Listen to some of our favourite Irish releases from the week below Paddy Hanna, What’s up Pussycat? Dublin singer-songwriter ...

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and soprano Renée Fleming about their collaborative project and album, "The Fiddle and The Drum," which celebrates Appalachian folk music.

John Carney has long excelled at blending music and movies. For 'Power Ballad,' he talks Paul Rudd picking songs, Nick Jonas ...

Martin Scorsese has his gangsters, Steven Spielberg has his aliens, Guillermo del Toro has his monsters, Paul Schrader has ...

A NEW edition of 'Where Songs Do Thunder; Travels in Traditional Song' by the late great Irish traditional singer, poet and ...

After enjoying hit singles such as Mary’s Prayer and The Second Summer of Love with Danny Wilson, the Dundee-based singer has ...

Need some country ballads that will grab your attention? These four tunes had audiences on their feet, lighters in the air, ...

Long before it was hailed as one of the greatest songs of Brian Wilson’s career, the Beach Boys visionary drew inspiration from a beloved Walt Disney film melody to craft a hauntingly wistful 1963 ...

RTÉ will show an episode of the comedy Father Ted in place of the final of the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. On Saturday night, RTÉ2 will air the sitcom’s Eurovision-themed episode A Song For Europe, ...

Like a ray of sunshine on a cloudy day, the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest has arrived to dispel the gloom of a weary world. With 35 countries taking part, it's the most compact competition since 2003 - ...

Curiously enough, the artist who takes Ireland’s gold medal in the country’s top 21st-century UK sellers only features one massive hit among the list’s gaggle of usual suspects. As you’d expect from ...