Music books: From the melancholy of Abba to the dance-floor riot of Ash
Tony Clayton-Lea on publications about Abba, Greenwich Village, Fleetwood Mac, 1990s indie, John Grant, Dolly Parton and Britpop
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Mean to the fiddler: Band in unfair sacking case had more than €376,000 in earnings
Plus: Pizza man Brian MacGoey buys an upper-crust pad, Google eyes Boland’s Mills merch, and Young Fine Gael in a flap about proposed social media ban
Beyoncé country: How a shy girl from Texas became a cultural icon
The singer’s pivot into country music, via her hit Texas Hold ‘Em and her new album, Cowboy Carter, is the latest smart move in a glittering career
Rockstar proves that charm counts for a lot when you are Dolly Parton
Rockstar is a waggish nod to the mild controversy that engulfed her last year
Mickey Mouse topics and bullsh*t conversations: Some RTÉ shows haven’t read the public-service memo
Radio: Oliver Callan, on The Nine O’Clock Show, and The Ray D’Arcy Show take divergent approaches to the same material
Rock of ages: The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Debbie Harry and 12 other classic acts still going strong
As Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood release their new album, we pick our favourite over-75s in music
Dolly Parton: ‘I always knew how to manoeuvre in a crowd of men’
Dolly Parton is hitting new highs. Despite her stardom and pressures around feminism, business and fashion, she has always done it her way
CMAT: If My Wife New I’d Be Dead review – one of the best albums of 2022
CMAT has a real skill for presenting living and breathing issues on a silver platter
Apple Fitness+: Pilates, mediation and ski workouts on the way
Group workouts will also come later this year
Michael Stipe: ‘Cold-ass b**ch was a coat I put on to protect myself. I can take it off now’
The artist and REM singer talks American presidents, parties and photographing his heroes
CMAT: ‘I had a full mental breakdown – it was better just to get it out of the way’
The singer on mental health, hyperfemininity and using humour as a shield
Vaccine dithering exposes fault lines within EU
‘If the people of Europe decide their leaders have yet again failed them, the political backlash could be severe’
Barry Gibb and Friends: Greenfields review – Game approach but doesn’t match originals
Volume one of Gibb Brothers’ songbook with Nashville twist
The Irish woman who wed a Bee Gee: ‘It was like being married to the family’
How Can You Mend a Broken Heart, a new film, chronicles the band’s extraordinary career
Dolly Parton partly funded Moderna Covid vaccine research
Country musician’s $1m donation supported breakthrough by Moderna
Tech boss Jack Dorsey vows to donate $1bn to fight coronavirus
CEO of Twitter and Square plans to donate just under one-third of his total wealth to tackling Covid-19
Kenny Rogers, country music star, dies aged 81
Singer, known for hits including The Gambler, remembered as ‘icon of country music’
Mallrat: ‘I didn’t know anyone in real life so I literally just found people on Facebook’
Brisbane musician Grace Shaw on her journey of discovery, finding collaborators and keeping boundaries
Dolly Parton: ‘I’ve been hit on. I’ve probably hit on some people myself!’
The singer’s ‘9 to 5’ costars are always happy to shout about feminism – but not her
Dolly Parton charity launches free book programme for children in Ireland
Every child in Dublin 24 area to receive one book every month until they are aged five
Wanted: ‘Well-developed women with plenty of road frontage’
RTÉ’s ‘Stetsons and Stilettos’ throws open the barn door on a thriving Irish sub-culture
Down south, where Elvis lives on forever
It’s been 40 years since Elvis Presley's death, but his former home, Graceland, is still a popular stop on a road trip through the music cities of Nashville, Memphis and New Orleans
Elvis record company up for sale at $250m
Carlin Music’s copyright portfolio includes songs by Elvis, David Bowie and Dolly Parton
Terry Wogan: Most popular Irishman even in times of strife
His genial, self-deprecating manner and mellifluous voice contributed to a career that was extraordinary, both in its longevity and popularity
Playboy to stop publishing images of naked women
Magazine founded by Hugh Hefner says easy online access makes such images ‘passé’
‘Nine-to-five’ may have health risks, study finds
From age 10-55 people’s body clocks shift three hours later than traditional schedule
‘Walking on Sunshine’ bought by BMG for £10m
German firm gets rights to every song written by Katrina & the Waves
Una Mullally’s cultural highs and lows of 2014
Dolly Parton singing ’9 to 5’ at Glastonbury was amazing
Dolly Parton and Angela Merkel: what’s the difference?
Comparing the Backwoods Barbie to the pastor’s daughter might seem a stretch, but they have a lot more in common than you’d think
Graham Norton talks up dogs, booze, divas, Ireland
The TV chat show host shares his witty take on, among other subjects, why people get the dogs they deserve
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