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Star of new biopic deserves gold medal for effort, but you can only wonder about the target audience
Kris Kristofferson obituary: songwriter whose songs of darkness and light brought rarely heard depth to country music
Kris Kristofferson wrote songs for hundreds of other artists, including Me and Bobby McGee for Janis Joplin and Sunday Morning Coming Down for Johnny Cash, before a second act in film
Russell Crowe in Dublin review: ‘Welcome to the Taylor Swift alternative concert’
The Hollywood star’s Indoor Garden Party filled the Gaiety with a party atmosphere
Johnny Cash: Songwriter – A fascinating footnote to a giant of popular music
Album review: John Carter Cash cleans up original recordings, dropping all but his father’s renowned voice
John Carter Cash on his parents: ‘Their relationship was a shambles. But they learned to love each other again’
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash’s son has revisited their relationship to help chronicle his father’s life in lyrics
Johnny Cash gave her a daisy and the rest was history
The New York film maker who tumbled upon creativity in the haystacks of Kildare
Donald Clarke: Never mind Ted Cruz, Big Bird is all that is best about the US
A larg yellow bird's vaccination has been caught up in the culture wars – it’s mad, Ted
TV View: Ireland get a shot in the arm but pundits pour vinegar all over the chips
Callum Robinson-inspired victory in Baku fails to change the narrative
‘Dad was only 62 when he died. My friend’s partner was only 37. Everyone’s only is their own’
He finished his 40 years of work and a year later he was diagnosed with cancer
Rosie Carney: The Bends review: Twisting a classic into fresh new shapes
Donegal singer reclaims the era-defining Radiohead album from the boring blokes
‘It will take a bit of getting used to, not to see the Quinn symbol’
Rebranding of Quinn empire ‘inevitable’, says locals as name had become ‘toxic’
From Dukes of Hazzard to Kanye West: The Confederate flag curse
Lynyrd Skynyrd flew it, Spike Lee compared it to a swastika. What do their banner battles reveal?
President Michael D Higgins pays tribute to Grammy-winning singer John Prine
‘He always used local musicians as support acts for his concerts in Ireland’
Cartoon Irishman: Martyn Turner on belatedly becoming a new citizen
An Irishman’s Diary on a 51-year journey into Irishness
Banjo royalty Washburn and Fleck bring their unique sound to Dublin
There is still anger and passion in the music as Nashville’s leading performers prepare to go on the road again
Adam Cohen: ‘Dad, I know you’re not happy with this . . .’
Leonard Cohen’s son on his dad’s final days and being his late father’s producer
Le Mans ’66: ‘If the sponsors are staying away, we’ve done something right’
Le Mans ’66 director James Mangold on Scorsese, the Marvel controversy and the state of film
Bob Dylan and Neil Young: Best moments of the Kilkenny gig
From the opening bars of Ballad of a Thin Man, it’s clear that something is happening here
Bob Dylan smiles on Kilkenny, but the night belongs to Neil Young
Review: The grizzled pair deliver a jaunty Johnny Cash duet in baking-hot Nowlan Park
Gods of Rap – Wu-Tang Clan, Public Enemy, De La Soul at 3Arena, Dublin: Everything you need to know
Are there tickets available, what time does it start, what will they play, stage times and more
Athy honours Leonard Cohen as Kildare connection noted
Made in Athy project celebrates song collaboration with local man John McKenna
Golden years: 10 pop stars who made great music in their sixties and beyond
How much harder it is for a star to deliver records that matter when, like Madonna, they have passed their 60th birthday?
About a boy: Hamnet heads up this week’s theatre highlights
Meet Shakespeare’s lost son at the Project, and don’t be late for your own funeral in Cork
Peter Tork obituary: folk and blues singer who became a pop sensation
Keyboard player and bassist for the hugely successful 1960s pop group the Monkees
In their own words: Ireland’s rise to a world rugby powerhouse
Donald McRae talks to players past and present ahead of the start of the Six Nations
Jacob Stockdale relishing role as spearhead of Ireland’s success
Winger reflects on a dream year and looks ahead to World Cup in Japan
I got tickets for Hugh Jackman. For my daughter. And for me
My daughter can’t wait for the Greatest Showman at 3Arena – and neither can this Wolverine fan
Music proves to be food of love for the generations
Composer and consultant strike the right note with Tallaght and Tipperary schools
To see or not to see: ‘Hamnet’ is this week’s must-see theatre highlight
Dead Centre’s brilliant one-boy show in Dublin, and all the drama of Electric Picnic
Childhood summers: magic moments with Cat Stevens and Perry Como
Some summer sounds are now tinged with sadness since my Granny died last year
In a word.... Tourist
Patsy McGarry: ‘I just love placenames here. Kill Dare, Killbeggin, Kill Kenny’
‘We both will be received in Graceland’: Dad rock and fatherhood
Paul Simon makes sense to me now and so does my father’s nostalgia. It is something we share
How Italian disco hit became Liverpool’s ‘Allez Allez Allez’
‘L’Estate Sta Finendo’ (‘Summer Is Ending’) is a 1985 hit for Italian disco duo Righeira
First Look: Hard Rock Cafe Dublin reopens with splash of luxury rock den chic
Bar-restaurant gets a bunch of new memorabilia including Phil Lynott’s guitar and Cranberries’ lyrics but U2’s Trabant is out
Big Tom remembered on ‘Late Late Show Country Special’
Singer is recalled as ‘Ireland’s Johnny Cash’ as musicians perform a medley of his hits
Win Butler: ‘The first time we played Wake Up we lost half our audience'
The Arcade Fire frontman believes being an artist is all about change – changing audiences and changing influences
The story of a street: Douglas Street in Cork is dilapidated no more
Locals have come together to inject life and energy back into the neglected street
From a brown trout to Rory McIlroy’s wedding: the saving of Ashford Castle
For years, Ashford Castle was in the doldrums – but a €75 million refit has put it back on the map, and it has been winning international acclaim and awards ever since
Sean Moncrieff: I don't get Nathan Carter and the Country and Irish music tribe
Country and Irish? To my ears it sounds like country music but with all the blood drained out
Soul of a Woman: Sharon Jones’s final, funky masterwork, a year after her death
With her band the Dap-Kings, Jones was a ball of pure soul power. Her band and colleagues say farewell with one last record
This album changed my life: Johnny Cash – American Recordings (1994)
Musician Seamus Fogarty on the album he first ignored and later owed a debt to
Hamnet is a child frozen in time to devastating effect
And Sebastian Barry delivers a superb prison drama at this year’s Dublin Theatre Festival
What happens when civilians join a therapy group in Folsom Prison
The Inside Circle is an intensive four-day therapy programme mixing civilians and prisoners
Down south, where Elvis lives on forever
It’s been 40 years since Elvis Presley's death, but his former home, Graceland, is still a popular stop on a road trip through the music cities of Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans
The political pulse: Brexit pessimism and post-austerity choices
MacGill Summer School had intense, informed debates on these two big themes
U2’s albums ranked from worst to best
The band are about to perform The Joshua Tree in Croke Park, so where does it stand in the canon?
Leicester’s last house party brings an end to a glorious journey
Premier League champions fought but were outclassed
Miriam Lord’s Week: Garda team cracks the crime of the century
Moving her lips and swinging her hips, Michelle Mulherin makes all the right moves
Swing Low Sweet Chariot: The slave song appropriated by English rugby
It’s unlikely those who’ll sing it at Aviva are aware of its cultural and spiritual significance
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