This week’s best rock and pop gigs: From Mabel to Jonas Brothers
Plus: Robyn Hitchcock, Daughter of Swords Odd Morris and Sturgill Simpson
The Dead Don’t Die: The most light-hearted film of Jim Jarmusch’s career
Review: It’s so much fun that one slightly regrets the eventual arrival of the zombies
Gig of the Week: Smithwick’s Kilkenny Roots Festival
Festival’s 21st year offers great line-up including The Blasters and Hillbilly Casino
John Prine: ‘The country music they play now is just bad pop’
The great American musician on his love of Ireland and the Trump song he can’t write
Pills ’n’ thrills and rock and roots: What’s on this week
Happy Mondays, Glen Hansard, Dublin Quays Festival and Culture Vultures
Grammy nominations: Beyoncé and Adele shine while rock suffers
Beyoncé’s nine dominating nods, along with strong showings for Rihanna, Kanye West, Drake and Chance the Rapper, reflect a stellar year for black artists
Lucinda Williams: ‘My stuff is so much more than country’
Recognition came late for the Americana musician, but when the accolades came they were big ones: Grammys and having a strand of marijuana named after her
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