Phil Coulter and John Sheahan vs Lankum and The Mary Wallopers: Sit back and enjoy the music-industry hatred
What a pleasure to observe the flare-up between the composer and last surviving Dubliner and the drone-folk maestros and bouncy balladeers
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Everything you need to know about Ireland’s largest music festival taking place from August 16th-18th
We need to make sure the invasive weed of English-style nationalism can’t grow over our songs, stories and symbols
Rhetoric that was once anathema to Irishness is being given a green paintjob by online grifters
All Together Now 2024: The weekend in pictures
From Natasha Bedingfield in the Saturday sun to crowd surfing at Sing Along Social, here are some of the best snaps from this year’s festival
All Together Now 2024 highs and lows: Barry Can’t Swim ends up bowled over, a Glastonbury bad habit creeps in
From Natasha Bedingfield in the Saturday sun and a smoking-belching dragon to headliner confusion and annoying festivalgoers
The Mary Wallopers at All Together Now: Tub-thumpers of the first order storm through a rapturously received set
Musically, the Dundalk group update The Dubliners and The Clancy Brothers, while their politics are rooted in the present day
The Mary Wallopers: Feelgood trad bangers and pure divilment
Dundalk group’s debut is raucous fun and features fantastic musicians
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