Cormac Begley

Jo Mangan hopes to open public’s eyes to new ideas as well as offering the classics

The arts and culture festival will bring a rush of activity to the north Dublin university

From Dublin's St Patrick’s Festival to Kilkenny Tradfest and a Co Wicklow slime lab

This year’s event mixes the old and the new as it explores and revitalises Irish traditions

The Big Day Out expands to three among the myriad of delights for the St Patrick’s Day weekend

Plus songs and videos to catch from Charlotte Gainsbourg and Myles O’Reilly

Singer Lisa O'Neill's album of traditional Irish songs is haunted by stories and real lives from the past but she is just as concerned with the present

Kendrick Lamar, St Vincent, Lorde, and SZA reigned supreme this year, while the Irish music scene has never been so vibrant

Experimentation and evolution are essential to music, says Hayes, who doesn’t miss the days of career-long contracts with labels

Every stage, every band, every slot for this weekend’s festival

In the hands of these artists, the deceptively simple concertina is bent and stretched and brought to new heights

Cormac Begley, founder of Tunes in the Church and Airt School, tells Niall Byrne about letting the character of the musician shine through

Traditional music is in fine, contemporary hands with Jack Talty and Neil O’Loghlen