Sam Amidon

Bryce Dessner harnesses Cork’s creative potential

The National guitarist is excited about curating the first Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival, which will be ‘like throwing a party for your friends’

Various Artists: Dear Jean – Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie

The Gloaming: continuing adventures of a trad fusion supergroup

The five virtuosos of The Gloaming can afford to be choosy about how, and where, they play their transcendental blend of trad, jazz, rock and classical music

Artists and audience asked to mix it up a little for overhauled Kilkenny festival

The Gloaming one of many artists in residence in Marble City

Sam Amidon – an old folk head on young shoulders

Vermont native Sam Amidon explains how he went from office typist to folk revivalist - and how he loves to jam with Martin Hayes on the Lower East Side

Tune up for a spectacular season of music

From rock legends Pearl Jam and Queens of the Stone Age to young guns Haim and Kodaline, the music calander is brimful of exciting happenings over the next few months. Here are 20 of the best upcoming shows and releases

Aoife O’Donovan: Fossils

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Kristian Matsson, aka The Tallest Man on Earth, talks about self-doubt, his love of Irish crowds and dealing with the constant comparisons to Bob Dylan and Bon Iver

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