Tiredness is something musician, composer, choir director, broadcaster, father, and grandfather Peadar Ó Riada always accepted as an occupational hazard.

This year’s Celtic Connections opener was an impressive if sometimes bewildering musical feast, writes Jim Gilchrist ...

Ó Sé continued the family connection, singing with a reconfigured Ceoltóirí Chualann under the stewardship of Peadar, with whom he recorded albums Through Banks of Mist and ’Dir Cúm Thóla is Cúil ...

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

These new names promise fresh music and/or major festival appearances this year. By Sophie Williams At the start of 2026, the conversation around emerging talent from the U.K. and Ireland feels ...

Mimicking the ancient keening women, who performed mourning rituals, Róis chooses to veil her face for anonymity [Risteárd Ó hAodha] There are some communities where death is ingrained in the everyday ...

Music made by Irish artists has certainly been in the spotlight this year, both at home and abroad. From CMAT's third studio album Euro-Country to Kingfishr's Killeagh dominating Ireland's airwaves, ...

A new Belfast radio station broadcasting from a 10-by-12-foot record shop has attracted 11,000 listeners in its first month, with over a hundred people lining up to do shows after the BBC slashed ...

RTÉ documentary traces US superstar’s heartfelt and often hilarious journey Meat Loaf on his tour of Ireland with Tommy and Geraldine Swarbrigg at Shannon Airport, 1990 When US superstar Meat Loaf ...

It’s hard to overstate the impact of the first 24-hour music video channel on the world’s teens. But after four decades, and with the advent of Instagram’s direct fan connections, the endless variety ...