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Behind the music - Thom Southern

Belfast based singer, songwriter and producer Thom Southern has released his debut single Shivers. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 21 Sep 20

Steve Von Till - "I don't have to be the best; I just have to be inspired" Photo: Bobby Cochran

Steve Von Till makes his best album 'quite by accident'

On his new album No Wilderness Deep Enough, Neurosis vocalist and guitarist Steve Von Till takes his bravest leap into the unknown.

Music • 22 Aug 20

Charlie Daniels performs at the Fox & Friends summer series in 2019

Country singer Charlie Daniels has died aged 83

Musician Charlie Daniels, who gained fame for the song The Devil Went Down to Georgia, has died at the age of 83.

Charlie Daniels • 07 Jul 20

New Haim album goes straight to the top of UK charts

American pop-rock threesome Haim have gone straight to number one in the UK with their third album, Women In Music Pt III.

Haim • 03 Jul 20

Without peer. Dermot Kennedy sets new chart record

Dermot Kennedy has broken an Irish charts record, seeing his album Without Fear spending more time at Number One than any other Irish debut album so far this century.

Music • 03 Jul 20

Behind the music: MYTH

Dublin-based rockers MYTH have just released their new single, 1:45. We ask them the BIG questions.

Music • 30 Jun 20

What's on? 10 top telly tips for Sunday June 21

Eve Hewson stars in new BBC drama The Luminaries, Sky Arts gives the night over to Bob Dylan, The Irish RM hits the comeback trail, and Stacey Dooley Investigates South Korea's illegal spy camera trade . . .

Television • 21 Jun 20

Behind the music: Padraig Jack

Padraig Jack tells us that he writes and sings songs in English and Irish and has toured Ireland and the UK with Sharon Shannon over the past year. He will release his debut album, Making Sand, on October 16. We ask him the BIG questions.

Music • 20 Jun 20

Dylan is as urgent and necessary as ever in these strange times

Review: Bob Dylan - Rough and Rowdy Ways

There's treasure for Dylanologists and Dylanttantes alike on Bob Dylan's extraordinary 39th album

Music • 22 Jun 20

Bob Dylan on the death of Gorge Floyd: "beyond ugly."

Dylan on George Floyd: "It sickened me no end"

Bob Dylan has said that, "it sickened (him) no end to see George (Floyd) tortured to death like that. It was beyond ugly. Let's hope that justice comes swift for the Floyd family and for the nation."

Music • 14 Jun 20

Behind the music: Niamh Regan

Galway's Niamh Regan has just released new track Save the Day ahead of the release of her debut album, Hemet, in August. We ask her the BIG questions.

Music • 12 Jun 20

Yup, where else? Brian Lally in the pre-Covid era at Bob Dylan's gig in Kilkenny last July

At home with... Brian Lally, Country Time

Brian Lally, avowed Dylan fan and presenter of RTÉ Radio 1's Country Time on his Subterreanean Lockdown Blues

At home with... • 02 Jun 20

Ev Carm - Photo by Donal Talbot, processed by Clare Lyons

Behind the music: Ev Carm

"Limerick-born, Kildare-bred, Stonybatter-based" Ev Carm has just released his debut single Laugh Again. We asked him the BIG questions.

Music • 05 Jun 20

Bono - "These are some of the songs that saved my life…. the ones I couldn't have lived without…"

Bono reveals 60 songs that saved his life

As he celebrates his 60th birthday, U2's Bono has shared 60 Songs That Saved My Life, with Adele, The Beatles, David Bowie, Bob Dylan, Billie Eilish and Sinéad O'Connor among the artists on his playlist.

Music • 10 May 20

Bob Dylan announces new album, Rough and Rowdy Ways

Bob Dylan has announced Rough and Rowdy Ways, his first album of original songs in eight years, and he's also released False Prophet, a new song from the forthcoming record.

Music • 08 May 20

A manuscript page featuring unrecorded Bob Dylan lyrics is up for auction

Handwritten Bob Dylan lyrics to be auctioned

A manuscript written by Bob Dylan, featuring handwritten song lyrics for Blonde on Blonde, regarded by many as his most acclaimed album, is set to be auctioned.

Music • 05 May 20

Bob Dylan posts unreleased song about JFK

Bob Dylan has posted an unreleased song entitled Murder Most Foul, which deals with the assassination of JFK, and issued a rare public statement in which he thanks his fans for their support and loyalty.

Music • 27 Mar 20

Timothee Chalamet: living in electric dreams

Chalamet reportedly learning guitar for Dylan biopic

Actor Timothee Chalamet is reportedly taking guitar lessons in preparation for his lead role in a forthcoming Bob Dylan biopic.

Movies • 04 Feb 20

Robbie Robertson, as he appears on the front cover of his 2016 memoir, Testimony

The Band film Once Were Brothers due next month

Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, and Martin Scorsese line up to pay homage to The Band in Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and The Band, the authorized documentary about the legendary ensemble, due for cinema release next month.

Music • 21 Jan 20

Dylan: Travellin' Thru captures Bob Dylan during one of his more overlooked and underrated parts of his many-phased career

Bob Dylan: Travellin' Thru: The Bootleg Series Vol.15

The latest in the never-ending bootleg series is like eavesdropping in the studio as the master works but when you're eavesdropping on Cash and Dylan it's still always worth a listen

Music • 06 Nov 19

Bob Dylan: 'If you needed my autograph, I'd give it to you'

Clip of Dylan snubbing Dublin fans in 1966 goes viral

A short film clip of Bob Dylan snubbing two young fans in Dublin during his visit to the city in 1966 has gone viral with twitter users appealing for the pair to come forward.

Music • 09 Oct 19

Bob Dylan: Never-Ending rock 'n roll roadshow marks three decades

Bob Dylan's Never-Ending Tour turns 30 this year

Bob Dylan's Never-Ending Tour turns 30 this year and while Europe has been this year's beneficiary of most of the playing, he is also undertaking an extensive US run, beginning next week.

Music • 07 Oct 19

D.A. Pennebaker at a the New York screening and Q&A of Don't Look Back in May 2016

Bowie and Dylan filmmaker Pennebaker dead at 94

Film-maker D.A. Pennebaker, who made acclaimed films about Bob Dylan, David Bowie and Depeche Mode, has died of natural causes at the aged of 94.

Movies • 04 Aug 19

Neil Young: Waking up the Crazy Horse again for some sound and fury

Neil Young promises one of his 'most diverse' records

Neil Young's forthcoming album with Crazy Horse will be one "one of the most diverse albums" he has ever made, according to the singer's Archives website.

Music • 01 May 19

Bob Dylan surprises staff at Dublin's Tower Records

Staff at Tower Records in Dublin got a nice surprise from Bob Dylan when they received a signed album from the singer to mark Record Store Day, which is taking place across the world today.

Music • 13 Apr 19