Orla Gartland: Woman on the Internet review – A debut of strength and value

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

Darwin Deez: 10 Songs That Happened When You Left Me with My Stupid Heart review

This Album Changed My Life: Regina Spektor – Begin to Hope (2006)

Dublin pop singer-songwriter Orla Gartland on her first real album

‘I once stabbed my brother for stealing a piece of cheese I had cut for myself’

Sports journalist Ken Early and musician James Vincent McMorrow in conversation

Get the August Bank Holiday blues – and rock, folk and hip-hop

Indiependence, Castlepalooza, Beatyard, Dublin Blues, Roots & Brass Festival, Eric Bibb and the mighty Regina Spektor – the best rock and pop gigs to see this week

Video

OITNB review: Riot girls trying to get the world to care

The clock is ticking for Piper, but she stopped being the show’s star long ago

Leonard Cohen captured ‘essence of human life’, President says

Lissadell co-owner says 2010 concerts made up ‘one of most incredible weekends in my life’

Album of the Day - Regina Spektor's Remember Us to Life: whip-smart avant-pop

Rachel Platten: ‘One of my managers asked me if I wanted to lie about my age’

At 34 Platten could be considered a later bloomer for a pop star, but she has turned that to her advantage

Regina Spektor: Stunning fusion of anti-folk dissonance and odd pop music

Hold on to the gorgeous oddness of her art and you’ve got songs you could easily live with for the rest of your life