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Irish singer-songwriter Paddy Hanna on the 1980 Italian schlock-horror movie soundtrack that bled into his current album ‘Frankly,(...)

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Rakel Mjöll of Dream Wife on the album that made her want to express herself loudly

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Aoife Power of Whenyoung on honest lyrics and ragged guitars with the power to hurt

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Daithí O’Connor of Come on Live Long discovered Burial’s second album during the downturn

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Mark Speer of Khruangbin says the album has been influential to the way he writes music

Plus songs you have to hear from 1000 Beasts and Young Fathers

Ruairi Lynch of Bantum on an album that ‘sounded like nothing I’d ever heard before’

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Hvmmingbyrd’s Deborah Byrne on ‘a truly fearless female voice’

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BARQ’s Jess Kav on music that a thousand weddings wouldn’t make her sick of

Rock’n’roll garage music with a Dublin twist. Plus: Francis & the Lights; The Streets

Bad Bones, aka Sal Stapleton, on an album with ‘some of the best pieces of music ever created’

Synth pop group with Daft Punk’s seal of approval become ‘Overnight’ success

The album accompanied Homebeat’s Emmet Condon on many train journeys as a student

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How Cork’s Generic People went from being DJs to a multimedia company

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This Album Changed My Life: Musician Brian Deady on The Prodigy’s Experience (1992)

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This album changed my life: Lar Kaye of All Tvvins on The Redneck Manifesto's 'Thirtysixstrings' (2001)

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And you have to hear . . . Sjowgren – Stubborn Forces and All Tvvins – Crash

This Album Changed My Life: Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark (1974)

Molly King is head of development for the Other Voices festival in Dingle and has been involved with it since her childhood

Ticket reseller Stubhub was recently raided by the competition authority as part of ticket-touting investigation

Piano-led electronic balladry from Los Angeles

The Cyclist on the album that ‘takes him right back to a feeling of timeless creation’

Rap boy band crew with members from the US, Grenada and Ireland

Daragh Lynch of Lankum on the album that changed his life and songs you have to hear

Willie Meighan of Rollercoaster Records on dealing with a terminal illness and the `'happiest little record shop in the world'

London duo Megan Markwick and Lily Somerville twin lilting chords with vocal harmonies

This Album Changed My Life: Elephant’s Shane Clarke on Bowie’s 1977 album

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Lo-fi house has irked the dance establishment, and DJ Seinfeld is at the vanguard of the genre

This Album Changed My Life: James Heather on Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

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This band have an origin story that’s hard to believe

Musician Seamus Fogarty on the album he first ignored and later owed a debt to

Julie Cooper persevered in the tough industry and now runs her own promotions firm

And the best tracks tracks of the moment come from Alex Cameron, Angel Olsen and Sylk

Ailbhe Reddy: The 1999 release was groundbreaking to me – it’s so honest and self-aware

James Byrne is no innocent when it comes to touring in bands, but he’s fired up about the potential in Irish music

Online radio station Dublin Digital Radio says it has no plans to apply for an FM licence

Featuring Super Silly, Mark McCabe, Nina Hynes, Contour, The Ocelots and more

Experienced events controller explains the planning involved behind successful events

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Angela Dorgan of First Music Contact and Hard Working Class Heroes on how they help bands progress

How Music Works: It took Ray Blackwell time to understand the importance of his family’s venue

Mary Hickson on the wild idea behind Sounds From A Safe Harbour

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Tara McGuinness, booker of Body & Soul’s Bandstage stage, on how she selects the line-up

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‘When you’re in the music business, you’re in the technology business,’ says IE Music marketing manager Stephen O’Reilly

Release of the week from Orange Tree Edits and introducing new artist Franco Fire

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Oran O’Beirne of overdrive.ie and Main Stage Design talks about music branding and metal

Sound system designer Abe Scheele on the 'one part physics, one part art' of acoustics at festivals and clubs

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Ellen King on creating platforms to encourage more female participation in music

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Brands have always liked musicians, and increasingly, the love is going in the other direction too

Growing up in Drumragh, Co Tyrone, Phil Taggart had dreams of rock stardom, but reality and radio soon intervened

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After 20 years working on vintage synths from his shed in Dublin 8, John Henson is busier than ever

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On Saturday, six Dublin record stores will set out to prove that the vinyl revival is still valid

Irish producer and DJ Dec Lennon on the stresses, strains and bullsh*t of trying to make it as an international DJ

Conchúir O’Drona of the Roadburren Fleadh metal and experimental festival on the rise and rise of the Irish metal scene

Shane Dunne of ambitious new industry showcase Music Cork explains how it all came together

Music and creative consultant Suzanne Doyle talks U2, MTV, life on the road and bringing it all back home

“Giving a girl an electric guitar and telling her to turn it up as loud she wants sends a message,” says founder Rossella Bottone

How Music Works: The A/V artist’s projection mapping, visuals and animation can be seen at such events as Metropolis, Body & Soul,(...)

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Music video director Bob Gallagher, who’s worked with the likes of Girl Band, SOAK, Saint Sister and Le Galaxie, unpacks his surre(...)

Mark Gordon of Output conference and showcase on the economic an cultural benefit of fostering the creative industries

Becky Dillon, senior director of media and sponsorship with Live Nation, talks to Niall Byrne about working with brands and bands,(...)

How Music Works: Niall Byrne talks to Dermot Lambert, formerly of Blink, about his work getting young bands off the ground with Ga(...)