Think you're an Oasis fan? Think you know your Roll With It from your Champagne Supernova? Take this Oasis-themed Music Quiz and find out... www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

My weekly mix of arts-related events in this weekend's @IrishTimes.com Ticket magazine. Go to: #TheWeir @3olympiatheatre @PierceTurner @wexfordarts #WeveOnlyJustBegun @whelanslive #HowthRootsAndBlues @MIKPYRO @KilkennyArts #ArtandSoul @cullodenestate www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

You want a music quiz for your coffee break? You got it... www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

My monthly Irish-only album reviews in The Irish Post - take a bow and a curtsy. Share widely - support Irish music! Ciara Lawless Stiff Little Fingers Matthew Devereaux Rob De Boer Moncrieff www.irishpost.com/entertainmen...

30 years gone from tomorrow - here's one example of how brilliant a pinpoint guitarist @rorygallagher.com was. It's a genuinely incomparable piece of rock music - Blister On the Moon. open.spotify.com/track/6fGTwr...

Music Quiz time - take a break, take a goddam Kit-Kat... (@Irishtimes.com) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Test your music knowledge with this week's Music Quiz! Go on - dare ya. (@Irishtimes.com) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

My review of The Swell Season (featuring Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová) is now online @IrishTimes.com From teary ballads to guitar shredding - and many things in-between... www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

A genuine treat to chat with world-famous Irish photographer John Minihan... www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...

Had a chat with Shirley Manson, the lead singer and potent frontwoman of rock band, Garbage - online right now @Irishtimes.com Three words: Take. No. Prisoners. www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

New song by @gerrwalsh.bsky.social Confident, punchy pop/rock with a rigid melody spine from top to bottom. open.spotify.com/album/38IygK...

If there's one album (less than 40 minutes!) you really need to listen to this weekend, then it's this one - the new arrival from Vinny Peculiar… A career highlight, no more, no less... open.spotify.com/album/3bRGr0...

Music Quiz @irishtimes.com - take five (at the very least). www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Is @irishtimes.com the only national newspaper to carry a monthly Irish-only album reviews column? Yep... (Subscription required.) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

The Irish Albums Review column for May has just arrived via @Irishtimes.com The Would Be’s Varo Curtisy Pete Holidai www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

How many??!? www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Chatted with Jake Burns of Belfast's durable punk band Stiff Little Fingers. He's in good form... (Via @IrishTimes.com subscriber only.) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

New song from Fia Moon - her casually delivered melody lines never fail to hit the mark. Why aren't her songs played regularly on Irish radio? open.spotify.com/album/7jM0bN...

What to make of the U2 album that comprises a collection of unconventional songs written for (mostly) imaginary films, and that they decided to release under a pseudonym? In the year of the 30th anniversary of Original Soundtracks 1, let's take a look, shall we? www.irishpost.com/entertainmen...

If there's one new album that you need to listen to this weekend, this month, this year, then it's this one... Take it away, The Would Be's! open.spotify.com/album/5amoWA...

Music quiz time! And your starter for ten is... [via @Irishtimes.com] www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Can't fathom why @DarkTropics.bsky.social aren't selling out massive venues - they are easily one of the best Irish bands around… New single, Whispers, highlights a more robust side to the duo. Your time and attention to this song - and others - are worth it. open.spotify.com/track/3CVYOG...

You mean like Brie Larson?

Good news for Irish musicians - @IrishTimes.com starts a monthly 'Irish Albums Only' review column today (subscription required). Here's the first, featuring: Maria Somerville Danny Groenland @PaddyHanna.bsky.social lullahush Cushla Support Irish music! www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Wont (bside to 25) by David Long & Shane O'Neill Available from Bandcamp, davidlong4.bandcamp.com/album/25 Film footage taken from Earth (1930) movie Directed by Aleksandr Dovzhenko Cinematography by Daniil Demutsky youtu.be/cdsqG07rQkE?...

Let's have 'one' for the road, eh? This week's Music Quiz - to you from me via @IrishTimes.com www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

So much to see/hear, so little time... Go, go go! My weekly guide in @Irishtimes.com Ticket re arts-related events this week... www.irishtimes.com/culture/2025...

Yes, the Gavin Friday gig last night Dublin’s Vicar Street was a wowser! Read my review online @irishtimes.com here: www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

You think you can get 10/10? Yeah, right... (Via @irishtimes.com) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Created just in time for Galway's Cuirt International Literature Festival - an extra special Music & Literature quiz (via @IrishTimes.com). Take it away, Mr Bowie! www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Probably my favourite headline of the past decade…

Oh, dear… Also very sorry to hear this…

Huge thanks @tcl1234.bsky.social for including the Deluxe Edition of All that I Can Be in his top new music releases of the month in the The Irish Post 💚

My monthly 'Irish Albums Only' column in The Irish Post Albums reviewed: @lorrainemnashmusic.bsky.social #Ramper @DryingWeather.bsky.social @Melojiann.bsky.social #JoshuaBurnside @SuzanneDoyleSDC.bsky.social www.irishpost.com/entertainmen...

New song and new video by @cmatbaby.bsky.social? Very, very coola-boola… www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAvW...

The weekly music quiz with tricky questions - try your luck! (Via @irishtimes.com) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

What exactly goes on at Dublin's Windmill Lane Recording Studios, and how important is it in the development of the Irish music industry? Read on... www.irishpost.com/entertainmen...

There's something in the air... Your weekly Music Quiz via @IrishTimesCultr 3 2 1 Go! www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Every music act wants to reach the top of the charts. But how does getting to number one work? Skill? Luck? I chatted with Michael Murphy about this and other relevant topics for @IrishTimes.com His insights should be read by anyone involved in music. www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Whiskey in the Jar? Beautiful Day? Mandinka? Why, it's only your super soaraway all-Irish Music Quiz landing just in time for St Patrick's Weekend! (Via @Irishtimes.com) www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

“And then he asked me if I used to be a member of Dexys Midnight Runners!”

From her forthcoming EP, a delicate, bittersweet song by Irish singer-songwriter @fiamoonmusic "This song is about loving someone enough to step aside so they can find the happiness they deserve. It’s not about regret or sadness - it’s about growth..." open.spotify.com/album/18oN1V...

In the mood for some of the best soul/folksy tunes you'll hear this or any other week? Check out Daisy, the new four-track EP from Dublin-based singer-songwriter Bróna Keogh… open.spotify.com/album/4lEH7y...

Take a break, take a music quiz... www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

New song from Far Away Blonde As usual, it's a perceptive, persuasive, and pretty damn perfect piece of pop/soul. open.spotify.com/track/1mV0rB...

Such a beautiful new track from Lowli… Part leisurely pop song, part string-driven lament, part luxurious earworm. Undone is the first track from her forthcoming debut album, which will be released later this year via Veta Records. open.spotify.com/track/2gIPXI...

This is happening this evening - RSCI, Dublin, 8pm. Come one, come all, for an exploration of all things David Bowie. (Well, most things…) Tix: www.dbfest.ie

This month's Irish-only album review column in the Irish Post. Take a goddam bow, you lovely people... @ginnels.bsky.social The Wood Burning Savages @brenberry.bsky.social @themurdercapital.bsky.social Maria Kelly www.irishpost.com/entertainmen...

Crash, baby, crash... The David Bowie Music Quiz (via @irishtimes.com) to tie in with the forthcoming Dublin Bowie Festival… Fair play if you can correctly answer all ten questions… www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi...

Delighted to be chairing this panel conversation event this Thursday, February 27, at Dublin's RSCI. 8pm. There will be questions directed to and answers from: Gerry Leonard Mike Garson Gail Ann Dorsey Mark Plati www.dublinbowiefestival.ie/events-2025/...