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Irish musicians from CMAT to Kneecap are more political than ever - IN FOCUS: It may seem ridiculous to claim that politics ...
Billie Eilish closed out the U.K. and European leg of her Hit Me Hard and Soft world tour with two sold-out shows at Dublin’s 3Arena.
Ireland is a place of rich history - but the forces of embracing the past and pushing it forward are fighting, which is being expressed in its current music.
EUROVISION singer Emmy has revealed how she is preparing a pop comeback. And she’s planning to channel her inner Shane ...
In the summer of 2000, a 17-year-old Dublin girl emerged with a debut single that would redefine the perception of Irish pop music. Here was a voice a far cry from the ethereal, mega-selling ...
Irish-Canadian undefeated boxer (3-0, 2 KOs) turned multi-platinum artist, with 81 million Amazon Music streams and 15 million listeners (September 2023-September 2024), now fully recovered from ...
Fundamentally, trad is popular because it's "very inclusive, egalitarian" and "everyone gets the chance to play it", Jason O'Rourke, who plays a 1920s vintage concertina, told the BBC.
Shoegaze and dream-pop, two closely related genres that took hold in the 1980s and ’90s, have formed an especially strong connection with younger listeners in this decade. Debates about the ...