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By structuring the music around an orchestra, there is a remarkable freshness to his sound

‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ star on ungrateful popstars and being falsely accused of sex assault

Irish and international stars of film, music, politics, sport and real life who left us this year

They Called Her Vivaldi show comes to Peacock Theatre and RTÉ Contempo Quartet kicks off tour in Kilkenny

He had his first child at 17, covered U2 and Green Day songs, and played golf in cowboy boots

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US country star had been suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease for several years

The town has long been a place of pilgrimage for country musicians. Now the Tennessee city is booming, thanks in part to its own TV show, and the rest of the music industry is turning up in the honky tonk bars of Nashville

DBC Pierre’s novel excoriates contemporary America, and this production doesn’t quite keep the anger on the boil

The singer’s silence amplifies the mystery behind the song that made her a star, now the subject of a book of the same name, writes Karl Whitney