Marilyn Mazur Special 4 at Cork Jazz Festival 2024 review: Rhythm, movement and enchantment brilliantly to the fore
The shapeshifting percussionist, who played vital roles in bands led by Miles Davis and Jan Garbarek, leads an absorbing 70-minute set
Gregory Porter review: Cork Jazz Festival at its best, with music that reaches out and welcomes you in
The Grammy winner gets his biggest cheer for Hey Laura, but Porter standards such as Liquid Spirit and Mister Holland are no less rapturously received
Chris Stapleton at 3Arena: Soulful, deep and intimate – and the crowd sang every word
The reigning king of country gives fans a night to remember in Dublin
Silverbacks: Easy Being a Winner – Deeper, better songs as band benefit from taking their foot off the pedal
Damien Dempsey: Hold Your Joy – An infectiously wholehearted approach to singing and storytelling
Crowded House at 3Arena: The close-knit family band display real warmth in an atmospheric gig
‘I can hear you singing Dublin’ says Neil Finn as the band lets the audience take over a cast-iron belter in a memorable show
St Vincent in Dublin: Romance is the lifeblood of this show but it is hard-wrought
Annie Clark flies around the stage with a woozy grace, like a frustrated ballerina gone rogue
Pa Sheehy: Maybe It Was All for This – Ignore the sombre track titles. These songs are winners
The Cure: Songs of a Lost World track by track review – Majestically desolate, gorgeously grim
The Last Dinner Party at 3Olympia: A thrilling romp through the indie quintet’s knock-out goth pop
Abigail Morris, with her Wagner-in-the-mosh-pit vocals, is the night’s focal point, but the whole petticoat-positive band shine in Dublin
Lauryn Hill and the Fugees in Dublin review: Everything fans hoped for in a great show combining soul and power
The energy at 3Arena goes all the way into the red as Wyclef Jean joins Lauryn Hill onstage for a ferocious best of The Fugees set
Coldplay: Moon Music review - Saccharine, superficial pop and a feeble effort at a protest song
The Smile: Cutouts – Yorke, Greenwood and Skinner’s second album of 2024 can’t match Wall of Eyes, but it still mesmerises
Pinhole: Sweetspot – It’s hard to turn a multitude of bright ideas into a palatable pop package
Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve at Vicar St review: an intimate trip through the past in the hands a vital storyteller
Review: Elvis Costello and Steve Nieve at Vicar Street: The 20-song show spans a career of over 50 years, 25 records, and a myriad of collaborations
Lady Gaga: Harlequin review – Joker companion album brings unsettling unpredictability to razzle-dazzle show tunes
The Coronas: Thoughts and Observations – honeyed piano ballads dotted with big arena anthems
Susan O’Neill: Now in a Minute – A serious agenda filtered through music full of nuance, invention and charm
The Libertines at 3Olympia: Pete Doherty and Carl Barât in perfect harmony for joyous singalong session
This was a crowd that was young when The Libertines were young, most in their late 30s and early 40s
Melanie Martinez at 3Arena review: a night of weird nightmarish pop. The under-12s lapped it up
Under-12s audience seem drawn to avalanche of disorienting imagery and candy-cane melodies
Chappell Roan live in Dublin review: Five-star performance by a modern phenomenon
Artist and her fantastic pink-and-black-clad band leave it all on stage with fun and soulful songs
Róisín El Cherif: An intimate, moving evening from a formidable voice for Palestine in Ireland
Dublin Fringe Festival 2024: The Galway singer dedicates a show whose weight is lost on nobody to sharing other people’s stories
Snow Patrol: The Forest Is the Path – Gary Lightbody lays himself bare in terrifyingly tender songs
Barry McCormack: Painting Devils – Dublin songwriter’s eighth album is a hoot from start to finish
Macdara Yeates: Traditional Singing from Dublin – Passing of the torch in city’s vocal tradition
MJ Lenderman: Manning Fireworks – Richly talented singer, songwriter and guitarist is the real deal
Max Richter: In a Landscape – Strikes a pleasing equilibrium between music to admire and music to enjoy
Coldplay in Croke Park review: Croker loses its collective mind to choruses purpose-built for this kind of night out
Chris Martin runs like an Olympian during show that is a triumph of staging, dynamics and connection
Oasis: Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary Edition review – Cheap-shot melodies or the best album of all time?
Daughter of a Drum: Pink Breath – A complex, nuanced and personal debut album
Blink-182 in Dublin review: Poster-boys of pop punk belt out the big hits and fart jokes
The sound is full and tight, the singalongs mask any vocal weaknesses and the track list is undeniably fun
James Blunt at Collins Barracks: Yes, it’s frequently cheesy, but the high notes puncture the Dublin gloom
Performance brims with banter, but the gags never eclipse the hits
Sabrina Carpenter: Short n’ Sweet – Pop’s hottest property mixes eye-rolling takedowns with provocative glamour
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Woodland – Impressionistic songs underscored by despair, anxiety and a will to overcome
Samson Tsoy: Clean, eager playing overlooks what’s most important in Beethoven’s final piano sonatas
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024: The Kazakh pianist projects too much and too readily. None of these sonatas needs such advocacy
Pavel Kolesnikov: A disappointingly egotistical approach to Bach’s Goldberg Variations
Kilkenny Arts Festival 2024: The Russian pianist is extraordinarily resourceful, but his style says far too much about him and too little about the composer
Kylie Minogue at Electric Picnic 2024: Immaculately polished pop performance
Fantastic backing dancers and Australian star’s charisma provide joyful last hurrah for revellers
Raye at Electric Picnic 2024: Colossal talent and relatability are a winning combination
Magnetic Londoner performs raw, jazz-influenced set that incorporates soulful solo music and dance anthems
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