The Irish Times

Alt-J: The Dream – Asserting a batty sonic vision on the mainstream

Mainstream gatecrashers deliver clever but sometimes plodding fourth album

Fri Feb 11 2022 - 05:00

Stranglers keyboardist Dave Greenfield dies after contracting coronavirus

Musician penned tune that became 1982 hit Golden Brown, winning Ivor Novello award

Mon May 04 2020 - 18:10

Monty Python collaborator Neil Innes dies aged 75

Comedian and musician also sang with Beatles parody band The Rutles

Mon Dec 30 2019 - 16:01

Mercury Prize 2019: Can Fontaines DC win in a year of protest music?

The Dublin band could be first Irish act to win the Mercury

Thu Sept 19 2019 - 11:06

Good pairings: The best classical music and opera concerts this week

Tara Erraught collaborates with pianist John O’Connor, while Sharon Carty will be accompanied by Siobhán Armstrong

Sat Apr 20 2019 - 05:00

John Lewis Christmas ad stars Elton John and his sadly normal sitting room. Could it be real?

No dyed purple swans? No jewelled obelisks? This is disappointing, writes Patrick Freyne

Thu Nov 15 2018 - 11:05

Kate Bush to publish book of lyrics in December

‘How to Be Invisible’, a collection of lyrics from across the singer’s 40-year career, will have introduction by novelist David Mitchell

Mon Sept 10 2018 - 14:09

‘I’m 20 stone. I’ve had six albums out. I’m okay for exposure'

Years of thankless touring and ignored albums have worn his patience thin, but Thomas Walsh hopes his new Pugwash album will set the record straight

Thu Nov 23 2017 - 05:00

George Martin, producer of the Beatles, dies age 90

Ringo Starr announces death of the record producer known as the ‘Fifth Beatle’

Wed Mar 09 2016 - 10:44

Blood lines and Jamaican roots: Lianne La Havas’s latest journeys

Lianne La Havas was raised in London, but a trip to her family’s home in Jamaica with her mum opened up a whole new world of influences

Thu Jul 30 2015 - 06:00

Hope and despair: Edwyn Collins puts his poststroke life on film

After nearly dying in 2005, the former Orange Juice singer began a long recovery with the tireless help of his wife, Grace Maxwell – a journey captured in ‘The Possibilities Are Endless’, a new film

Sun Nov 30 2014 - 06:00

Tom Odell is playing for keeps

Tom Odell is a hard one to pin down – the newest pop kid on the block, with an Ivor Novello award in his back pocket and the musical world at his feet but with little interest in the impending stardom. Ahead of his Dublin gig, the Songwriter of the Year talks Elton John, Lily Allen and Leo Tolstoy

Fri Jun 20 2014 - 01:00