Ye Vagabonds: ‘We just felt like we were total weirdos in Carlow’

The MacGloinn brothers on becoming part of the Irish folk scene

Robert Plant and Alison Krauss: Raise the Roof – Haunted loss tinged with beauty

Acclaimed duo reunite for an outstanding album of curatorial wonder

From Shawn Mendes to Keaton Henson: The best pop and rock gigs this week

This week’s events also include a party on a boat and a chance to mosh on Good Friday

Hozier: Wasteland, Baby! – Track by track review of his new album

Andrew Hozier-Byrne makes a welcome return with a very nearly five-star collection of songs

John Renbourn: Live in Kyoto 1978 review – A delightful solo performance

Stairway to Carolan – An Irishman’s Diary on the part a blind 18th-century harper played in the ultimate rock anthem

Philip Selway goes solo without switching off the Radiohead

Let Me Go review: The Radiohead drummer's solo effort contains plenty of what makes the band so great

‘When Séamus Ennis played, it stood your hair on end’

An extract from a new book on the history of Irish uilleann pipers paints a picture of the inimitable, self-assured Dubliner

Accomplished guitarist of 1960s progressive folk group Pentangle

John Renbourn: August 8th, 1944 - March 26th, 2015

Version aversion: Going the covers route brings out the best – and worst – in bands

Neil Young’s surprise covers album of 1960s standards, ‘A Letter Home’, is a reminder that there’s an art to interpreting other people’s work – and not everyone makes the cut

Marc O’Reilly: Human Herdings

Sam Amidon – an old folk head on young shoulders

Vermont native Sam Amidon explains how he went from office typist to folk revivalist - and how he loves to jam with Martin Hayes on the Lower East Side

Barbarossa: Bloodlines