Kate Bush

Donald Clarke: Who cares that Billie Eilish had never heard of Van Halen?

Five years after her debut, this album is a rebirth for a most unpredictable artist

Funds raised at Dublin event donated to Women’s Aid

The KnockanStockan festival and Mac DeMarco are among the other highlights

Musical idols, dreams and nightmares of West Cork Chamber Music Festival performers

Fiddle player, composer, poet, wood carver, origami enthusiast and true Dubliner

Philip Lynch recalls his late brother-in-law's taste in music, memories of Melbourne and getting older

The singer on unhappy families and music as a path to processing domestic upheavals

Chronic anxiety prevents him touring, but classical music offers an outlet

Former recording studio was venue for artists such as U2, Van Morrison and Kate Bush

Singer says she was simply celebrating a woman in power when she expressed support for Theresa May in 2016

Peter Brewis from Field Music teams up with Sarah Hayes of Admiral Fellow for some pop songs tinged with carefree 1980s textures

Take the hassle out of the festive season by following our expert guide

From Shakespeare to Emily Bronte, literature has featured strongly across her 10 albums

‘How to Be Invisible’, a collection of lyrics from across the singer’s 40-year career, will have introduction by novelist David Mitchell

Plus songs you have to hear from Anna Calvi and Robyn

Our neighbour threatening to win a World Cup still raises the hackles of many Irish

From Kate Bush to Depeche Mode, Brian Griffin was behind some of the most iconic album covers of the 20th century

Feast goes on the table and all restraint goes out the window when Ireland’s first couple arrive at the door

Liam O’Flynn obituary: born – September 15th, 1945; died – March 14th, 2018

Michael D Higgins: musician ‘will be remembered for his performances and recordings’

The Kildare-born musician began on the uilleann pipes under the great Leo Rowsome

Plus tracks you have to hear from Chvrches and DJ Koze

Oscar-nominated for her new film ‘The Breadwinner’, the animator reveals her inspirations and recommendations

Elton John’s mammoth tour see him play on five continents after a 50-year career

The veteran record producer on Bowie, Morrissey and his problem with Steve Albini

New Artist of the Week: The Korean-American house-pop producer is one of the BBC Sound of 2018 list

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

Dublin marks global event as men, women and children don red dresses and brunette wigs

Bush, the cool face of prog rock, has always gone her own way. But the Tories? C’mon

The artist talks music, Brexit and more as the album of her rare 2014 live shows is released

How the sexually ambivalent David Bowie and Marc Bolan subverted rock’s patriarchy

In Aideen Barry’s work divisions between human, animal, automaton and mechanical devices blur