‘My guilty pleasure is buying secondhand furniture to repair and upcycle’

Anglo-Irish singer and songwriter just keeps getting better and better

Plus: U2’s Under a Blood Red Skytakes its title from a lyric in which of their songs?

Me & My Money: Niamh Shaw, engineer, scientist and writer who lectures at the International Space University in Strasbourg

Richard Jobson of The Skids on a life of being different and pursuing passion projects

Events include Forbidden Fruit, Harry Styles, Electric Picnic and of course Garth Brooks

The Swede’s knack for fusing mournful reveries with quality hooks is in full force

Plus: Which legendary rock’n’roller is the subject of a new film by Ethan Coen?

Me & My Money: Regina Bushell, chief executive of Groveland Childcare Plus, a midlands childcare and early learning service

Plus: Which popular music-oriented movie is Broadway bound in 2022?

Matthew Dick, founder Boundary Brewing

The charisma and warmth of Van Etten’s songs hold sway over everything

Plus: Rye the Lightning is a new whiskey launched by which veteran rockers?

Aisling Finn, founder of book subscription company The Book Resort

Plus: Which US pop singer has had a new millipede species named after her?

Me & My Money: Pat Egan, music promoter and author of Backstage Pass

What might be seen as the concluding part of a trilogy reveals a band maturing nicely

Plus: Who has Jessie Buckley teamed up with for a collaborative album?

Patrick Mullins, jockey

Sack/album review

Plus: Which country star is opening a ‘classic Honky Tonk bar’ in Nashville?

Me & My Money: Helena Hemeryck, Chez Emily Handmade Chocolates

Multi-talented playwright, poet and novelist on latest album The Line is a Curve

Plus: Harry Styles’ new album shares its title with which Joni Mitchell song?

Me & My Money: Ruairí Conroy, site lead for Diligent Corporation

From Martha Wainwright’s scarily frank memoir to Velvet Underground and Bowie

The Dublin-based band’s second album sees the songwriting soar to exciting new heights

Plus: Who was the first to win Grammys for Record of the Year two years in a row?

Me & My Money: Maura Rath, founder and MD of Yoga with Maura

The poet talks of his upcoming tour, relocation to Wexford and paying the bills

An admirable showcase of various roles, some of which work better than others

Plus: Who has been named as the most Gold- and Platinum-certified artist of all time?

Adam Cree is chief revenue officer at Northern Irish business software group 3EN

Carol Keogh’s latest creative persona upends expectations with beautiful results

Plus: Who is the Irish musician with a cameo in an episode of Game of Thrones?

Frontman of guitar band Thumper on strain of lockdown and returning to the stage at last

Me & My Money: Anna McGowan, interim director of St Patrick’s Festival

Working-class northeast England shaped his music, and he won’t let success change him

The English singer-songwriter delivers yet another album of indie lo-fi earworms

Plus: What was the very first song performed on the very first Top of the Pops?

Me & My Money: Gráinne O’Farrelly, managing director, Kroll

Nilüfer Yanya

Plus: Whose reality show, Watch Out for the Big Grrrls, comes to Amazon Prime?

Me & My Money: Killian O’Sullivan, The Connacht Distillery

CMAT has a real skill for presenting living and breathing issues on a silver platter

Plus: James Joyce is a credited cowriter on which song by Sid Barrett?

The songwriter on his new double album and the musical influence of his Kildare parents

Me & My Money: Pauline Prescott, founder and chief executive of Formulae Prescott

Dublin producer Jacknife Lee on his ‘terrible experiments’ with the mercurial Malian singer Rokia Koné

For Valentine’s Day, a loved-up musical query on tunes tender and tear-jerky

Me & My Money: Tommy Fleming on bad managers and not having the heart to haggle

Ian Dury’s child is the epitome of an apple falling not very far from the tree

Plus: Who jokingly threatened to release music on Spotify unless Joe Rogan was dropped?

Me & My Money: Jane Asple, of Emma by Jane

More than just a condensed version of 30 years of Neil Hannon’s work

Plus: Who advised: ‘If you’re going to play it out of tune, then play it out of tune properly’

Declan Colfer, Managing Director, Wellington IT

The Belfast man negotiates his way through nine songs that feature some of his best work

Plus: Which Van Morrison song is heard over the closing credits of new movie Belfast?

Me & My Money: Cat Butler, co-founder, Naked Collective

O’Kelly brothers’ 1980s influences shine through without getting too reverential

Plus: What one tune would Keanu Reeves willingly listen to for the rest of this life?

Me & My Money: Conor Moules, country manager of Irish food-ordering app Bamboo

The prolific post-new waver on cancer, death, friends and his latest album

Declan McManus turns back the clock on songs that reference his late 1970s output

Plus: Whose 1998 BRIT Awards acceptance speech was ‘I am a grateful grapefruit’?

Me & My Money: Charlene Flanagan, co-founder/owner of Ella and Jo cosmetics. www.ellaandjo.ie

Eve Adams/album review

To usher in 2022, a holiday hungover quiz devoted to the ‘Monday of months’

Alan Wilkes on self-promotion, financial strain on musicians and maintaining a presence

The artists that Tony Clayton-Lea reckons you’ll be hearing a lot more of next year

Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish, The Cure and Tool are among the acts coming to Ireland

Beverly Glenn-Copeland/album review

Plus: Christmas with the Devil is an ode to a Satanic season by which metalheads?

Me & My Money: Tim Husbands, chief executive of Leopardstown Racecourse

A collection to savour from ageing rockers

Plus: Where does Strange Brew, the Irish indie record label, take its name from?

Changing public-health rules have played havoc with live-event plans. Here’s the latest

Me & My Money: Erin McGregor, social media influencer and entrepreneur

It’s a close contest between Villagers and For Those I Love, while Arlo Parks aces it

This anthology of the space rockers’ 50-year career shows hidden depths

Plus: Who recently criticised Instagram for removing her photos from the platform?

Me & My Money: Hannah Thornton, Next Generation Health

The band’s drummer on lockdown, getting back on the road and Christmas plans

Plus: At the age of 15, Lady Gaga appeared as an extra in which hit TV show?

The folk-pop exile returns with a solo record after a low-profile hiatus since 2019

The musician on his debut greatest hits album, life in lockdown and Christmas

Me & My Money: Denis Buckley, Connacht Rugby

Plus: Who has been on the cover of Rolling Stone more times than any other woman?

Me & My Money: The Derry born musician and songwriter on his money habits

Moore revisits songs by namesake Gary and Bob Dylan alongside a few new of his own

A special all-Achtung quiz celebrating the 30th anniversary of U2’s seventh studio album

Me & My Money: Hilary Hughes, owner, Brand Stories with Hil

Dowling pays attention to the small but important stuff, the nitty-gritty details

In honour of Irish Times Food Month, a query into all manner of musical victuals