New artist of the week: Franc Moody

Plus songs to hear from Wastefellow and Solange

Best of Irish: 10 trailblazers in Irish music right now

In advance of St Patrick’s Day, we celebrate some of Ireland’s leading creative lights

New artist of the week: Julia Jacklin

Plus songs you have to hear by Soulé and Hammer

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

Electric Picnic: The Prodigy, Ash, Picture This, Gavin James added to line-up

More than 40 new acts in final announcement for festival

New artist of the week: HappyAlone

Plus: songs you have to hear from Krystal Klear and Shookrah

Metropolis festival: everything you need to know

Stage times, transport directions and full line-up: Leftfield, Laurent Garnier, Death in Vegas, Richie Hawtin and house maestro Todd Terje will be stompin' their stuff at the RDS this weekend

Electric Picnic: Final stage times announced

Here are the Salty Dog, Soundome, Casa Bacardi, Comedy, Jerry Fish and Trenchtown lineups

Metropolis festival: eight acts to see

What happens when you combine the world’s biggest disco ball with, among others, the musical force of nature that is Grace Jones? Find out this weekend at the RDS

From Brian Boru to Fairyhouse: what’s on for the Easter weekend

Bank holiday events include a Westport walking festival and 1916 commemorations

Donna Summer: Love to Love You