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Prince: wrote songs with particular artists in mind. Photograph: Jordan Strauss/WireImage
Prince: The hits he gave away to Sinéad O’Connor, The Bangles and Kenny Rogers
  • Music
  • June 20, 2019, 07:00

Questlove, the drummer for the Roots who has a side career as a DJ specialising in Prince tracks, is eagerly awaiting the arrival of Originals, a coll(...)

Paul Simon on stage at the 3 Arena in Dublin: he plays at the RDS next Friday. Photograph: Eric Luke
Paul Simon at RDS, Dublin: everything you need to know

Is it the end of the road for Paul Simon? Is it, as his songwriting colleague Bob Dylan has noted, “not dark yet, but it’s getting there”? Simon has (...)

Frankie Cosmos
The best rock and pop gigs to see this week

Friday, July 28th JFDR Connolly’s of Leap, Cork, 8pm, €12, connollysofleap.com. Also Sat, Kasbah Social Club, Limerick, 9pm, €10, dolans.ie; Sun, Rói(...)

Kate Hayes: freelance TV producer, currently working with Coco TV. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Musician, mayor, TV producer, goldsmith: how they survived college

Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh Occupation: Musician and TV presenter. As lead singer with Irish trad band Danú since 2003, Nic Amhlaoibh (37) has toured th(...)

Taylor Swift accepting the award for the Album of the Year onstage during the 58th Annual Grammy music awards in Los Angeles. Photograph: Robyn Beck/AFP/Getty Images
Taylor Swift wins album of the year at the Grammys
  • Music
  • February 16, 2016

Pop star Taylor Swift has become the first woman to win album of the year twice at the Grammy Awards - and appeared to use the stage to respond to ra(...)

Ed Sheeran: four nights in a row at Dublin's O2 in October
Autumn/winter gig alert: it’s showtime!

One season ends and another begins. As the outdoor shows run out of road, it’s time to return to the indoor halls, clubs and arenas. Many would arg(...)

Foy Vance: Joy of Nothing

Relocating from the bustle of London to rural Scotland and then to Donegal to record his second album, Foy Vance has found both his geographical and c(...)

A prison guard outside a solitary confinement cell at Pelican Bay prison in California. Since July 8th there has been widespread participation in a hunger strike protest over indefinite solitary confinement. Photograph: Jim Wilson/The New York Times
Influence of Bobby Sands has stretched from Belfast to Pelican

Convicted killer Todd Ashker is the unlikely legal brain behind the largest prison protest in California’s history, a hunger strike which today enters(...)

Foy Vance
Foy Vance on how the Scottish Highlands saved him

IT’S NOT that Foy Vance is a forgetful man, but these days he has a lot on his mind. Like birthday parties, and daughters, and cinema trips, an(...)