The music of 2023: Our critics’ verdicts on the best albums and acts of the yearWho made the best Irish album? Which act recorded the best Irish song? Can anybody beat Lankum and CMAT? Our critics have made their choicesSat Dec 16 2023 - 05:30
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endDecember 16th-22nd: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Dec 16 2023 - 05:00
Tate McRae: Think Later – Not one track you wouldn’t want to hear againTwenty-year-old Canadian sends direct, germane messages to her fans with excellent pop songsFri Dec 15 2023 - 05:10
The Music Quiz: Britney Spears covered which classic Stones tune way back in 2000?Plus: 11-year-old Taylor Swift won her first talent contest singing songs by which country artist?Wed Dec 13 2023 - 08:00
‘Kids have a way of making wallets disappear’Me & My Money - Hazel Rock, head of insurance services at Brokers IrelandMon Dec 11 2023 - 06:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endDecember 9th-15th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Dec 09 2023 - 05:00
Rebecca Ferguson: Heaven Part II – X Factor alumna makes a soulful retreat from the music industryLiverpudlian singer and songwriter bows out 12 years after her debut album, Heaven, with a batch of songs that more than prove her valueFri Dec 08 2023 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: Where was Nicki Minaj born?Plus: Lisa Hannigan covers which Britney Spears song on the latest season of Fargo?Wed Dec 06 2023 - 05:00
Best music books: Writers with that musical ear and something to say From Stuart Bailie on Belfast’s Terri Hooley — 75 Revolutions, to Martin Popoff’s The Who and Quadrophenia and much moreTue Dec 05 2023 - 05:00
‘When Covid lockdowns were announced, all my upcoming contracts were cancelled. It was a hard pill to swallow’Me & My Money: Tara Erraught, mezzo-sopranoMon Dec 04 2023 - 06:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endThe best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Dec 02 2023 - 05:00
Peter Gabriel: i/o – A late addition to your albums-of-the-year listThere are two mixes of the 12 tracks: the Bright-Side (by Mark Stent) and the Dark-Side (by Tchad Blake)Fri Dec 01 2023 - 05:05
Shane MacGowan: What Bruce Springsteen, Johnny Depp and others said about him over the years‘I truly believe that in 100 years from now most of us will be forgotten but Shane’s music is going to be remembered and sung’Thu Nov 30 2023 - 12:26
The Music Quiz: In the Miley Cyrus song Party in the USA, which pop singer does she namecheck?Plus: What jazz trumpeter was known as the ‘Prince of Darkness’?Wed Nov 29 2023 - 08:00
‘Graduating in the recession, being financially stable and secure is very important to me’Me & My Money: Suzy Cody, Irish Hendrick’s Gin brand ambassadorMon Nov 27 2023 - 05:15
Luke O’Neill’s Christmas: Get your vaccines up to date and have funThe scientist, author and professor of biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin, dissects the festive seasonMon Nov 27 2023 - 05:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endNovember 25th-December 1st, 2023: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Nov 25 2023 - 05:00
Anúna: Otherworld – Voices for good Singular choral music unit remains a force to be reckoned, including in the video-game communityFri Nov 24 2023 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: What is the name of the Rolling Stones’ new rum brand?Plus: Which Hayao Miyazaki film does CMAT namecheck in her song, Rent?Wed Nov 22 2023 - 07:15
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endThe best movies, music, art and more coming your way, Saturday, November 18th-Friday, November 24thSat Nov 18 2023 - 05:00
David Holmes: Blind on a Galloping Horse – One of the most considered and triumphal albums of the yearThe Belfast man’s dynamic songs and soundscapes deliver one impressive surprise after anotherFri Nov 17 2023 - 06:00
Nealo: ‘Music can be a selfish game. That’s why quitting drinking has been so good: I’m so present with my son’The Dublin rapper’s new album, November Medicine, has been ready for more than a year, but he has been waiting for the right moment to release itThu Nov 16 2023 - 05:00
Vince Clarke on his debut solo album: ‘It was a shock when my record company suggested they would release the music’The synth-pop pioneer behind Erasure and Yazoo has made his first solo album. It’s nothing like what you might expectWed Nov 15 2023 - 05:15
The Music Quiz: Who holds the most BRIT Awards?Isis Naija Gaston is better known as…Tue Nov 14 2023 - 05:00
‘I spend my life talking about sport, so I don’t need the added layer of betting on it’Me & My Money: Jacqui Hurley, RTÉ sports presenterMon Nov 13 2023 - 05:30
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book and the ones to catch before they endNovember 11th-17th, 2023: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Nov 11 2023 - 05:00
Take That: This Life review – The strengths of the songs lay in the pooling of resourcesTake That: The strengths of the songs lay in the pooling of resourcesThu Nov 09 2023 - 07:00
The Music Quiz: What fruit-related swing did Coldplay sing about in 2008?Plus: What herb did Neil Young namecheck in one of his songs?Wed Nov 08 2023 - 12:33
‘Google says my net worth is €22.5m but I’m not quite sure which bank account that’s in’Me & My Money: Leah Barniville, singer/performerMon Nov 06 2023 - 06:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they end November 4th-10th, 2023: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this weekSat Nov 04 2023 - 05:00
Rachael Lavelle: Big Dreams – An uneven listen but rewarding nonethelessRachael Lavelle sometimes treads a very thin line between substance and artificeFri Nov 03 2023 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: What is the name of Beyoncé’s new fragrance?Plus: a song from Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon and a rock star as a childWed Nov 01 2023 - 05:00
John Grant: ‘I love the Irish so much. You have this incredible unflappability and love for life that I really connect to’The Michigan songwriter, who plays in Ireland this week, at Sligo Live, on his singular approach to musicTue Oct 31 2023 - 05:15
‘Anyone who says money isn’t important to them is telling a porky pie!’Me & My Money, Rebecca Storm, singerMon Oct 30 2023 - 06:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endThe best movies, music, art and more coming your way between Saturday, October 28th, and Friday, November 3rd, 2023Sat Oct 28 2023 - 05:00
OMD: Bauhaus Staircase – Heady mix of dystopian electronics and bouncy pop What could be OMD’s final album interweaves the kind of glorious synth swirls pioneered by the German giantsFri Oct 27 2023 - 05:00
Robert John Ardiff: ‘I like it where you have the dirt on the tape’An old guitar in his parents’ attic set the songwriter on the journey that has become his third album. Its imperfect sound was just want he wantedWed Oct 25 2023 - 05:15
The Music Quiz: Which female group had a hit in 2015 with Black Magic? Plus: In the early 1990s, which metal band released an album called Fear of the Dark?Wed Oct 25 2023 - 05:00
‘The trick with money is not to let it become too important’Me & My Money: Steve Denehan, poetMon Oct 23 2023 - 06:00
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book, and the ones to catch before they endThe best movies, music, art and more coming your way October 21st-27thSat Oct 21 2023 - 05:00
Naimee Coleman: The Edges - Mature and accomplished return for the Dublin singer-songwriterFormer Wilde Oscars singer is back from LA, where she married Katy Perry’s musical director and made her name writing music for film and TVFri Oct 20 2023 - 05:00
The Music Quiz: Who is the oldest person to top the UK singles chart?Plus: Which Oscar-nominated actress is set to narrate the audiobook version of Britney Spears forthcoming memoir?Wed Oct 18 2023 - 06:00
Kate Ellis of Crash Ensemble: I’ve never tried to focus on one route within music. It’s more important to see everything as a whole’The acclaimed group’s artistic director is a natural collaborator, including on Strange Waves, her new album with the composer Ed BennettWed Oct 18 2023 - 05:00
Mike Skinner of The Streets: ‘They used to like my stuff - where did I go? That’s a pretty common thing to hear’The rapper, songwriter and producer is now a filmmaker too – although making The Darker the Shadow, the Brighter the Light has been no easy taskTue Oct 17 2023 - 05:15
Rock of ages: The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Debbie Harry and 12 other classic acts still going strongAs Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood release their new album, we pick our favourite over-75s in musicMon Oct 16 2023 - 05:30
‘The whole hospitality sector has gone absolutely crazy’Me & My Money: Gearoid Farrelly, comedianMon Oct 16 2023 - 05:00
Glen Hansard on fatherhood at 52: ‘I can’t believe I didn’t do it before now’The past year has been all change for the singer, who releases his new solo album this weekSat Oct 14 2023 - 05:15
The Guide: The events to see, the shows to book and the ones to catch before they endThe best music, art, literature and more coming your way between Saturday, October 14th, and Friday, October 20thSat Oct 14 2023 - 05:00
Blood Donor: Autofiction - Just what the doctor orderedFormer Otherkin frontman Luke Reilly makes a smooth returnFri Oct 13 2023 - 05:00
Declan O’Rourke on his new novel: ‘You have to put yourself in a position, literally, to write prose’With arrival of A Whisper from Oblivion, the singer joins select club of Irish songwriters to have published two novelsThu Oct 12 2023 - 05:00
