Annie Macmanus

Organiser Melvin Benn ‘not worried’ about coronavirus ‘at all. I’m full steam ahead’

RTÉ R&B and hiphop DJ speaks of on-air nerves, social media and ethics of branding

Women are under-represented in the Irish music industry, but a change is gonna come

The Dublin rapper thinks about performance beyond the microphone in his hand

Series to screen performances and interviews from the maiden Ballina event

Warts’n’all pop with acerbic lyrics and steady progression down the years? Yes please

The band beat acts including Arctic Monkeys and Lily Allen to take this year’s prize

London’s Irish community get ready for a blast of Ed Sheeran

Donal Dineen’s ‘Pathways’ highlights success of 10 very different creatives living abroad

Liam Gallagher, Annie Mac and full line up, stage times, transport directions and more – and enjoy the music

Here’s the second tranche of stage times for the Stradbally festival

Electric Picnic is all about those perfect moments of music and madness in Stradbally. So which songs, stages and Picnic slices are our writers looking forward to?

The xx, Duran Duran and Chaka Khan headline this year’s sold-out festival

Comments come after Electric Picnic sells out in less than five minutes, ahead of lineup announcement

The first tranche of acts is announced hours after the festival sells out

To mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday, here are 30 women who are shaping Irish life

Title sponsors and a larger cultural offering mean that this is the year when the Dingle event stops being a small music-industry weekend away and becomes a full-blown festival

In the How Music Works series, Niall Byrne talks to people about their work in music. This week, Ken Allen, label owner and manager with Faction Records on building James Vincent McMorrow’s career, and the problems facing the Irish music industry

Twelve acts are up for this year’s prize, which picks the best album by a UK or Irish act

The live music series recorded in deepest Dingle returns to RTE on Saturday

Who are the acts to watch in 2015? And how did our predictions for last year fare? We asked some music industry insiders to look into their tea leaves and make some predictions

The Music Trail brings 60 bands to venues, bars and churches in the city