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Damien Dempsey: Union review – Darkness on the edge of Damo Town
The singer-songwriter's unusual twist on the Christmas duets album features Sinéad O’Connor, Kate Tempest and John Grant
Lauren Murphy on the acts to see – and why – at the Iveagh Gardens
Alanis Morissette, The The, Aslan and Damien Dempsey some of the must sees
Brit awards nominations 2018: Dua Lipa gets five, beating Ed Sheeran
Singer who scored a big summer hit with New Rules singer caps breakthrough year with the most nominations
Sampha beats Ed Sheeran to take home Mercury Prize
South London musician says ‘he feels like I’m dreaming’ as he scoops this year’s award
Kate Tempest: ‘I’m in love with human beings’
The poet/ rapper/ playwright/ novelist is in full flow as she talks about her novel ‘The Bricks that Built the Houses’, her new album ‘Let Them Eat Chaos’ and her firm belief in love
Radiohead, Anohni and David Bowie on Mercury music prize shortlist
Twelve acts are up for this year’s prize, which picks the best album by a UK or Irish act
Hollie McNish: ‘Being a parent is very much political’
McNish writes insightful, funny, political poetry rooted in her everyday life, on topics including weird attitudes to breastfeeding
James Vincent McMorrow misses out on Mercury shortlist
Kate Tempest and FKA Twiggs favourites as award ceases flirtation with the mainstream
Taking the temperature of the Mercury Music Prize . . . still tepid
Will Kate Tempest and FKA twigs be slugging it out for the 2014 award?
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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