The Guide: Dublin Fringe Festival, Gilbert O’Sullivan and more acts to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
September 7th-13th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
David Gilmour: Luck and Strange – Pink Floyd guitarist’s fifth solo album is his best yet
Mood is morose yet so Floydian in sonic temperament - as songs go by you’d swear it was 1974
The Music Quiz: Carole King sang which Taylor Swift tune at the first Swifties for Kamala event?
Plus: Who’s that with a tattoo of Jesus Christ on his leg?
Living life to the sound advice from a taxi driver in Brazil
Me & My Money – Éabha McMahon, co-founder of Celtic World Forum
The Guide: National Cinema Day, Cork Podcast Festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
August 31st-September 6th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Oasis: Definitely Maybe 30th Anniversary Edition review – Cheap-shot melodies or the best album of all time?
The passing decades may have made some of the music too familiar to be as potent as it once was but some songs pack a punch even now
The Music Quiz: Which rapper has paid $6 million for the naming rights to a Florida football stadium?
Plus: Who is the Irish singer duetting with Julian Lennon on his 1998 song Faithful?
‘I love haggling. It’s satisfying to mortify my husband, friends and kids’
Me & My Money: Kim McKenzie-Doyle is founder and chief executive of The B!G Idea
Jon Hopkins on his new direction: ‘There are no nods to dance music. I’ve dropped all attempts to fit into anything’
The electronic music maverick says his new album, Ritual, is not in a genre that can be easily labelled
The Guide: Coldplay, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
August 24th-30th: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: Woodland – Impressionistic songs underscored by despair, anxiety and a will to overcome
The 10th album from the Americana-royalty couple offers sparse, delicate, textured sounds delivered with storytelling expertise and wisdom
The Music Quiz: Which Coldplay album cover became a Royal Mail postage stamp?
Ahead of their four shows at Croke Park, a deep dive into all things Chris Martin & co
‘I find I am less impulsive shopping online than I am in person’
Me & My Money - Nicky Blake Knox, commercial director, Conrad Dublin
The Guide: Another Love Story, AC/DC and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
August 17th-23rd: The best movies, music, art and more coming your way this week
Fontaines DC: Romance – Incredibly compelling indie rock that takes the Dublin band to the next level
The changes are more systemic than stylistic, pulled off with a confidence and assurance that can only come from being comfortable in your skin