Caimin Gilmore & Kate Ellis are taking a mobile gig venue to rural Irish locations to perform for 6 people

Double bass player Caimin Gilmore (Sun Collective) and Kate Ellis (Crash Ensemble) are bringing a…

David Keenan announces new album WHAT THEN? and new single ‘Bark’

Dundalk singer-songwriter David Keenan has a second album on the way later this year. WHAT…

The Phil Lynott documentary is finally in cinemas this Friday

Phil Lynott: Song For While I’m Away is an feature documentary on the life and…

12 new songs from Irish artists you should hear

Featuring 7th Obi, Phoeno, Qwasi, Banríon, Hex Hue, Welshy, RAJI, Marcus, Mac G, New Spectrum, Mac G, Zissou, Julia Louise Knifefist, Cathal Murphy, Topline.

The Iveagh Gardens pilot outdoors gig with James Vincent McMorrow and Sorcha Richardson will be live streamed tomorrow evening

The National Concert Hall has announced that the 500-cap pilot event with James Vincent McMorrow…

Comparing Belgium’s live roadmap to Ireland, as 75k cap Pukkelpop & Tomorrowland festivals given green light in August

As we get towards the reopening of live events later this year, the exact roadmap…

modernlove sign to Akira Records; release EP & announce Dublin gig

The Drogheda four-piece band modernlove (small caps when you spell the band name) have announced…

Here’s what one of the first outdoor gigs to take place in Northern Ireland looked like

Stendhal Festival hosted one of the first concerts back in over 15 months in Northern…

This Irish drill rapper did a remix of Leaving Cert poem An Spailpín Fánach

Well, this is class. Get your Irish Paper 2s at the ready. Fay’d is a…

The Weather Station for Dublin & Belfast shows

Tamara Lindeman aka The Weather Station’s album Ignorance is one that has chimed with many,…

Celaviedmai needs a ‘Heal’

Celaviedmai dropped a new song on Bank Holiday Monday. ‘Heal’ is a song with a…

Post-punk new-wave trio Molchat Doma for debut Irish show

The Post-punk new-wave trio Molchat Doma from Belarus will play their debut Irish show in…

Big Thief for Dublin show in 2022

Big Thief have announced a Dublin show next year as part of their European and…

New Music Friday Edit: The best new tracks released today

New music from Jessie Ware, Prince, Polo & Pan, Channel Tres, Wolf Alice, LUMP, Jordan Nocturne, Soda Blonde, Elaine Mai, Ailbhe Reddy, Joshua Burnside & Laura Quirke, Darkside, NNIC, Kelsey Lu, Actress, Nerves.

Telefís is a new project from Microdisney and Fatima Mansions’ Cathal Coughlan & Jacknife Lee; Watch the video with manipulated RTÉ personalities

Cork musician Cathal Coughlan of Microdisney and Fatima Mansions only just released a solo album…

The Visual Artists of Irish Music #3: Emer Kiely

The Visual Artists of Irish Music series In Association with regular. Visual Art, talks to…

The Mary Wallopers for big Dublin December show

Hon the town! Ahhhh glory hallelujah! Dundalk folk trio The Mary Wallopers have announced their…

Jam Park venue announces immediate closure

It was over before it even really got started. When it was announced that Bodytonic…

Podcast: The music that got us through May

Black Midi, Arooj Aftab, Torres, Sharon Van Etten & Burial included.