Martin Hayes: How I smashed my fiddle and stopped drinking
The fiddle player on becoming a ‘vegetarian, eastern-thinking, long-haired something’
Adrian Crowley: The Watchful Eye of the Stars review – Quite possibly his best yet
Irish musician raises the bar with help from John Parish, Crash Ensemble and Portishead
Thomas Bartlett: ‘It was self-soothing in the desolation of Covid’
Gloaming pianist’s solo album, called Shelter, was composed during the early days of the pandemic but ‘pre-George Floyd’, he says
Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Thomas Bartlett review: Joyous music defying categorisation
The Gloaming duo’s collaboration is dreamlike, mysterious and utterly engaging
The Gloaming: The Gloaming 3 review – Visionary exploration of traditional music-making
Group have found their groove and third album provides a focus on the darker side
2019 cultural highlights: You’ll laugh, you’ll picnic, you’ll plough
The best music, theatre, comedy, film and spoken word in the coming year
The Gloaming announce concert series at NCH in March 2019
Dublin performances likely to showcase trad supergroup’s new album, due next spring
President voices fears about teaching of history in schools at book launch
Higgins praises four-volume series as ‘riposte’ to those who do not value history
TV this weekend: Attenborough on eggs and Geldof on the ‘Late Late Show’
The Ray D’Arcy show will discuss consent in wake of Belfast trial while Aidan Gillen plays Dave Allen
David Byrne: American Utopia review – Compelling reasons to be cheerful
David Byrne returns with a hopeful collection of songs to restore our faith in the world
The Gloaming: ‘We’ve lost cohesion in our communities’
Ahead of their sold-out concerts at the NCH, The Gloaming reflect on modern Ireland, women in trad, and how they work, rest and play
The Gloaming: Live at the NCH review – capturing their mesmerising essence
Latest offering an amalgam of 17 sold-out National Concert Hall shows
Ireland Now: the music that defines today’s Irish nation
In the run-up to St Patrick's Day, Irish Times writers select the acts that represent modern Irishness
Bruton wrong to claim Ireland could win independence by peaceful means alone
History shows hopes of Home Rule settlement were baseless
Literary listings: Merriman Summer School, Yeats in Dublin, and Rebellion at Stinging Fly
A round-up of upcoming events in the books world
Tiger Dublin Fringe takes to the tents and trees to mark its 21st birthday
Comedy, aerial acrobatics and theatre part of festival which runs from September 7th-20th
The Gloaming: continuing adventures of a trad fusion supergroup
The five virtuosos of The Gloaming can afford to be choosy about how, and where, they play their transcendental blend of trad, jazz, rock and classical music
The Gloaming: ‘There’s a kind of experiment happening every night’
The quintet’s music isn’t traditional, nor is it classical: it’s contemporary music that insinuates itself within the subconscious, and it’s very exciting. There is no master plan, they say, ahead of the release of their debut album
Many strings to his bow: Martin Hayes on finding inspiration
After a long musical journey, the fiddler Martin Hayes finds inspiration in everything from Bach to Arvo Pärt and Sigur Rós
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