Rufus Wainwright in Dublin review: A great gig ascends to the sublime
Birthday bliss wins out over jet lag as singer performs covers drawn from his beguiling recent collection of folk standards
Birthday bliss wins out over jet lag as singer performs covers drawn from his beguiling recent collection of folk standards
After her forthcoming brace of Irish gigs, the singer plans to take a year off to digest all that has happened since her divorce, and to begin writing again
The singer-songwriter has gone back to his family folk roots via his new album, Folkocracy, and found it’s not such an uncomfortable place to be
Dublin Fringe Festival 2021: The playwright and composer join forces once more on ‘suburban horror’, The First Child
Folk singer on making a pro-science album, playing in Ireland and broadening his sound
The songwriter on the before-and-after of Covid, family break-up and finding love again
The singer-songwriter on her new single, living along borders and growing up in Madden
Singer sets the bar high on first pop-oriented album in eight years
Plus: a Rufus Wainwright muse, an unlikely Bryan Adams cover, and the oldest male solo artist to hit No 1
One World: Together at Home, on April 18th, will support WHO Covid-19 response fund
The hollowing out of the youth-oriented music industry is a harbinger of things to come
37 new acts announced for the festival in Co Waterford over the August bank holiday weekend
Dido, Happy Mondays, Aldous Harding, Rufus and Martha Wainwright . . . and Whitney
Rufus and sister Martha discuss grieving for their mother, performing Christmas songs with family
‘I used to joke that I was the only Irish person in Philly I knew that didn’t own a pub. It’s only a slight exaggeration’
Joan Wasser has no regrets about delaying her solo career until into her 30s. But as she releases a 'Best of' collection, the Connecticut songwriter is looking forwards, not back
This anthology perfectly illustrates how underrated Joan as Police Woman is as a songwriter
Paul Simon bids farewell, Michael Bublé in Croker, Bruno Mars and Longitude
The singer has just announced a live date in Dublin's Aviva Stadium next year. Here, he recalls his hedonistic years and why he changed his mind and finally gave family life a go
The late singer-songwriter stepped fully formed into the studio in 1993. Two decades after his death his estate is releasing a new collection of out-takes, under his mother’s guidance
Joan Wasser is set to release her most musically diverse album yet, and this time . . . it’s still personal
The singer-songwriter has a galaxy of high-profile fans and a dizzying range of achievements under his belt – but has never troubled the top of the charts. Does that matter to him – and, if not, what does he focus on instead?
As the concert for her mother that turned into a wake that turned into a film gets its Irish premiere, Canadian folk-rock marvel Martha Wainwright tells Tara Brady about her mum Kate McGarrigle, her brother Rufus – and performing through a veil of tears
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices