Dove Ellis: Blizzard review – Thank heavens for awkward outsiders, and for this luminescent Irish album
Enigmatic Galway songwriter sounds like a storm-tossed mix of Thom Yorke of Radiohead and Jeff Buckley
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What’s gone wrong at Guinness Cork Jazz Festival?
The 2025 line-up is one of the most disappointing for years. There’s no denying brisk ticket sales, but the festival needs to be more ambitious
The music of 2023: Our critics’ verdicts on the best albums and acts of the year
Who made the best Irish album? Which act recorded the best Irish song? Can anybody beat Lankum and CMAT? Our critics have made their choices
Rock of ages: The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Debbie Harry and 12 other classic acts still going strong
As Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood release their new album, we pick our favourite over-75s in music
Paul Simon says he is ‘beginning to’ accept his hearing loss
Singer-songwriter speaking at premiere of In Restless Dreams: the Music of Paul Simon at Toronto film festival
Joseph O’Connor: Paul Simon knows the nearer your destination, the more you’re slip sliding away
Rite & Reason: All the emotional tones of the original psalms are in his music
Keaton Henson: ‘I just hate being looked at by lots of people’
Songwriter’s new album, House Party, investigates notion of musicians projecting alter-ego versions of themselves
Paul Simon: Seven Psalms – One of the great songwriters embarks on a solitary, deeply personal journey
A short but richly layered collection that intrigues even the sceptical
Sting sells songwriting catalogue for estimated $300m
Deal covers copyrights for more than 600 songs and future music earnings
Bruce Springsteen sells catalogue to Sony in $500m deal – report
US star becomes latest singer to monetise career’s work
Warner Music in talks to purchase David Bowie’s songwriting catalogue
Songbook being sold by star’s family is among the biggest on the market
Ed Sheeran = review: If you loved what came before, you will love this
Whatever you already think about the pop star, this album isn’t going to alter it
Facebook files’ saga, Lubov Chernukhin and Bond’s triumphant return
Planet Business: For sale, thousands of songs, much-streamed
Paul Simon sells song catalogue to Sony for undisclosed sum
Singer-songwriter joins Bob Dylan, Neil Young and more by cashing in on their intellectual property
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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