Irish Music

Watch the first 3 episodes of Donal Dineen’s new Once Upon A Sound series featuring Niwel Tsumbu, Anna Mieke and Liam Ó Maonlaí recorded at The Hide Project

Once Upon A Sound is broadcaster and DJ Donal Dineen’s new music video series made…

Ailbhe Reddy – ‘City Unfolds’ feat. Sacred Animals

On the day that the winner of the Choice Music Prize for Irish album of…

Kojaque shares a tribute to his late father & childhood potential with ‘No Hands’

Kojaque’s new song from his upcoming debut album is a personal one. The song is…

Podcast: A Choice Music Prize panel discussion

Support Nialler9 on Patreon It’s Choice Music Prize week. On Thursday 11 judges will gather…

14 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

New music from Apollo Monroe, Fya Fox, sun.set.ships, Rebecca Locke, Midnight Wayne, Indistinct Chatter, Vale, Padraig Cooney, Bróna Keogh, Aswell, Arthur Valentine, k3lu & more

Handpicked new tunes: AE MAK, Noname, Clark, Tebi Rex, Fears, People Club & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

Normal People actor & musician Slaney returns with the breezy pop song ‘Chameleon’

 Slaney Power has cultivated a fine line of breezy music that is light in the…

Dubliner Bobbi Arlo is making big swirling R&B pop moves on ‘Feel It’

The 22 year-old Dublin artist Bobbi Arlo has quickly established her vibe with impressive tracks…

Galway’s NewDad are the Irish emerging band to get to know with ‘Slowly’

One of my 40 best new Irish bands of last year, Galway four-piece NewDad are…

CMAT reflects on blame and regret in a breakup on ‘I Don’t Really Care For You’

CMAT has released her first single of 2021. ‘I Don’t Really Care For You’ is…

Handpicked new tunes: Cadence Weapon, Erol Alkan, Black Bones, Wastefellow, Kaytranada, Ghetts & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

5 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

New music from J Smith, NTF, The Sei, Conor Hamilton-Long & FI.

Podcast: Wyvern Lingo on the songs that inspired their second album

Support Nialler9 on Patreon Wyvern Lingo are in the virtual studio with Niall and Andrea…

9 great new songs to love this week

With tracks from Sven Wunder, Dawn Richard, Ragz Originale, Extra Credit, Moses Boyd, El Michels Affair, Alfie Templeman and more

Evan Miles comes through with a trippy video for ‘It’s Gunna Hurt Me’

Evan Miles is the Anomaly Collective-associated Waterford producer who is ably able to move between…

From Belfast with Love II charity compilation featuring Jordan, Moving Still, Arvo Party & more released

From Belfast with Love II is the second instalment of Nocturne’s From Belfast with Love…

Watch For Those I Love’s David Balfe talk honestly about love, grief and friendship on The Tommy Tiernan Show

Last week brought a remarkable artful video for For Those I Love’s ‘Birthday/The Pain’ song…

Handpicked new tunes: Syd, Leon Vynehall, For Those I Love, Aby Coulibaly, Biig Piig, Rochelle Jordan & more

Friday is release day and here’s the first things that caught my ear while listening…

7 new songs from Irish artists you should hear this week

New music from Cherym, Matthew Harris, Jay Pryor and Chaya, Brídín, Sam Wickens, Four Nights and LazyRevs.

Watch For Those I Love’s remarkable AI image-modelled music video for ‘Birthday / The Pain’

For Those I Love, Dave Balfe’s project that pays tribute to friends and family has…