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Grammy Awards delayed until March due to Covid surge in LA
- Music
- January 5, 2021, 23:27
The Grammy Awards ceremony due to take place on January 31st next has been postponed to March 21st because of the coronavirus surge in Los Angeles, o(...)

Musicians making sound moves to get the gender balance right
- Culture
- March 2, 2019, 05:00
A number of Irish initiatives are addressing gender imbalance in the music industry. “Everything that a guy says once, you have to say five times,” B(...)

Grammy Awards: struggling to stay relevant, can the show please anyone?
- Music
- February 10, 2019, 06:12
The Grammy Awards are supposed to be music’s biggest party. But in recent years the show has also become a piñata for critics, activists and even majo(...)

Neil Diamond retires from touring due to Parkinson’s disease
- Music
- January 23, 2018, 06:25
US singer-songwriter Neil Diamond, one of pop music’s all-time best-selling artists, has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease and plans to retire f(...)

Adele swept the 59th annual Grammy Awards for her album 25, an enormous hit around the world, in a night that shut out Beyoncé from the major awards a(...)

Leonard Cohen captured ‘essence of human life’, President says
- Music
- November 11, 2016, 07:10
President Michael D Higgins was among those to pay tribute to musician Leonard Cohen whose “lasting legacy and his work will continue to inspire curre(...)

Intel has Irish inside for its new wearable tech
- Technology
- January 6, 2016, 16:56
Intel teamed up with big names such as Lady Gaga for its CES address, but the real star of the technology giant’s show was an Irish-designed computer (...)

Grammys: Kendrick Lamar leads Taylor Swift in nominations
- Music
- December 7, 2015, 14:07
California hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar led the Grammy nominations on Monday, scoring 11 nods including album of the year for “To Pimp a Butterfly.”(...)

Hozier nominated for a Grammy for ‘Take Me To Church’
- Music
- December 5, 2014, 18:49
Irish singer Hozier is among the early Grammy nominees in the top categories announced by the Recording Academy on Friday. He is nominated in the Song(...)

Jazz pianist Horace Silver dies at age 85
- Music
- June 19, 2014, 08:45
Jazz musician Horace Silver, a composer known for pioneering hard bop, has died at age 85.Silver, a native of Norwalk, Connecticut, was shaped by the (...)