Paul McCartney: Egypt Station – pharaoh ’nuff effort from former Beatle

New album has echoes of his old Fab Four tunes – and a big smattering of cheese

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‘Amazing’: 12-year-old Irish busker wows The Ellen Show

Allie Sherlock caught the eye of US chat show host after posting video of her performing on Grafton Street

Jessie Ware: My mum hates the song I wrote with Ed Sheeran

The London singer, who’s just had a baby and released her third album, discusses writing with Ed Sheeran and adoring being a mother

James Blunt is back with The Afterlove and resistance is futile

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Adele 25 album review - more than just a voice, more than just a break-up album

Sticking with their Script

For six years, Danny O’Donoghue and his bandmates have relied on an ethos of plain talk, hard work and ambition – 10 million albums later, it’s worked

Tweety Pie – how Birdy went from doing covers to finding the fire within

Teen prodigy Jasmine van den Boegaerde – that’s Birdy to you and I – made her name with a cover of Bon Iver’s Skinny Love, then sealed her reputation with a fine album of original material. We catch up with her before her gig at Vicar St in Dublin