Music
Heilung singer Maria Franz: ‘We have a weird sense of time when we perform. It feels like five minutes and an eternity at the same time’
The experimental folk group’s gigs are astonishing spectacles – think Viking funeral mixed with a battle from The Lord of the Rings – and their ultimate goal is to whisk the listener off to an ancient time and place
U2 make history with UK songwriting award
Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, and Larry Mullen become first Irish songwriters to be awarded Ivors Academy fellowship
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The Music Quiz: What is the name of Sabrina Carpenter’s latest fragrance?
Plus: Which folk artist recently covered The Spice Girls' Say You’ll Be There?
How to have a number one album, from U2 to The Beatles: An Irish expert shares his music industry experience
Michael Mary Murphy’s new book hails the managers who have steered U2, Hozier and The Beatles to the top of the charts
Neil Young to follow The Cure’s example in not using ‘bad’ dynamic pricing
Young says surge pricing a ‘bad thing that has happened to concerts worldwide’, citing The Cure’s Robert Smith
Kneecap appear to bring missing head of King George V statue on stage during Melbourne gig
Statue was beheaded in 2024 during series of anti-colonial acts targeting British memorials
Fiddler Martin Hayes: ‘I come to the table with whatever little bit I managed to bring off the side of the mountain’
The acclaimed musician reimagines his album Peggy’s Dream with the National Symphony Orchestra this St Patrick’s weekend
The Music Quiz: Sinéad O’Connor’s Famine borrows lyrics from which Beatles classic?
Just in time for St Patrick’s Day, an all-Irish musical quiz
Fontaines DC win RTÉ Choice Music Prize album of the year
Jordan Adetunji crowned artist of the year, with rap trio Kneecap named breakthrough artist
Glastonbury 2025: Olivia Rodrigo, Neil Young and The 1975 to headline
Young back on bill after withdrawing due to mistaken belief that festival was under BBC ‘corporate control’
The Music Quiz: Under which professional name does singer Natalie Renée McIntyre perform?
Plus: In a forthcoming production, which play by William Shakespeare will feature reworked music from Radiohead’s 2003 album Hail To the Thief?
Dolly Parton’s husband, Carl Dean, dies aged 82
The country music singer has paid tribute to her husband of over 60 years
From Brat to Brits: Charli XCX wins five awards, while Fontaines DC take one
Hozier lost out to Chappell Roan, who paid tribute to Sinéad O’Connor as she celebrated win
Songwriter Tamara Lindeman: ‘It’s scary. We all know Elon Musk is climate-informed. He’s not Trump. He’s not a madman’
For the Weather Station singer-songwriter, whose music is deeply concerned with the state of the planet, the Maga new world order represents a chilling departure from normality
David Johansen, singer from seminal punk band New York Dolls, dies aged 75
The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk, and the band’s style inspired the glam movement
The Music Quiz: Which breakfast cereal inspired the title of David Bowie’s Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)?
A special query into all things the Thin White Duke, to tie in with the Dublin Bowie Festival from February 27th to March 2nd
Roberta Flack obituary: A hit-making soul singer who was quiet when quiet was unfashionable
Though influenced by jazz, R&B and easy listening, Flack was not quite any of them
