What songs she will play, performance time and more for her Dublin concert

Aretha Franklin obituary: Huge talent drew on both sacred and secular traditions

Plus, songs you have to hear from DJ Koze and Arvo Party

Ahead of the West Cork Chamber Music Festival, five string players discuss their work

From Billie Holiday to The Clash and on to modern Irish artists Zrazy and Jinx Lennon, activism has a long and illustrious history

This little big town has emerged from its introverted shell to offer a livelier mix of cultural offerings, plus an exploding food scene

Don’t think that to be a real artist you have to burn out, a dying star, like Van Gogh or Kurt Cobain, Marilyn Monroe or Amy Winehouse. The joy of creativity lies in each of the tiny, repetitive, sometimes dull steps of daily life as an artist, dancer or writer

The Cripple of Inishmaan, which was nominated in six categories, failed to secure a prize

irishtimes.com features the first of a series of online ‘musical columns’. Temper-Mental MissElayneous, Doctor Millar and other songwriters will sing about Ireland and its crises, to rekindle the social fire at the heart of music

Michael Longley recalls the legendary Belfast figure who died earlier this year