Music books round-up: from George Harrison’s blues to Kate Bush’s songbirds
501 Essential Albums of the ’90s is US-centric; while Further Adventures in Record Collecting: Dust & Grooves Vol 2 is wonderful if eye-wateringly expensive
Kate Bush
Sharon Horgan: ‘I’m even more hyper now. That could be the hormones. I’m on a lot of testosterone’
Sharon Horgan on series two of Bad Sisters, grieving her father on set, coping with menopause and stretching her acting muscles
Axel F is a ‘legacy sequel’, apparently. Is this mangling of language to be our legacy?
Movie insiders use the term neutrally, but surely few outside the business can say the words with a straight face?
Bat for Lashes: ‘I was rootless and lost in a way, and being buffeted around by music being looked at as a business’
Natasha Khan, aka Bat for Lashes, on how she was worn down by the commercial pressures of the industry and how her new album was inspired by motherhood
Wallis Bird & Spark: Visions of Venus – Bringing 1,000 years of music by women to life with vigour and insight
Berlin-based Irish singer-songwriter collaborates with contemporary German classical quintet in a genre-breaking blend of pop, jazz and classical
Johnny Jewel: ‘The first David Lynch film I saw was Elephant Man. I cried for over a week’
Before performing in Dublin, the producer, musician and artist Johnny Jewel explains why The Weeknd is a fine actor, outlines his ‘visual approach’ to making music and debunks myths surrounding the Chromatics album that never happened
Music books: From Alice Cooper and Pink Floyd to Paddy Reilly and Kate Bush, the latest releases
Highlights include an excellent survey of The Dark Side of the Moon, and an Irish writer’s thoughtful account of his long friendship with Leonard Cohen
Christine Tobin: Returning Weather – Starkly beautiful mediation on reconnecting with Ireland
This suite of nine songs, blending trad, folk, art song and jazz, unfolds like a narrative poem
The next generation discovering the joys of vinyl: ‘I like all older things, old movies, old music’
Welcome to the re-vinyl where sales of those grooved platters have risen steadily over the past few years
The Wicc: Wolf – Conspicuously individual work by an important Irish artist
Carol Keogh’s latest creative persona upends expectations with beautiful results
Orla Gartland: ‘I’d much rather be considered a newcomer than old news’
Dublin musician on life in London, growing a career online and her debut record
James Vincent McMorrow on lockdown: ‘You question how well-rounded you are’
The musician used the pandemic to redo his upcoming album and to reflect on his life
Fintan O’Toole: Why we should welcome the new tribe of Anglo-Irish people
Up to half a million British people are becoming Irish citizens. They help us to recognise our own past
Grainne Humphreys: ‘Not much makes me feel better than a George Michael nostalgia trip’
Soundtrack of My Life: Kate Bush, Philip Glass and more, from the director of Dublin film festival
‘The way many of these songs have been embraced by queer people is incredible’
It’s a Sin creator Russell T Davies and director Peter Hoar on the 1980s’ uncoolest anthems
The Waterboys – Good Luck, Seeker: Mike Scott refuses to rest on former glories
The Waterboys cover both familiar and new ground on their fourteenth studio album
Perfume Genius: Set My Heart on Fire Immediately review – exceptional
Hadreas steadies his gaze on how we can, and should, make our own rules for living
New Music Dublin festival breaks fresh ground
Unusual ambience and myriad external intrusions fails to derail eclectic artistry
The Pale Horse: Deliciously atmospheric Agatha Christie adaptation
Review: Her work is perfect for TV. This drama, though flawed, manages not to muck it up
The sporting decade that was: Two semi-finals, one unforgettable weekend
Keith Duggan looks back an unexpected and electrifying 48 hours in Gaelic football
‘Middle-aged rock bores are the Worst People in the World’
Donald Clarke: Who cares that Billie Eilish had never heard of Van Halen?
FKA Twigs: Magdalene review – from germ-free adolescent to tainted love
Five years after her debut, this album is a rebirth for a most unpredictable artist
Hundreds of Kate Bush lookalikes do Wuthering Heights in Dublin park
Funds raised at Dublin event donated to Women’s Aid
Burt Bacharach and Macy Gray: This week’s best rock and pop gigs
The KnockanStockan festival and Mac DeMarco are among the other highlights
‘I went on stage, the piano was locked. And no one had the key’
Musical idols, dreams and nightmares of West Cork Chamber Music Festival performers
John Sheahan: 80 years agrowing
Fiddle player, composer, poet, wood carver, origami enthusiast and true Dubliner
Is it early adulthood when we first truly embrace music, and maybe even life itself?
Philip Lynch recalls his late brother-in-law's taste in music, memories of Melbourne and getting older
Jade Bird: ‘My mum always said you fly or fall by your own accord’
The singer on unhappy families and music as a path to processing domestic upheavals
Keaton Henson: ‘I don’t like performing or anything that veers into that territory’
Chronic anxiety prevents him touring, but classical music offers an outlet
Vinyl walkway of famous albums unveiled at Windmill Lane in Dublin
Former recording studio was venue for artists such as U2, Van Morrison and Kate Bush
Kate Bush rejects rumour she is a Tory supporter
Singer says she was simply celebrating a woman in power when she expressed support for Theresa May in 2016
You Tell Me: You Tell Me review – Kate Bush-influenced album with shortcomings
Peter Brewis from Field Music teams up with Sarah Hayes of Admiral Fellow for some pop songs tinged with carefree 1980s textures
Cool Yule: 30 ways to have a stress-free Christmas
Take the hassle out of the festive season by following our expert guide
Kate Bush: The Heathcliff, Peter Pan and Othello connections
From Shakespeare to Emily Bronte, literature has featured strongly across her 10 albums
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
England football team remains Ireland’s dark obsession
Our neighbour threatening to win a World Cup still raises the hackles of many Irish
Beats, shoots and sleeves: The art of the album cover
From Kate Bush to Depeche Mode, Brian Griffin was behind some of the most iconic album covers of the 20th century
Bed and breakfast – and ‘Flashdance’ – with Daniel and Majella: what a feeling
Feast goes on the table and all restraint goes out the window when Ireland’s first couple arrive at the door
Flawless master of uilleann pipes who left priceless legacy
Liam O’Flynn obituary: born – September 15th, 1945; died – March 14th, 2018
President pays tribute to master uilleann piper Liam O’Flynn
Michael D Higgins: musician ‘will be remembered for his performances and recordings’
Liam O’Flynn left ‘a perfect legacy for generations of musicians’
The Kildare-born musician began on the uilleann pipes under the great Leo Rowsome
My culture highlights: Cartoon Saloon’s Nora Twomey
Oscar-nominated for her new film ‘The Breadwinner’, the animator reveals her inspirations and recommendations
Elton John to retire from touring . . . with 300-date world tour
Elton John’s mammoth tour see him play on five continents after a 50-year career
Tony Visconti: ‘The thing with Phil Lynott was that he was visibly dying’
The veteran record producer on Bowie, Morrissey and his problem with Steve Albini
Meet Yaeji, house music’s exciting new voice
New Artist of the Week: The Korean-American house-pop producer is one of the BBC Sound of 2018 list
‘I’m very driven because I’m much older than everyone else’
At 64, Dalkey-born singer Alison O’Donnell has just released her second solo album and has no plans to slow down her long and fascinating musical journey
Kate Bush fans enjoy The Most Wuthering Heights Day Ever
Dublin marks global event as men, women and children don red dresses and brunette wigs
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