Via The Journal Of Music: The National Concert Hall has announced the winners of its three bursary awards for 2025. The €10,000 Young Musician Award for String Players will be shared between violinist Sam Monedero Egan, violinist Scarlett Xu and cellist Elizabeth Troup; mezzo-soprano Deirdre Arratoon has been awarded the €5,000 Bernadette Greevy Bursary Award… Read more: National Concert Hall announces winners of 2025 Bursary Awards

A night at the Guinness Storehouse always carries a certain magic, but this edition of Other Voices: Home at Guinness felt like something rarer still, a gathering where music, poetry, and place intertwined in a way only Dublin can conjure. Across the evening, the iconic building became a living, breathing stage, its warm brick and… Read more: Other Voices Home at the Guinness Storehouse

Analysis: The gig was organised by Hope Collective, music-loving youngsters whose not-for-profit collective helped up-and-coming, independent musicians According to the music industry’s official statistics, only 11 albums have outsold Green Day’s Dookie in the United States. Released in 1994, Dookie has sold more than iconic albums including The Bodyguard soundtrack, Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for… Read more: The story of Green Day’s 1991 gig in a tiny Dublin venue

Analysis: The multitude of ways in which fans responded said much about Bowie’s cultural significance, influence and reach David Bowie’s unexpected death on January 10th 2016 attracted widespread media coverage across the globe. Variously described as a chameleon, a creative genius, an ‘iconic figure’ and an ‘iconoclast’, much of the media’s commentary on Bowie’s life… Read more: RIP Starman: how fans reacted to David Bowie’s death 10 years ago

Analysis: The showband and cabaret star was a versatile singer, but he selected the songs he wanted to record and perform with great care To his many fans Dickie Rock could sing anything. His vocal ability and personality meant that he could move effortlessly through different music genres from ballads to bubble-gum pop; from Elvis-style… Read more: How Dickie Rock’s songs tell a story of Ireland’s musical history