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Exit by veteran rocker amplifies both streamer’s misinformation and artist exploitation
Music streaming company posts 18% rise in active monthly users
Streaming app to provide accurate information amid backlash over podcast content
After a career tackling difficult subjects, the singer-songwriter is releasing a final album
US indie icon talks about her childhood kidnapping and her repressive upbringing
It’s a big misconception ‘that I broke The Beatles up … Once a headline is out it sticks’
At 80, the superstar musician has survived heroin addiction, illness and tragedy
Writers from Alice Munro to JD Salinger mine their dangerous passions and restless ennui
Musician’s son produced his latest record featuring delicate and moving work
Programme draws on Donegal landscape with blend of in-person and online events
Not many artists can successfully crack open the hard shell that protects them from themselves
Introduction of beats and electronic elements overhauling many songs in the album
It’s too long and too in thrall to Blue-era Joni Mitchell, but there’s much to like here
The expat artist’s new album tackles the omertà over his home country’s recent past
Donald Clarke: You can’t beat 1981. Others will argue for 1967, 1989, 1995 or 2020. Nobody is right. Nobody is wrong
This album has seeped into our heads, song by song, and is an exercise in sheer simplicity
Norwegian musician has managed to wrest something very beautiful from depths of her grief
Paul Flynn: Here is a trio of delicious options for the many soup lovers in Ireland
The singer-songwriter has been doing extraordinary things ever since she arrived in Britain alone aged 6
The opening up of grounds to spectators has been a frustrating process for all involved
Six months ago, schools and colleges closed. What have we learned since?
Bauer Media Group listed magazine for sale in May after sharp fall in advertising revenue
Los Angeles sisters document personal difficulties on their best album yet
I forgot how much I missed the sight of grown men acting like children, just for fun
Review: Well-worn yarns of Laurel Canyon music in the groovy times get another airing
Experienced managers of remote workers promote importance of structure, consistency and leadership
At times like these, we can turn to music to soothe our souls and restore equilibrium
The auteur on his love of whistleblower films and the legacy of New Queer Cinema
Half our favourite movies have vanished. But there’s still plenty of great stuff to search for
Mike Hanrahan has a renewed taste for the road as the folk rockers return to Tradfest
Ellie Goulding’s River reflects smart speakers’ new influence on the music charts
Struggling after 30 years away, I’m reminded it’s the small things that are important
We value commitments and one another’s time less than we used to
Outside, a frantic trade for tickets in the cold air. Inside, a bottomless love for the artist
Review: Talbot’s haunting reverie on contemporary urban discontents should be treasured
Developers are demolishing venues to build hotels, apartments and temples of finance
The UK/Russian singer’s second album channels Prince, Roberta Flack and Joni Mitchell
Prominent Irish figures recall their memories of Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon
The KnockanStockan festival and Mac DeMarco are among the other highlights
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices