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Behind the music - Oswald Slain

Bristol band Oswald Slain have released their debut single, Happiness Is Overrated. We asked vocalist Charlie Fitzgerald the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 08 Nov 24

Behind the music - Hazlett

Australian folk singer Hazlett has released his new single, Do You Haunt Me, and plays the Grand Social, Dublin on 24 November. We asked him the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 01 Sep 24

The Fynches. Photo credit: Adrian O'Connell @ItchyFeetCreative

Behind the music - The Fynches

Irish folk-rock group The Fynches have released their new single, Easier. We asked Ferdia Walsh-Peelo the BIG questions . . .

Behind the Music • 06 May 24

Bob Dylan salutes 'lifelong friend' Robbie Robertson

Bob Dylan has paid tribute to "lifelong friend" Robbie Robertson following his death at the age of 80, saying "his passing leaves a vacancy in the world".

Music • 12 Aug 23

Robbie Robertson, seen here during the Crossroads Guitar Festival at Madison Square Garden, New York in April 2013

Tributes paid to music great Robbie Robertson

Tributes have been paid to the late musician Robbie Robertson, who has been hailed as a Canadian "icon" and a "great friend" following his death at the age of 80.

Music • 10 Aug 23

Robbie Robertson, pictured at the Toronto International Film Festival in October 2019

Robbie Robertson, The Band leader and solo artist, dies

The Canadian musician Robbie Robertson, guitarist and main songwriter of the seminal rock group The Band, has died, his manager has said in a statement. He was 80 years old.

Music • 10 Aug 23

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

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

The Band's Levon Helm: talent to beat, well, The Band

Music review: The Band - The Band

One of the greatest tragedies of twentieth century music was the almost shambolic first disbandment of The Band, whose second album, a generous double, has just been re-issued on vinyl

Music • 31 Jan 20

The Band