Terry Riley

Cult pop conceptualist on post-punk mythmaking and his discovery of classical music

The composer on febrile 1960s New York, working day jobs into his 40s and the term ‘minimalism’

Louth Contemporary Music Society’s Book of Hours Festival was unfailingly adventurous

Founder of Louth Contemporary Music Society singled due to ‘burning passion for contemporary music’

New Music Dublin to open with Crash Ensemble on the front steps of the National Concert Hall at sunset

Many great composers were also great improvisers, Mozart, Beethoven and Bruckner among them

The ‘Crashlands’ series of concerts will see Crash Ensemble perform in beautiful, remote locations around the country

While no longer strictly in houses, the Great Music in Irish Houses festival has found good new homes

Why this year’s festival turned to the US for a curator is hard to fathom

The German composer clung to the same style throughout his career – do any modern counterparts keep the faith?

So says the band’s Geoff Barrow as they prepare to play their first Irish show for 17 years at Electric Picnic. He talks about the Stradbally festival and the band’s future recording plans

The Gloaming one of many artists in residence in Marble City