Review: Steve EarleTwo hours, a guy, a guitar and songs: sometimes that’s all it takesThu Aug 28 2014 - 17:32
Ten must-sees for Electric Picnic 2014Miss them at your peril, people. Tony Clayton-Lea gives us a 10-act heads-up on next weekend’s Electric Picnic line-upFri Aug 22 2014 - 00:00
Album review: James Yorkston - The Cellardyke Recording and Wassailing SocietyFri Aug 22 2014 - 00:00
Review: Sinéad O’ConnorOn record, the singer is finding her songwriting groove, and minor distractions don’t derail her commanding live presenceMon Aug 18 2014 - 12:06
Luke Sital-Singh has come a long way from SlipknotHearing Damien Rice as a teenager nudged the Londoner on to a gentler pathMon Aug 18 2014 - 01:00
FKA twigs: ‘I like to tell the truth all of the time’She’s gotten some stick for her lyrical candour and a very ‘digital’ video, but for rising ‘R&Björk’ star FKA twigs, it’s the music that mattersThu Aug 07 2014 - 23:15
Well-known journalist Alan Richie Taylor diesWriter and musician contributed insightful articles to a range of Irish publicationsMon Aug 04 2014 - 16:20
Cork’s Indiependence music festival is small but set to growAnnual event is still at forefront of Ireland’s boutique festival experienceMon Aug 04 2014 - 01:00
Kate Tempest: the poetry after the stormTempest was a misfit teen until she found hip hop and a love for words. As an artist, she’s the real dealFri Aug 01 2014 - 01:00
"Songs about love, sex, vacations, drugs and all of the other fun things in life"She’s been a child star and an indie-band darling, but the solo approach is a much better fit for a slightly older, wiser Jenny LewisFri Aug 01 2014 - 00:00
Ben Howard: finger-pickin’ goodAhead of his Longitude headliner tonight, the Devon singer-songwriter talks about taking the laid-back route to successFri Jul 18 2014 - 00:00
Me & My Money Carol Anne O’Neill, head of Ireland for Falcon Holidays and ThomsonI am more conscious of prices and value for money nowTue Jul 15 2014 - 01:00
‘Beckett on a bender’: Julian Cope’s debut novel has landedCope’s book is a treasure trove of weird. And he hasn’t given up music: he is writing Irish drinking songs as wellFri Jul 11 2014 - 01:00
Magherafelt mogul: how to keep Van Morrison and Tom Waits happyDerry man Paul Charles has been at the coalface of music promotion since the 1960s. He talks about the punk economics of The Undertones and The Buzzcocks, how Van is just misunderstood, and the ‘amazing imagination’ of WaitsFri Jul 04 2014 - 01:00
Me & My Money: Linda Davis, Next Generation RecruitmentWhere possible, I research any upcoming purchases online, particularly high-value onesTue Jul 01 2014 - 01:00
Light Colour Sound festival delivers the full spectrumAhead of next weekend’s inaugural Light Colour Sound festival in Kilkenny, New Secret Weapon, Elaine Feeney and Richie Egan reveal their deepest festival secretsThu Jun 26 2014 - 18:22
Me & My Money Martin Skelly, president of the ITAAMy thoughts are that you should only invest what you are in a position to loseTue Jun 24 2014 - 01:00
Gruff Rhys on the trail of a Welsh explorerA new multimedia project has the Super Furry Animal retracing the steps of a distant relative who walked the Missouri river for 1,200 miles, tracing it to its sourceTue Jun 24 2014 - 01:00
Never mind the hype - here come The StrypesA snifter of self-belief, a pinch of attitude, a long stretch of influences, a shedload of musical chops and a will to win. Ahead of their Sea Sessions show, Tony Clayton-Lea on the magical musical alchemy of The StrypesFri Jun 20 2014 - 00:00
David Gray: the beautiful agony of MutineersWhite Ladder brought him huge success, but it set him on a creative tailspin that he’s only now managed to snap out ofWed Jun 18 2014 - 01:00
Andy White: A Belfast troubadour down underThe singer-songwriter talks about life in Melbourne and how songwriting helped him to deal with the break-up of his marriageMon Jun 16 2014 - 01:00
Elaine Mai, Karl Spain, Neil Hannon and Nick Kelly get set for WestportTony Clayton-Lea picks his five must-sees of the weekend and has the LOLs with some “Westporters”, Elaine Mai, Neil Hannon, Karl Spain and Nick KellyFri Jun 13 2014 - 00:00
