Arthur Russell

Rough Trade and Audika have mined the vaults for this collection of recordings

Peter Broderick on ‘music that penetrates deeply into the heart’

Sara Driver has made a fascinating chronicle of the late American artist’s formative years

Right from the beginning, Holly Fletcher knew that she would have to do things on her own - "My personality suits being quite independent," says the singer-songwriter

Some questions had pieces that would require careful handling by students

Too much emphasis on theory in an overloaded syllabus, says teacher

Often the best of music gets lost for any number of reasons, sinking into the depths, unnoticed and unloved. This new series aims to retrieve some of those lost gems

Tom Odell is a hard one to pin down – the newest pop kid on the block, with an Ivor Novello award in his back pocket and the musical world at his feet but with little interest in the impending stardom. Ahead of his Dublin gig, the Songwriter of the Year talks Elton John, Lily Allen and Leo Tolstoy

Final week of Leaving Cert for 14,000 students coincides with start of heatwave