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Jordan Adetunji crowned artist of the year, with rap trio Kneecap named breakthrough artist

Young back on bill after withdrawing due to mistaken belief that festival was under BBC ‘corporate control’

Plus: In a forthcoming production, which play by William Shakespeare will feature reworked music from Radiohead’s 2003 album Hail To the Thief?

The country music singer has paid tribute to her husband of over 60 years

Hozier lost out to Chappell Roan, who paid tribute to Sinéad O’Connor as she celebrated win

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

The New York Dolls were forerunners of punk, and the band’s style inspired the glam movement

A special query into all things the Thin White Duke, to tie in with the Dublin Bowie Festival from February 27th to March 2nd

Though influenced by jazz, R&B and easy listening, Flack was not quite any of them

From Lankum to Lemoncello, Christy Moore and Róis, the breadth of nominees for this year’s awards reflects the vibrancy and relevance of the contemporary trad scene

The veteran rocker’s last Irish gig was with Bob Dylan in Kilkenny six years ago

Artist also known for The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and duets with Donny Hathaway and Peabo Bryson had suffered a stroke in 2016

The Irish indie band on toxic nationalism, rebel songs and how Dublin’s Bimm Music Institute helped shape their outlook

The musician, whose jazz ballet suite Spondance is about to be re-released, is as important to jazz as John Banville is to literature, Robert Ballagh to art and Gay Byrne to TV

One Direction singer (31) died after falling from balcony in hotel in Argentina last year