Arts4All campaign hosting a Zoom meeting this afternoon about Irish musician issues during COVID-19

Arts4All is a campaign from People Before Profit featuring a working group of artists and…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Fontaines D.C., Angel Olsen, NZCA LINES, Charlotte Adigéry, NCH Livestream Series

Irish Women In Harmony single raises €215,000 for Safe Ireland

The recent Irish Women In Harmony charity single featuring 40+ Irish women musicians covering The…

Georgia for Dublin 2021 show

Looking for something to look forward to? UK electro-pop artist Georgia, who released one of…

Other Voices announce Fontaines D.C. will play live from Kilmainham Gaol next week

With Other Voices Courage back and into week two (tonight’s show features Saint Sister and…

There’s a micro-festival for 110 people called Home happening in August in Westmeath

With every other festival on the Irish festival calendar other than dance festival Fuinneamh cancelled…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Other Voices Courage with Saint Sister & Crash Ensemble, Wyvern Lingo, Erica Cody, Guerilla Studios.

BIMM Dublin launches Spotify BA Music Business Scholarship

Third level music college BIMM Dublin has announced details of its Spotify BA Music Business…

Stendhal is putting on a socially distant music festival called Unlocked this August

The Limavady festival Stendhal has rejigged its offering this summer to a socially distant music…

Watch live streams from MuRli, TPM, Bleeding Heart Pigeons, Jinx Lennon from the weekend

Two recommendations worth catching up from this weekend’s Irish artists streams. First, Limerick’s Nua series…

A Litany Of Failures compilation III announced featuring songs from Silverbacks, Extravision, Junk Drawer, Post Punk Podge & Girl Band’s Dara Kiely

The compilation A Litany Of Failures has announced its third volume is available today for…

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Guerrilla Recording Studios launch alternative music stream series with The Bonk, John Francis Flynn and Vicky Langan next week

The team behind Guerrilla Recording Studios, a studio under a bridged railway close to Dublin…

Another Love Story 2020 is officially cancelled

For many of my friends, the last bright hope of summer festivals for them was…

Male artists respond to the Irish radio gender disparity report

Last week’s report on Irish radio showed the stark numbers in terms of the lack…

Music programmer Rob Farhat pens piece on structural racism in Irish arts and what can be done about it

The co-founder of Ensemble Records and current live music programmer based in London, Rob Farhat…

The best online live streams happening this week

Highlights: Celtronic, Glasto Shangri-LA presents Lost Horizon, Other Voices Courage, Ruby Sessions. Empress Of.

There’s an actual gig happening in Dublin this Saturday

Yes, how things have changed that this is actually news right now. With last week’s…

Listen to the Beastie Boys and Spike Jones talk to Licensed To Ill producer Rick Rubin on Broken Record podcast

The latest episode of Rick Rubin and Malcolm Gladwell’s Broken Record podcast which talks to…

New Albums Released this week: HAIM, Jessie Ware, Arca, Khruangbin, Daniel Avery & more

The best new releases out this week.