Martin Hayes: ‘I’m a complete guerrilla performer from the side of a mountain’

Experimentation and evolution are essential to music, says Hayes, who doesn’t miss the days of career-long contracts with labels

Martin Hayes Quartet review: Beguiling new angles on the tradition

National Concert Hall needs to go beyond classical music

‘The building looks imposing, officious. Getting people in the door is a big thing’

Kilkenny Arts Festival announces its 2016 programme

Stephen Rea, Loudon Wainwright III and Christian Blackshaw are among the highlights

Taoiseach to attend Easter Rising commemorations in Washington

Opening of the “Ireland 100” festival at John F Kennedy Center starts three-week festival of Irish arts and culture

Liz Carroll- Ireland: Crossroads of Art and Design, 1690-1840: a meeting of past and present