Bob Dylan loves a host of music. He once picked "the best ballad singer I ever heard", with his choice an unexpected one.

In Rome, the memorial to her in St Isidore’s Franciscan Church remembers her as the “most talented and virtuous daughter” of John Philpot Curran, a “true patriot [who] fearlessly pleaded the cause of ...

In many parts of the country, the term “dive bar” may put some people off. Not in the South. Here, it’s practically a badge ...

As Bob Dylan ’s Rough and Rowdy Ways tour arrives in Ireland for five sold-out shows, there can be no denying the man’s enduring popularity. The old arguments will arise, of course – his voice isn’t ...

Band members of the olllam derived the name from the Irish word “ollam” (or Old Irish “ollamh”), which refers to a master ...

Technically, they identify as “post-punk lit rockers”, having spent formative years in 1980s London. But in imagination at ...

Revisiting comments made by U2 singer Bono about one of his biggest influences, the Sex Pistols, who he called the best "rock ...

This charming town, located along the Wild Atlantic Way on Ireland's west coast, is quintessentially Irish with cozy pubs, ...

Singer Beverley Knight said the Windrush generation has been treated “abysmally” by “successive government bodies”.

David Roy chats to Ricky Warwick about why the Co Down-bred rocker can’t wait to tick headlining the Ulster Hall off his ...

The new single has seen Westlife team up with singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, who has written Chariot for the band and performed with them at a concert at Portman Road in Ipswich, the home of the town’s ...

The newest ship in the brand’s fleet, Star Princess, set sail this month for its inaugural Caribbean voyage after being ...