You spin me right round

Music has become something that lives online and on your phone, but doesn’t have a physical form. A resurgence of love for vinyl albums pushes back against all that - and the Dún Laoghaire Vinyl Festival is the place to go

Why have vinyl sales surged in 2018? For many music lovers, the answer to that question is simple: record sales are going through the roof because music fans want a music format that properly represents them in terms of the importance music occupies in their lives.

For decades, music has been doing a gradual disappearing act from our physical world. Music has been shrunk, both in terms of how it’s contained - going ...