The RTÉ Choice Music Prize Irish Album of the Year 2025 shortlist spans established names and rising acts across pop punk, ...

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The New York Irish Center has announced major "winter-spring" highlights for its 2025/26 season, including its annual St.

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When Belfast-Derry rappers Kneecap stepped on stage at the Glastonbury music festival last summer, it was the crowning moment of a remarkable year for the band. Glastonbury 2025 welcomed some of the ...

Okay, okay, it’s 2026 and the future is bright, the future is playing traditional music. This year promises to be a milestone in the burgeoning popularity of all kinds of traditional music, from the ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. I was once in the Irish town of Kilkenny on a Monday night, generally the quietest night for live music. Yet of the dozen pubs I chanced ...

LEGENDARY Irish singer Christy Moore has vowed to keep his iconic music going “as long as we can” – and he also revealed how he gets through the “bleak” days in our world today. Christy Moore’s music ...

We all book hotel stays for many different reasons, but when it comes to leisure and short breaks, most of us are looking to experience a real sense of escapism. To switch off, to step outside the ...

The Gothenburg songwriter earned her reputation with a series of albums hammered out on haunting church organs (to the occasional horror of the devout). For her sixth LP she switches things up ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...