Junior Brother

Albums by Daithí, Fontaines DC and Girl Band are among those shortlisted for the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2019. In its 15th year(...)

A number of events are taking place across the country on Tuesday night to ring in the New Year. Tickets for the countdown concert at Custom House Qu(...)

It is, as we all know, a tricky time of the year – perhaps the trickiest. If you say you’d rather not go out on New Year’s Eve, then some might (actua(...)

Saturday December 28 THE 4 OF US Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co Louth; also Sunday 29, Dolan’s, Limerick Newry brothers Brendan and Declan Murphy aren’t (...)

Remember Hard Working Class Heroes, the Dublin-based music industry event that proudly flaunted Irish music talent to indigenous and international ind(...)

Saturday 17 Yurt City Charleville Demense, Offaly. Also Sunday 18 Following on from 2018’s Yurt City event in District 8, curators Boots & Kats a(...)

Tuesday, July 23 Icebreaker National Concert Hall, Dublin This UK-based new music interpretive group has been around almost 30 years, and specialise(...)

Body & Soul Music and Arts Festival has announced the full stage times for its 10th Aniversary celebration of the summer solstice which kicks off (...)

Saturday, April 13th DUBLIN IS SOUND Pillow Queens Grand Social, Dublin, 1pm €12/€10 thegrandsocial.ie Co-presented by Nialler9 (ak(...)

This is the last New Artist of the Week column so, with that in mind, I wanted to tip the hat to some newer Irish acts I’ve been keeping an ear on. Co(...)