Josh Ritter will release his seventh album next year. The Beast in its Tracks is out on March 1st, with lead single, Joy to You, Baby, available on iTunes now.

Cavan's finest The Strypes continue their upward trajectory: they signed a worldwide record deal with Mercury Records this week. 

Good Vibrations, the documentary about Belfast's punk godfather Terri Hooley, will get a general release in cinemas on March 29th.