Janis Ian: ‘It was astonishing to realise that At Seventeen applied to boys too’
After a career tackling difficult subjects, the singer-songwriter is releasing a final album
Bruce Springsteen sells catalogue to Sony in $500m deal – report
US star becomes latest singer to monetise career’s work
Dave Gahan on his new album Imposter: ‘I think we got there’
Depeche Mode singer unites with Soulsavers for third time for forthcoming covers album
John Legend: Bigger Love review – More sickly sweet than sexy
Too often, Legend’s overbearing sentimentality scuppers his talent as a musician
Jeff Lynne’s ELO: From Out of Nowhere review – Enjoyable and well-constructed
As 50-year milestone with Electric Light Orchestra nears, the singer is clearly still having fun
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Joan Baez, Joni Mitchell and Allen Ginsberg feature in this epic chronicle’s new chapter
Best Irish pop music of 2018: A year brimming with talent, confidence and swagger
Year in Culture Review: Talented acts keep emerging, and a new grass-roots industry infrastructure is also taking shape
Switched-On Bach: How a transgender synth pioneer changed music
Wendy Carlos’s 1968 album of Bach music for Moog synthesiser brought electronic music into the mainstream and influenced artists from Giorgio Moroder to Daft Punk
Queen of Soul whose voice could scald or soothe
Aretha Franklin obituary: Huge talent drew on both sacred and secular traditions
Ireland Now: the music that defines today’s Irish nation
In the run-up to St Patrick's Day, Irish Times writers select the acts that represent modern Irishness
Leonard Cohen, singer-songwriter and poet, dies at the age of 82
Artist’s most ardent admirers compared his works to spiritual prophecy
Paul Simon at 75: ‘The mind improves as you get older’
As he releases a new album, the acclaimed songwriter has little interest in his legacy – ‘Time takes care of that’
Jeff Buckley: death, fame, immortality – and another album
The late singer-songwriter stepped fully formed into the studio in 1993. Two decades after his death his estate is releasing a new collection of out-takes, under his mother’s guidance
Tributes to ‘most wonderful’ Joy Beverley as singer dies at 91
One of the three members of 1950s group the Beverley Sisters has died of stroke
American blues guitarist as well known for appearance as for high-energy playing
Johnny Winter: February 23rd, 1944 – July 16th, 2014
Tom Odell is playing for keeps
Tom Odell is a hard one to pin down – the newest pop kid on the block, with an Ivor Novello award in his back pocket and the musical world at his feet but with little interest in the impending stardom. Ahead of his Dublin gig, the Songwriter of the Year talks Elton John, Lily Allen and Leo Tolstoy
George Ezra: pounding the pavements and riding the rails
From serenading diners in Derry and using his discount railcard to tour Britain to recording his debut album, ‘Wanted on Voyage’, George Ezra is a singer-songwriter who’s packed a lot into his young life
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