BBC Radio 1 DJ
- Music
- May 16, 2017, 14:00
Growing up in Drumragh, Co Tyrone, Phil Taggart had dreams of rock stardom, but reality and radio soon intervened

New Irish Music: New Jackson, Fields, Pine The Pilcrow and more
- Music
- May 15, 2017, 07:27
A round-up of what’s fresh in Irish music this week including, Long Island Sound, RUTH, Saint Caoilian Jesse John Heffernan and Co(...)

Meet the man who repairs nearly all the analogue synthesisers in Ireland
- Music
- May 9, 2017, 13:01
After 20 years working on vintage synths from his shed in Dublin 8, John Henson is busier than ever

‘The vision of Daniel O’Donnell’s velour tracksuit is hard to dislodge’
- Music
- May 3, 2017, 15:15
Sound engineer Paul Brewer has worked with Madness, Something Happens, Christy Moore and many more - but the O’Donnell tracksuit i(...)

AVA Belfast - An electronic festival determined to do its own thing
- Music
- April 26, 2017, 06:15
As well as hosting the likes of Jeff Mills and Neil Barnes of Leftfield, this year’s AVA festival aims to showcase the strength of(...)

Record Store Day: keeping the vinyl spinning through boom and bust
- Music
- April 19, 2017, 11:15
On Saturday, six Dublin record stores will set out to prove that the vinyl revival is still valid

Krystal Klear: ‘The mental health issues in my industry are through the roof’
- Music
- April 11, 2017, 11:00
Irish producer and DJ Dec Lennon on the stresses, strains and bullsh*t of trying to make it as an international DJ

Metal festival RoadBurren Fleadh finds new roots in the harsh landscape of the Burren
- Music
- April 5, 2017, 14:12
Conchúir O’Drona of the Roadburren Fleadh metal and experimental festival on the rise and rise of the Irish metal scene

Music Cork - bringing music’s international top brass together for a chat
- Music
- March 29, 2017, 15:04
Shane Dunne of ambitious new industry showcase Music Cork explains how it all came together

Life on the road with U2: ‘There were supermodels everywhere’
- Music
- March 22, 2017, 14:25
Music and creative consultant Suzanne Doyle talks U2, MTV, life on the road and bringing it all back home

Girls Rock Dublin: the all-girl music camp taking a stand against sexism
- Music
- March 15, 2017, 15:08
“Giving a girl an electric guitar and telling her to turn it up as loud she wants sends a message,” says founder Rossella Bottone

Augmenting the music with live visuals: Kevin Freeney of Algorithm
- Music
- March 6, 2017, 20:50
How Music Works: The A/V artist’s projection mapping, visuals and animation can be seen at such events as Metropolis, Body & Soul,(...)

From Prince to The Script to Avicii: Ciara Davey on tour managing at the top end of music
- Music
- February 28, 2017, 05:49
How Music Works: tour manager and production co-ordinator Ciara Davey talks to Niall Byrne about getting the stars on the road and(...)

“It’s more important to me to have the right gimp mask for the shot”
- Music
- February 16, 2017, 11:55
Music video director Bob Gallagher, who’s worked with the likes of Girl Band, SOAK, Saint Sister and Le Galaxie, unpacks his surre(...)

How Music Works: Output Belfast music conference aims to grow the music economy
- Music
- February 9, 2017, 13:20
Mark Gordon of Output conference and showcase on the economic an cultural benefit of fostering the creative industries

How Music Works: from a small island nation to the heart of Live Nation
- Music
- February 1, 2017, 15:54
Becky Dillon, senior director of media and sponsorship with Live Nation, talks to Niall Byrne about working with brands and bands,(...)

Dermot Lambert: “I have seen the best bands on earth, most people will never hear them”
- Music
- January 25, 2017, 16:05
How Music Works: Niall Byrne talks to Dermot Lambert, formerly of Blink, about his work getting young bands off the ground with Ga(...)

Making it in the London music biz: from store manager to a major-label roster
- Music
- January 19, 2017, 10:20
In this week’s How Music Works, Dubliner Helen Kennedy traces her path from retail to marketing manager with Virgin EMI. “I want t(...)