Music

Brat scores British pop star Charli xcx five nominations, while Irish acts Fontaines DC and Hozier get nods in international group and song

President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to musician who was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2022

Plus: What is the name of Coldplay bassist Guy Berryman’s clothing line?

Musician played on Irish band’s Thunder And Lightning album in early 1980s and toured playing Phil Lynott’s songs following his death

Six Eurosong finalists will compete on The Late Late Eurosong Special in February

Composer Stephen McNeff was born in Belfast, then grew up in south Wales. His Irishness has become increasingly important to his identity

The disarmingly direct cellist, who plays in Ireland this month, leaped to fame with John Tavener’s The Protecting Veil. It was the start of an illustrious career

Blistering punk-pop duo Lambrini Girls recorded debut album last year, when the world seemed to be at peak insanity. But the spiral continues, they say

Eno, who has worked with everyone from Bowie to Coldplay, discusses his new book with Bette Adriaanse, the use of AI in art and his idea of ‘scenius’

Nolan sister, who had cancer, was part of the first Irish act to sell more than a million records worldwide

The artist born Robert Zimmerman may not have acknowledged his debt to her, but Seeger is widely regarded as a foundational voice of modern folk

To tie in with the release of the new biopic A Complete Unknown, a quiz on all things Bob Dylan

The singer is loving his relatively newfound role as a father, which began at the age of 59

The Beatles drummer on his former band and his new country album, Look Up, which features a line-up of Nashville stars

Franz Ferdinand are back with The Human Fear, perhaps their best album yet. The band’s frontman talks about two decades in the music business