
New artist of the week: Zaska
- Music
- February 16, 2019, 05:00
Plus songs to hear from Bibio and Sim Simma Soundsystem

This Album Changed My Life: Sufjan Stevens – Illinoise (2005)
- Music
- February 16, 2019, 05:00
Islander’s Jonathan Pearson on how this musical triumph changed his perception of pop

New Artist of the Week: Jafaris
- Music
- February 9, 2019, 05:00
Plus songs to hear from Micheal O’Shea and Billie Eilish

This Album Changed My Life: Feist – The Reminder (2007)
- Music
- February 2, 2019, 05:00
Inni-K on how the Canadian inspired the organic approach of her new album

New artist of the week: Boy Azooga
- Music
- February 2, 2019, 05:00
Plus songs to hear from Foals and Denise Chaila

New artist of the week: Charlotte Adigéry
- Music
- January 26, 2019, 05:00
Plus music from James Blake and documentary, ‘Somewhere In Ireland’

This Album Changed My Life: Nirvana – Nevermind (1991)
- Music
- January 26, 2019, 05:00
Baxter Robot of Cork band, Happyalone, on the grunge benchmark

New artist of the week: Tebi Rex
- Music
- January 19, 2019, 05:00
Plus songs and videos to catch from Charlotte Gainsbourg and Myles O’Reilly

New Artist of the Week: Jimothy Lacoste
- Music
- January 12, 2019, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Chaka Khan and David Keenan
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This Album Changed My Life: Marvin Gaye - What’s Going On (1971)
- Music
- January 5, 2019, 05:00
George Evelyn AKA Nightmares On Wax shares a songwriting influence

New artist of the week: R.Kitt
- Music
- January 5, 2019, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Maria Somerville and Matt Berninger with Julien Baker

This Album Changed My Life: John Hiatt – Bring The Family (1987)
- Music
- December 29, 2018, 05:00
In Tua Nua’s Paul Byrne on an album that influenced his band’s songwriting.

New artist of the week: Mount Alaska
- Music
- December 29, 2018, 05:00
Irish electronic music that shares DNA with Kiasmos, Jon Hopkins and Moderat

New artist of the week: Tierra Whack
- Music
- December 22, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Helena Hauff and Sharon Van Etten

This Album Changed My Life: The B-52's - The B-52's (1979)
- Music
- December 22, 2018, 05:00
Manchester musician Kiran Leonard on how the new wave classic is great music for kids

New artist of the week: Kneecap – Irish rap with a dash of fun
- Music
- December 15, 2018, 05:00
Plus: songs you have to hear from Silverbacks and Laurie Shaw

This Album Changed My Life: Osso String Quartet – Run Rabbit Run (2009)
- Music
- December 15, 2018, 05:00
Éna Brennan aka Dowry on a reworking of Sufjan Stevens’s 2001 album ‘Enjoy Your Rabbit’

New artist of the week: Fia Moon
- Music
- December 8, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from The Redneck Manifesto and Anderson .Paak

This Album Changed My Life: David Bowie – Low (1977)
- Music
- December 8, 2018, 05:00
Belfast artist Arvo Party on the album that led to his love of electronic music

This Album Changed My Life: Drake – Take Care (2011)
- Music
- December 1, 2018, 05:00
Clare musician Daithí on the soundtrack to the first time he felt comfortable with himself
New artist of the week: Slowthai
- Music
- December 1, 2018, 05:00
Bad boy of alt-grime with a ‘There’s nothing great about Britain’ tattoo? What’s not to love?

New artist of the week: Sam Fender
- Music
- November 24, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Fontaines D.C. and Rosalia

This Album Changed My Life: Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not (2005)
- Music
- November 24, 2018, 05:00
Cork-based artist Laurie Shaw on a teenage inspiration

New artist of the week: Marc Rebillet
- Music
- November 17, 2018, 05:00
His absurd bedroom jams are an oddball mix of music, comedy and performance art

This Album Changed My Life: The Rolling Stones – Exile On Main St. (1972)
- Music
- November 17, 2018, 05:00
Matthew Crossan, singer of Derry punk rock band Touts, on a rock’n’roll classic

New artist of the week: Tank and the Bangas
- Music
- November 10, 2018, 05:00
A playful and exuberant kaleidoscope of spoken word, soul and R&B

This Album Changed My Life: The Cure – Disintegration (1989)
- Music
- November 10, 2018, 05:00
Harpist Mary Lattimore on becoming a Curehead and the joys of melancholia

New artist of the week: Barrie
- Music
- November 3, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Róisín Murphy and Maria Somerville

New artist of the week: Rosalía
- Music
- October 27, 2018, 05:00
Young Catalan merges flamenco and R&B to become one of the planet’s most vital pop stars

This Album Changed My Life: New Order – Music Complete (2015)
- Music
- October 27, 2018, 05:00
Northern Irish musician Aislinn Logan on an album that helped her through hard times

New artist of the week: Hobo Johnson & the Lovemakers
- Music
- October 20, 2018, 05:00
Frank Lopes jnr’s conversational stories of life as a youngster in LA are one of a kind

This Album Changed My Life: Alice Coltrane – Journey In Satchidananda (1971)
- Music
- October 20, 2018, 05:00
Sanae Yamada, of Vive la Void and Moon Duo, on the album that opened doors for her

This Album Changed My Life: Arthur Russell – World of Echo (1986)
- Music
- October 13, 2018, 05:00
Peter Broderick on ‘music that penetrates deeply into the heart’

New artist of the week: Wastefellow
- Music
- October 13, 2018, 05:00
Ingram Roche works his tracks in ways that give them a supernatural quality

This Album Changed My Life: The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan (1963)
- Music
- October 6, 2018, 05:00
The Lost Brothers’ Oisín Leech on his transition to folk music

New artist of the week: Yves Tumor
- Music
- October 6, 2018, 05:00
Tumor’s output is augmented by social media clips that echo work of Kenneth Anger

This Album Changed My Life: Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
- Music
- September 29, 2018, 05:00
Silverbacks’ Daniel O’Kelly on a seminal album in his band’s formation

New artist of the week: Noname
- Music
- September 29, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Anna Mieke and Natalie Prass

This Album Changed My Life: The Postal Service – Give Up (2003)
- Music
- September 22, 2018, 05:00
Ryan McGroarty of Belfast band Beauty Sleep on the album that blew him away

New artist of the week: Just Mustard
- Music
- September 22, 2018, 05:00
Plus: songs you have to hear from Anna Mullarkey and Rosie Carney

This Album Changed My Life: Afghan Whigs - Gentlemen (1993)
- Music
- September 15, 2018, 05:00
Dublin singer-songwriter A. Smyth on an iconic American rock band

New artist of the week: Versatile
- Music
- September 15, 2018, 05:00
Plus, songs you have to hear from Thom Yorke and Join Me In The Pines

New artist of the week: Clairo
- Music
- September 8, 2018, 05:00
Plus: Songs you have to hear from Mountain Man and Young Marco

This Album Changed My Life: Joni Mitchell – Blue (1971)
- Music
- September 8, 2018, 05:00
Nandi Rose Plunkett, aka the Massachusetts musician Half Waif, on a folk classic

New artist of the week: boygenius
- Music
- September 1, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Empress Of and Jade Bird

This Album Changed My Life: Simon & Garfunkel – Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
- Music
- September 1, 2018, 05:00
Æ MAK’s Aoife McCann on an album that brings back emotions from her childhood

This Album Changed My Life: Nirvana – Unplugged in New York (1994)
- Music
- August 25, 2018, 05:00
Conor Cusack of Spies on the album that made him fall in love with music

New artist of the week: Nilüfer Yanya
- Music
- August 25, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Tirzah and Aretha Franklin

This Album Changed My Life: Robson Jorge & Lincoln Olivetti – Som Livre (1982)
- Music
- August 18, 2018, 05:00
Conor Clancy of Funk-pop band TOUCAN on a Brazilian inspiration

New artist of the week: 070 Shake
- Music
- August 18, 2018, 05:00
Plus: songs you have to hear from Gabe Gurnsey and Spies

New artists of the week: Paul Institute
- Music
- August 11, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Anna Calvi and Robyn

This Album Changed My Life: Regina Spektor – Begin to Hope (2006)
- Music
- August 11, 2018, 05:00
Dublin pop singer-songwriter Orla Gartland on her first real album

New artist of the week: Goldmund
- Music
- August 4, 2018, 05:00
Keith Kenniff’s serene, minimal sounds chime with a growing market for tranquil tunes

This Album Changed My Life: Giant Sand – Is all over the Map (2004)
- Music
- August 4, 2018, 05:00
Pete Lalish of Lucius on the intoxicating majesty of Howie Gelb

Eight of the best songs from July you have to hear
- Music
- July 30, 2018, 06:00
Tracks from John Grant, Teyana Taylor, Phoebe Bridgers, Daithí and more

‘Music is made in communities’: Aaron and Bryce Dessner’s new vision
- Music
- July 28, 2018, 07:00
The National’s guitarists are part of People, a community of musicians creating new spaces and platforms

This Album Changed My Life: Earl Sweatshirt – Doris (2013)
- Music
- July 28, 2018, 05:00
Max Zanga of Kildare’s Tebi Rex: ‘This is what it feels like to go through puberty’

New artist of the week: The Murder Capital
- Music
- July 28, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Phoebe Bridgers and Big Red Machine

J Colleran: ‘There’s something good about destroying what you’ve built’
- Music
- July 26, 2018, 06:00
The producer – formerly Mmoths – on why he deleted an entire album on the road to ‘Gardenia’

Ticket reselling ban is good news but will it stamp out touts?
- Music
- July 25, 2018, 14:59
Planned crackdown is welcome and will hit companies where it hurts – their bottom line

This Album Changed My Life: Jack Garratt – Phase (2016)
- Music
- July 21, 2018, 05:00
Derry grumpy electro-pop singer-songwriter Roe on a key influence

New artist of the week: Sequence
- Music
- July 21, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from John Grant and Marquis Hawkes featuring Jamie Lidell

This Album Changed My Life: Slint – Spiderland (1991)
- Music
- July 14, 2018, 05:00
Scottish songwriter Aidan Moffat on an influential American guitar record that helped start post-rock

New Artist of the Week: Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
- Music
- July 14, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Teyana Taylor and Lizzo

This Album Changed My Life: The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (1995)
- Music
- July 7, 2018, 05:00
Niamh Farrell of Ham Sandwich on Billy Corgan’s masterwork

New artist of the week: Roosevelt
- Music
- July 7, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Chaka Khan and Jealous Of The Birds

New artist of the week: Nakhane
- Music
- June 30, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from O Emperor and Brame & Hamo

This Album Changed My Life: Grace by Jeff Buckley
- Music
- June 30, 2018, 05:00
Kitt Philippa on why this album makes for such powerful and intimate listening

New artist of the Week: Pow Pig
- Music
- June 23, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from White Denim and Spiritualized

New Artist of the Week: Phantastic Ferniture
- Music
- June 16, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Prince and Evvol

This Album Changed My Life: The Books – The Lemon of Pink (2003)
- Music
- June 9, 2018, 05:00
Northern Irish album of the year 2017 winner Joshua Burnside shares his life-changing listen

New artist of the week: HappyAlone
- Music
- June 9, 2018, 05:00
Plus: songs you have to hear from Krystal Klear and Shookrah

This Album Changed My Life: John Martyn – Solid Air (1973)
- Music
- June 2, 2018, 05:00
Cathy McGuinness of Dublin four-piece Pillow Queens on a revelatory record

New artist of the week: Jorja Smith
- Music
- June 2, 2018, 05:00
Plus, songs you have to hear from James Blake and Mutual Benefit

New artist of the week: Bodega
- Music
- May 26, 2018, 05:00
Plus, songs you have to hear from Christine And The Queens, and Hookworms

This Album Changed My Life: Cannonball Adderley – Somethin’ Else (1958)
- Music
- May 19, 2018, 05:00
Musician and composer Seán Mac Erlaine on his jazz awakening

New artist of the week: Rosie Carney
- Music
- May 19, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Arctic Monkeys and Saint Sister

New artist of the week: serpentwithfeet
- Music
- May 12, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from The Murder Capital and Róisín Murphy

New artist of the week: Snail Mail
- Music
- May 5, 2018, 05:00
Teen singer and classical guitar prodigy Lindsey Jordan is fast-tracking to indie-pop success with her debut album ‘Lush’. Plus: m(...)

New artist of the week: Kelsey Lu
- Music
- April 28, 2018, 05:00
Plus, songs you have to hear from DJ Koze and Arvo Party

This Album Changed My Life: Shel Silverstein - A Light In The Attic (1981)
- Music
- April 28, 2018, 01:00
Singer-songwriter Rhob Cunningham on an album of musical poems

New artist of the week: Reykjavíkurdætur
- Music
- April 21, 2018, 05:00
Plus songs you have to hear from Ross From Friends and Mick Pyro

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

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

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: 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