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Carol Keogh’s latest creative persona upends expectations with beautiful results
‘If I am negotiating set bills such as phone and insurance, I will haggle’
Me & My Money: Designer Jennifer Rothwell on her pandemic spending habits
Dublin Bowie Festival celebrates The Man Who Sold the World
Gig of the week: producer Tony Visconti and drummer Woody Woodmansey are guests
Sean O’Hagan: Radum Calls, Radum Calls review – Compelling and quietly triumphant
Former Microdisney man’s second solo outing in almost 30 years offers earthly delights
Gig of the Week: Féile ’19 at Semple Stadium
Horslips, Sinéad O’Connor, and hot tubs await punters making the Trip to Tipp
A Dublin rap group have just been booked to headline 3Arena
Announcement by Versatile of November gig comes after Irish duo’s performance at Longitude
Gig of the week: Damien Dempsey at Vicar Street
For the past 10 years, the Dublin singer has followed his own characteristic path
Ticket Awards 2017: The best music of the year
Kendrick Lamar, St Vincent, Lorde, and SZA reigned supreme this year, while the Irish music scene has never been so vibrant
U2 at Croke Park: A nostalgic return that just made sense
The band is looking older, but the music continues to carry a political punch
What's the best gig ever to take place in Ireland?
A new book asks music critics and fans that very question, and as you'd expect, the answers vary widely
RTÉ Choice Music Prize shortlist revealed
Lineup features Rusangano Family, All Tvvins and James Vincent McMorrow in a shortlist dominated by indie rock
Hollie McNish: ‘Being a parent is very much political’
McNish writes insightful, funny, political poetry rooted in her everyday life, on topics including weird attitudes to breastfeeding
Going Out: The best of what’s on this weekend
A round-up of the best nights out across the country, inicluding gigs by Little Green Cars, Colm Mac Con Iomaire, Mmoths and more
Culture Shock: When artists are faced with the end, how do they respond?
It’s tempting to read ‘Blackstar’ as David Bowie’s swansong. But he was already writing his next album
The word is out on Lingo
Has it really taken this long for someone to pull together a spoken-word festival?
Cork’s Indiependence music festival is small but set to grow
Annual event is still at forefront of Ireland’s boutique festival experience
Review: Pantha du Prince and the Bell Laboratory
Electronica royalty joins up with bell ringers – and somehow it works
Nels Cline: a guitarist’s guitarist
From pop to country, and from experimental to jazz, it sounds as if Nels Cline of BB&C – best known among rock fans as a member of Wilco – can turn his hand to anything
North Sea Scrolls
A clever conceit by Luke Haines and Cathal Coughlan makes for a show that is playful and serious at the same time
Back in the R.O.I – Fifty years on, the Fab Four are still causing a stir in Dublin
Celebrating 50 years since The Beatles played their only Irish gigs, the Dublin Beatles Festival takes place this weekend with tribute bands, exhibitions, plays, interviews and more
From road to runway: Aaron Buggle
The former professional cyclist is carving out a new career as a model
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
Bad Bob? Another listen to Dylan’s most derided era
‘Self Portrait’, Dylan’s first album of the 1970s, was his attempt to besmirch his image as a cultural icon. It worked. Will the most recent trawl of the archives change any minds?
Eminem delivers to the marshalled masses
Hundreds of gardaí, body searches and booze bans - all in a day’s work for Slane
Blur at Imma: Much more than a nostalgia trip
Time has been kind to Albarn and co, who wowed a really full house in the city
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