James Brown

Difficult to separate admired musicians' creative output from fact they were really monsters

Heavyweight secures 20th stoppage of his career on Las Vegas debut

Take the hassle out of the festive season by following our expert guide

Frank McNally: An Irishman’s Diary

With her band the Dap-Kings, Jones was a ball of pure soul power. Her band and colleagues say farewell with one last record

Bray fighter takes her first world title with win over Anahi Esther Sanchez in Cardiff

Former James Brown impersonator found fame late in life

Shelbourne punish missed spot kick while Cabinteely, Shamrock Rovers and Crumlin advance

Five albums later, the R&B stars have lost none of their edge

'There is a groundswell of resistance and awakening in the citizenry of America right now'

Oireachtas committee examining abortion law meets for first time

Archive: From a secret lesbian relationship to a decades-long struggle with drugs, five years after singer’s death, a new film ‘Whitney: Can I Be Me’ examines what caused her tragic downfall

Brid Smith argues substitution of TDs should be allowed to cover emergencies

Naughton and Fitzpatrick take final slots on body dominated by two biggest parties

The troublesome troubadour of truth explains why we take certain parts of Ireland for granted and how he is drawn to the energy of "giving these wilder places a chance"

Writer James McBride’s goes in search of the real James Brown and finds there’s more to the godfather of soul than the caricatures and cartoons

Just as well it does, because he remains a voice worth listening to. His new album portrays a tough, bleak and occasionally dire Britain

Editor says launch aimed at ‘levelling playing field’ in media

Barack Obama among those to pay tribute to boxer at memorial service in Louisville

The US singer was a driven perfectionist whose creative output was staggering

Former drug smuggler announced he had inoperable bowel cancer in 2015

The ‘Pulp Fiction’ star speaks about her new album and her friend John Travolta

Swift also wins Grammys for best pop vocal album for 1989 and best music video for Bad Blood

He was the first major artist to issue bonds, selling $55m worth of “Bowie Bonds” in 1997

Whiteness is as much frame of mind as skin colouring, says Linda Martín Alcoff

The leader of the new school tells about joining the dots between Snoop Dogg and jazz, his on-the-road education – and why music is such a complicated thing

Stephanie Rawlings-Blake says she believes sufficient calm has returned after week of looting and arson

OCI select 36 competitors in 10 events in first tranche of entries for inaugural event

Voice of heartbreak had hit in 1960s with ‘It’s my party and I’ll cry if I want to’

Chadwick Boseman, who plays 1960s pop star James Brown in a new biopic Get on Up, talks to Donald Clarke

Opinion: Spiritans celebrate 150 years in Sierra Leone

‘Not a single respected critic spoke up for him. He was 40-1 with some bookmakers and nearly every expert feared for his safety against the monster that was Foreman’

Want to see James Brown, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie and other megastars in concert for free? Head to YouTube for a trove of live music films

An exhibition of the actor’s photographs shows the United States growing up

Once a crucial part of an artist’s career, these days the live album is all but extinct

And working with George Clinton was a cinch compared to playing with the godfather of soul

Music show ‘Soul Train’ marked the first time many people had seen black Americans at the centre of a TV entertainment show. Its impact has been documented in a book by superfan Questlove

Man with largest collection of vacuum cleaners also enters the book