Neko Case on her shiver-inducing memoir: ‘A stunt so bizarre I’m reluctant even to tell it’
In The Harder I Fight the More I Love You, the singer-songwriter reveals an early life of neglect and poverty
Joni Mitchell
Singer-songwriter
In 1975, Dylan, Patti Smith, Bowie and Marley woke up a cosseted music culture. It’s a 50th anniversary worth celebrating
2025 marks the golden jubilee of some fine records, to be sure, but also of a time when punk came to sack rock’s citadel and popular music began to go in new directions
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi as Cathy and Heathcliff? That’s not the real story about Emerald Fennell’s new film
Was Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights a person of colour? He might just as well have been Irish
Graham Nash: ‘Most of the sad songs are about my relationship with Joni Mitchell’
The Crosby, Stills and Nash singer on the wild early years, feuds, divorce and ego
How a short speech by David Foster Wallace can help you through a bad day
Choosing how to react can be a very difficult, helpful and healthy exercise
Brigid O’Dea: Find where your energy lies and follow that
Reading a George Saunders’ book on holidays helps me rediscover my energy
‘Know what you desire’ – Lessons in love from our old romantics
‘I’m not sure the very occasional ‘fling’ matters in a relationship – just don’t tell’
Neil Young may have given Spotify the kick it has long deserved
Exit by veteran rocker amplifies both streamer’s misinformation and artist exploitation
Spotify forecasts weaker-than-expected first quarter subscriber numbers
Music streaming company posts 18% rise in active monthly users
Joe Rogan apologises after Spotify clamps down on Covid misinformation
Streaming app to provide accurate information amid backlash over podcast content
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
Aimee Mann: ‘Any woman my age is traumatised by growing up in the 60s and 70s’
US indie icon talks about her childhood kidnapping and her repressive upbringing
Paul McCartney on loving John Lennon, the Beatles break-up and his Irish family
It’s a big misconception ‘that I broke The Beatles up … Once a headline is out it sticks’
David Crosby on Stills, Nash and Neil Young (‘probably the most selfish person I know’)
At 80, the superstar musician has survived heroin addiction, illness and tragedy
Bored teenagers at home? Here are 10 stories that capture the do-nothing years
Writers from Alice Munro to JD Salinger mine their dangerous passions and restless ennui
David Crosby: For Free review – More proof of his regeneration
Musician’s son produced his latest record featuring delicate and moving work
‘Symbol of hope’: Light forms major part of Earagail Arts Festival
Programme draws on Donegal landscape with blend of in-person and online events
Joni Mitchell: The Reprise Albums (1968-1971) review – Essential listening
Not many artists can successfully crack open the hard shell that protects them from themselves
David Kitt: 20 review – Late-night mellow intimacy
Introduction of beats and electronic elements overhauling many songs in the album
Birdy: Young Heart – London singer leaves her heart in Laurel Canyon
It’s too long and too in thrall to Blue-era Joni Mitchell, but there’s much to like here
John Buckley McQuaid: ‘Ireland’s silence is a comfort zone’
The expat artist’s new album tackles the omertà over his home country’s recent past
The greatest year for music was the year you came of age
Donald Clarke: You can’t beat 1981. Others will argue for 1967, 1989, 1995 or 2020. Nobody is right. Nobody is wrong
Neil Young: After the Gold Rush review: 50-year-old treasure still shines
This album has seeped into our heads, song by song, and is an exercise in sheer simplicity
Ane Brun: How Beauty Holds the Hand of Sorrow review – words and songs to live by
Norwegian musician has managed to wrest something very beautiful from depths of her grief
Three very different yet extremely satisfying soups for winter
Paul Flynn: Here is a trio of delicious options for the many soup lovers in Ireland
Joan Armatrading: ‘I’ve had people say I’m too black, or not black enough’
The singer-songwriter has been doing extraordinary things ever since she arrived in Britain alone aged 6
Seán Moran: GAA must feel a bit like the grand old Duke of York
The opening up of grounds to spectators has been a frustrating process for all involved
Fintan O’Toole: There is no utopian alternative to the Leaving Cert
Six months ago, schools and colleges closed. What have we learned since?
Music title Q Magazine folds after 34 years as Covid-19 hits media sector
Bauer Media Group listed magazine for sale in May after sharp fall in advertising revenue
Haim: Women in Music Pt III review – A celebration of resilience
Los Angeles sisters document personal difficulties on their best album yet
Matt Williams: Kiwi rugby is back and celebrating series win over Covid-19
I forgot how much I missed the sight of grown men acting like children, just for fun
Echo in the Canyon: It’s as if 100 back issues of Mojo made a film of themselves
Review: Well-worn yarns of Laurel Canyon music in the groovy times get another airing
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