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15 Of The Best Irish Debut Albums

With the release of Fontaines DC's debut album Dogrel upon us, 2fm's Dan Hegarty looks at 15 other Irish debut from the recent and distant past.

Music • 16 Mar 21

Listen: God Knows' hip-hop tune for Culture Night

As one of the National Ambassadors for Culture Night 2019, rapper, MC and one-third of the Choice Music Prize-winning Rusangano Family, God Knows has released new a single to mark the importance of Culture Night - listen to Clout9.

Culture Night • 18 Sep 19

21 albums that define 21st century Irish music

It's nigh-impossible to narrow down the albums that define a generation - but we gave it our best shot.

Music • 18 Aug 18

5 cultural things to do this Bank Holiday weekend...

Holy bank holiday! No work allowed this weekend - get your summer on and avoid all your responsibilities with these choice cultural happenings!

Cultural Happenings • 28 Apr 17

RTÉ Choice Music Prize Act Of The Day: Rusangano Family

Every day, RTÉ Culture will be bringing you a track from one of the acts shortlisted for this year's 2016 RTÉ Choice Music Prize for Album Of The Year.

Culture • 01 Mar 17

Imelda May (don't worry, we didn't recognize her either) kicks off the new series of Other Voices on RTÉ 2

Other Voices returns to RTÉ with formidable music line-up

Other Voices returns to RTÉ 2 on Thursday 2nd February with its most vibrant series to date - this time out, the show is presented by DJs Annie Mac and Hew Stephens, joined by Fright Like Apes vocalist May Kay.

Music • 20 Jan 17

Lisa Hannigan salutes the RTÉ Choice Music Prize judging panel for her third consecutive Choice nomination.

Your RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2016 Playlist

The shortlist for the the 2016 RTÉ Choice Music Prize has just been announced, and the line-up is one of the strongest in Choice Music Prize history - we've compiled a playlist of choice (pun fully intended) tracks from the contenders.

RTÉ Choice Music Prize • 01 Mar 17

Rusangano Family