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Last Apollo: "My music is very emotion-driven, quite fierce and usually contains complex instrumental arrangements that contrast with simple, vocal melodies." Photo credit: Lucy Pope

Behind the music - Last Apollo

Irish-born, London-based artist and composer Last Apollo aka Lucy Rice has released new single, Dandelion. We asked her BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 13 Jun

Behind the music - No Windows

Edinburgh duo No Windows have released their new EP, The Great Traitor. We asked Morgan Morris and lyricist Verity Slangen the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 27 May

Behind the music - Alas de Liona

US singer-songwriter Alas de Liona has released her new album, Gravity of Gold. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 14 Sep 24

Lucky Break: "Music is how I express the kind of life I would like people to be able to live."

Behind the music - Lucky Break

San Francisco-based singer Lucky Break (aka Emma Gerson) has released her debut EP, Biggest Thing. We asked her the BIG questions . . .

Behind the music - • 13 Sep 24

The Amniotics. Photo credit Marty McElroy

Behind the music - The Amniotics

Irish feminist alt-rockers The Amniotics have released their second single, HMPB. We asked front woman Rebecca Walsh the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 02 Dec 23

Behind the music - New Pagans

Irish indie-punks New Pagans have released their second album, Making Circles of Our Own and play The Sound House in Dublin on 13 April. We asked them the big questions . . .

Music • 17 Feb 23

Behind the music - Glassreel

Winnipeg pop group Glassreel have released their debut album, Lustre. We asked the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 20 Oct 22

Fontaines D.C. miss out on Grammy win

There was disappointment at the 63rd Grammy Awards for Irish band Fontaines D.C. after they missed out on a Grammy win after the award for Best Rock Album went to New York act The Strokes.

Grammy Awards • 15 Mar 21

From Bruce to Fontaines D.C. - Albums of 2020

With the live music industry holed below water level for most of the year, music became a solitary pursuit for many people and despite or maybe because of the travails, musicians stepped up to the mark with some truly stellar work

Music • 01 Jan 21

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