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Ahead of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, five string players discuss their work

From Strange Fruit to Irish polemics: the power of the protest song

From Billie Holiday to The Clash and on to modern Irish artists Zrazy and Jinx Lennon, activism has a long and illustrious history

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This little big town has emerged from its introverted shell to offer a livelier mix of cultural offerings, plus an exploding food scene

The tortured artist myth: how creativity really works

Don’t think that to be a real artist you have to burn out, a dying star, like Van Gogh or Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe or Amy Winehouse. The joy of creativity lies in each of the tiny, repetitive, sometimes dull steps of daily life as an artist, dancer or writer

O’Dowd and Greene lose out in Tony Awards

The Cripple of Inishmaan, which was nominated in six categories, failed to secure a prize

Video: All the news that’s fit to sing

irishtimes.com features the first of a series of online ‘musical columns’. Temper-Mental MissElayneous, Doctor Millar and other songwriters will sing about Ireland and its crises, to rekindle the social fire at the heart of music

Ulster’s Doctor Jazz: how Solly Lipsitz changed my life

Michael Longley recalls the legendary Belfast figure who died earlier this year

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