Grammys 2022: Everything you need to know
On Sunday night, Billie Eilish and Olivia Rodrigo go head-to-head in seven categories
Nanci Griffith’s Irish hit, cancer history and ‘really dysfunctional’ family
Teacher turned Grammy winner was shrewd song picker with substantial body of work
Kevin McGahern: ‘Metal gigs are a great way to relieve stress’
Soundtrack of My Life: The Clear History host on songs that have got him through the pandemic
Dolly Parton: ‘I’m just a person, a human being with very sensitive, deep feelings’
Country icon on depression, weight stigma and visiting Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Co Kerry
VW Grand California has all you need for camping – except California
Not even Volkswagen’s biggest and best campervan can keep our man in the van
Musician Dessie O’Halloran has died aged 79
Traditional fiddler who worked with Sharon Shannon ‘possessed a magic when he played’
Ryan Adams: Singer is no stranger to controversy or to Ireland
The American singer-songwriter has been accused of abusive behaviour. So who is he?
Ryan Adams accused of abusive behaviour with underage girl
Singer calls article ‘upsettingly inaccurate’ but also admits he was ‘not a perfect man’
Willie Nelson – Last Man Standing album review: Country star still going strong
Nelson proves he is still one of the genre’s greatest songwriters and singers
The musicians suffering for their art in Austin, Texas
The Austin Music Census found nearly two-thirds of local musicians surveyed earned less than $18,000 (€14.5k) per year and a fifth of couldn’t afford health insurance
Louis Walsh: ‘Boyzone were more fun than Westlife’
‘Ireland’s Got Talent’ star on ungrateful popstars and being falsely accused of sex assault
Friends married in Dublin to avoid paying inheritance tax
Two grooms, two witnesses, a harpist and the registrar attended
Ralph Steadman: With gonzo, you don’t cover the story; you become the story
Ralph Steadman spent days trying to find Hunter S Thompson for their first assignment, the landmark article ‘The Kentucky Derby Is Decadent and Depraved’. The result changed journalism forever
Leonard Cohen obituary: Revered poet, novelist, musician
1934-2016: His influence on music industry likened to Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell
Death of BBC broadcaster Paddy O’Flaherty aged 73
Politicians and colleagues pay tribute to popular journalist noted for ‘great voice’
Neil Young review: still rockin’ supreme in the free world
From the bucolic opening to the focused fury of a 15-minute guitar jam, Young is still one of music’s most astounding sights and sounds
Irish again set to make some noise as SXSW kicks off in Austin
The festival continues to grow and attract big names with even Macnas appearing this year
Nashville: from country mecca to music industry powerhouse
The town has long been a place of pilgrimage for country musicians. Now the Tennessee city is booming, thanks in part to its own TV show, and the rest of the music industry is turning up in the honky tonk bars of Nashville
US country musician shot dead by bounty hunter in gunfight
Randy Howard was wanted on DUI charge, previously shared stage with Willie Nelson
Recalling high times with Willie Nelson as the ‘Honeysuckle Rose’ rolls into town
Opinion: country singer’s tour bus ideal venue to discuss US marijuana laws
Autumn/winter gig alert: it’s showtime!
The days are getting shorter – but that’s good news because the nights are longer. Between now and C****tmas, there are hundreds of bands heading your way – and our gig guide will help you plan your rest-of-the-year partying
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon review
"Party time . . . Excellent": Who'd have guessed? In Mike Meyers' documentary, one of the great masters of rock'n'roll PR comes up smelling of roses
Always on his mind: Willie Nelson’s armadillo kidnapped
Country music legend’s on-stage mascot returned after being stolen
Screen by screenwest
This year’s South By Southwest film festival features winning movies in ‘Chef’, with Jon Favreau, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Downey jnr, ‘Frank’, with Maggie Gyllenhaal, Michael Fassbender and Domhnall Gleeson; Mike Myers’s ‘Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon’; and ‘The Legend of Shorty’, about the cartel boss Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman
Johnny Cash’s eternal quest for redemption
Cash was a conflicted soul and Robert Hilburn understands the dichotomies that drove him to live close to the edge
Martha Wainwright on the concert for her mother that turned into a wake
As the concert for her mother that turned into a wake that turned into a film gets its Irish premiere, Canadian folk-rock marvel Martha Wainwright tells Tara Brady about her mum Kate McGarrigle, her brother Rufus – and performing through a veil of tears
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