Paul Brady: ‘There’s a huge coterie of Irish nationalists who don’t want a United Ireland’
The singer has been reflecting on his life to compile The Archive, his new box set. It’s been a rich, rewarding six decades in music
Andy Irvine
Musician
Fontaines DC man invites you into the world of Irish trad
Tom Coll’s first release on his own label aims to bring the form to the uninitiated
Ireland's publicans: 'I’m angry there is no dialogue with us ... it's mentally very draining'
Bar owners struggle to stay positive amid Covid’s economic and psychological challenges
Potent twin threats give Scotland an exciting extra dimension
Hogg and Russell the most dangerous, X-factor backs Scottish rugby has produced in two decades
The best Irish and international albums of 2020
The year of the pandemic produced outstanding, thoughtful music across all forms
‘No Marvel movie will compete with an actual human being flying through the air’
Circus 1903, complete with life-sized elephant puppets, is an extravaganza that will resonate with all ages
Cork Folk Festival directors honoured for keeping festival going for 40 years
Jim Walsh and Hammy Hammond honoured for dedication
Moving Hearts get back on the beat: The best trad gigs this week
The return of Traidphicnic and Andy Irvine’s trip to Cobh are among the other highlights
Ye Vagabonds: The Hare’s Lament review – Fine folk revivalism
The song reigns supreme in deliciously astere, crystal-clear arrangements
Protesters outside RTÉ call for boycott of the Eurovision
Competition is ‘shameless attempt’ by Israel to ‘whitewash apartheid state’, says Senator
The story behind Dublin’s two new Luke Kelly sculptures
The works are unveiled on Wednesday, on north and south sides of the river Liffey
2019 cultural highlights: You’ll laugh, you’ll picnic, you’ll plough
The best music, theatre, comedy, film and spoken word in the coming year
A piping hot 2018 for trad
Year in Culture Review: Great albums, the rise of women and the loss of visionaries
Ed Sheeran wows intimate crowd at London Irish Centre
Fans pay up to £3,500 to attend fundraiser alongside the great and good of city’s Irish
Flawless master of uilleann pipes who left priceless legacy
Liam O’Flynn obituary: born – September 15th, 1945; died – March 14th, 2018
President pays tribute to master uilleann piper Liam O’Flynn
Michael D Higgins: musician ‘will be remembered for his performances and recordings’
Liam O’Flynn left ‘a perfect legacy for generations of musicians’
The Kildare-born musician began on the uilleann pipes under the great Leo Rowsome
‘There are very few songs about the famine. It was skipped over’
Singer-songwriter Declan O’Rourke mines the darkest corners of Irish history on his latest album
‘I’m very driven because I’m much older than everyone else’
At 64, Dalkey-born singer Alison O’Donnell has just released her second solo album and has no plans to slow down her long and fascinating musical journey
National Concert Hall needs to go beyond classical music
‘The building looks imposing, officious. Getting people in the door is a big thing’
Former envoys call for recognition of Palestinian state
Letter to Taoiseach signed by academics and artists urges Government to act ‘without delay’
The Lions tour: A money-making pursuit ‘since 1888’
Warren Gatland: ‘Keeping me busy at the moment is looking after all the sponsors’
Nicking titles has long been a favoured Caledonian pastime
If Lions were picked now, Stuart Hogg, Finn Russell and Jonny Gray would have a seat
With winter’s end in sight, hope always springs eternal for Six Nations
Even if skill levels have not always dazzled, anticipation and tension rarely disappoint
In the age of awesome, how do you predict what’s coming in 2017? Well, here goes
We can confidently say that that the gig of the year will not be Phil Collins at the Aviva, but that's where the certainty ends...
Planxty - Between the Jigs and the Reels album review: Four decades of bursting trad’s boundaries
PLANXTYBetween the Jigs and the Reels ****Universal Music
Lisa O’Neill: ‘A part of me doesn’t understand what it is I do’
That might be true, but on her new album, Pothole in the Sky, the Cavan woman has become a self-assured songwriter, a process catalysed by a tour with David Gray
Imagining Home: Out of the Tradition review
The NCH closes its week-long exploration of 100 years of cultural history with a freewheeling journey through traditional music and words
Matt Williams: Northern Hemisphere game has lost its lustre
Further decline looks inevitable unless there is a change of attitude and style
‘Luke Kelly said a folk club in Foxrock was a contradiction in terms’
Set up by teenagers in the 1960s, Foxrock Folk Club drew big names to its parish-hall gigs. A new album features club recordings of Kelly, Ronnie Drew and Dónal Lunny
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