This Album Changed My Life: Jack Garratt – Phase (2016)

Derry grumpy electro-pop singer-songwriter Roe on a key influence

BBC Sound of 2017 list: the tipsters have lost the plot

The inclusion of Anderson .Paak on the once influential poll shows up the project’s shortcomings

Primavera shows Irish festival goers an alluring glimpse of ankle

The Barcelona festival is an excellent primer for what’s coming to Ireland this summer and beyond. Here’s what we caught and where you can track them down

Culture shock: Is technology killing live music?

Even big name acts are replacing musicians with technology and players with samples and software. Where is there left for live music to go, and what has augmented reality audio in store for audiences?

Lana Del Rey announced for Electric Picnic

Other acts include LCD Soundsystem, New Order and The Chemical Brothers

Album of the week: Jack Garratt - Phase: firing and pinging on all cylinders

Arts not ‘appreciated or understood’ by the State

‘You can’t dance to the metric – you can’t evaluate the thing that is priceless’

Watch: Get a sneak peek at Lapsley at Other Voices

The live music series recorded in deepest Dingle returns to RTE on Saturday

Music preview: albums to look out for in 2016

Everybody who’s anybody seems to have a new album lined up for the new year. And there are a few superstar maybes too

Other Voices heard as storm Desmond fails to drown out Dingle’s magic

Star turn comes from 17-year-old Mahalia who turns in an “astonishing” set

The next big things in music

Who are the acts to watch in 2015? And how did our predictions for last year fare? We asked some music industry insiders to look into their tea leaves and make some predictions

Laurence Mackin’s cultural highs and lows of 2014

'Hamlet' grabbed its audience by the throat and refused to let go