Montrose’s pride and joy is under new management, but its commitment to unstinting excellence remains undimmed

A new Irish release is in debt to 60s female singers

A new generation of women singers and performers is revolutionising Irish traditional music – and several of them hail from great Irish musical families

Georgia’s second album provides pure pop thrills

The Dundalk singer’s debut album is released this Friday, ‘but gigging the record is where the excitement really lies’

Beethoven 250 events at the NCH, an imaginative new principal conductor at the RTÉNCO, and an abundance of contemporary, baroque and chamber concerts nationwide are among the delights awaiting music lovers this year

Friends celebrate the world-class pianist’s extraordinary 60-year career with a concert at the NCH

Song after song on Heavy is the Head reflects Stormy’s feelings of being tested

Irish rapper Nealo spent years as a punk musician, then an emigré, then a law student before realising he wanted to explore life’s complexities through hip hop. ‘It’s the asking of the questions that leads to good art,’ he tells Tony Clayton-Lea

The series affords audiences an opportunity to enjoy leading Irish and international musicians taking part in masterclasses and workshops

The man behind Jape, has put aside worries about ageing and creativity to produce a beautifully accomplished new album, writes Nadine O'Regan

Dublin band Lankum's new take on Irish trad and folk music has brought them international acclaim, but for them it's all about sharing the songs and the stories behind them, they tell Sarah Taaffe-Maguire

World-famous Berlin choir to make its NCH debut

Glen Power, 41, of The Script is claiming damages for alleged professional negligence by Dublin-based Charterhouse Financial Services Ltd

The latest sign of this strategy is a provision which Apple included in deals with publishers which lets the iPhone maker bundle the News+ subscription service with other paid digital offerings

For years, Kitt Philippa blazed a promising exploratory trail through classical, electronic and pop music. The fruits of that experimentation have now arrived, with the songwriter’s debut album Human

He was one of the world’s most loved pop stars – as much for his sexual charisma as his singing voice – but in the 1990s, it all fell apart. As a new documentary casts fresh light on the late INXS singer, Nadine O’Regan examines Michael Hutchence’s life and legacy