Ryan Vail: Distorted Shadows – Derry musician on an electronic odyssey

Ciaran Lavery: Sweet Decay review – mining darkness to unearth gems

Ciaran Lavery on Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)

This albun changed my life: The singer on the frightening and otherworldly Tom Waits

What does Brexit mean for Irish music?

The UK’s decision to leave the European Union is already having an effect in Ireland. Some fear it could soon decide where bands can go on tour

Ciaran Lavery: Let Bad In review – defying the songwriter stereotype

Ryan Vail - For Every Silence: drifting beautifully in the right direction