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Charli XCX attends the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March (Pic: Getty)

Welcome to Brat Summer - how Charlie XCX created a moment

Before her most recent album was released, the word 'brat' was reserved for unruly children and twentysomething actors from the 1980s.

The Lauren Murphy Column • 16 Jul

Crash Ensemble's Kate Ellis (Pic: Rich Gilligan)

Lost in collaboration - Crash Ensemble take a trip to Musictown

Kate Ellis, Artistic Director of Crash Ensemble, introduces a series of unique collaborations between Ireland's leading new music ensemble and a quartet of singular performers

Music • 17 Jul

Watch: Belle & Sebastian live at Elbjazz Festival 2024

Twee-pop melodies and acerbic lyrics about the difficult passage to adulthood: It can only be Glasgow's own Belle & Sebastian...

Music • 15 Jul

Soprano Claudia Boyle makes her RTÉ lyric fm DJ-ing debut this month

From diva to DJ: opera star Claudia Boyle on finding her voice

Ahead of her DJ-ing debut on RTÉ lyric fm this month, soprano Claudia Boyle writes for RTÉ Culture about her musical journey...

Rté Lyric Fm • 16 Jul

Watch: Simple Minds live - Don't you forget about them!

Music • 1 hr

Andre 3000 onstage in Philadelphia in June 2024 (Pic Taylor Hill/Getty)

Jim Carroll on André 3000's pivot from rapper to flautist

The last time I saw André 3000, we were shooting the breeze about greyhounds.

Music • 16 Jul

Tune Of The Week: I Want Desire by Pinhole

This week's Tune Of The Week is the new single by the experimental Dingle/Cork-based band...

Music • 4 hrs

Watch: Arcade Fire in concert at Bilbao BBK Live Festival

Alternative music icons Arcade Fire are known for their rousing performances, and this one, captured a few days ago at the Bilbao BBK Live Festival …

Music • 16 Jul

Violinist Mari Samuelsen on recomposing Vivaldi with the RTÉ CO

RTÉ Arena • 12 Jul

Irish Baroque Orchestra's Peter Whelan (Pic: Marco Borggreve)

Something For The Weekend: Peter Whelan's Cultural Picks

Peter is the Artistic Director of Irish Baroque Orchestra.

Something For The Weekend • 11 Jul

Anohni and The Johnsons have reuinted for a series of live shows

The Rattler: Jim Carroll on the return of Anohni and The Johnsons

We're in Aviva Studios, out by Castlefield and the canals in old Manchester...

Music • 06 Jul

Patti Smith onstage in New York earlier this year (Pic: Getty)

'It was the wildness': Patti Smith's triumphant Vicar Street show

This was... truly something else altogether.

Music • 02 Jul

In the blood - singer Ríoghnach Connolly talks to RTÉ Arena

With sean-nós and folk music in her blood, Ríoghnach Connolly has blended her passion for the traditional Irish folk idiom with influences from all over …

RTÉ Arena • 02 Jul

In The Picture: LCD Soundsystem at Malahide Castle

With support from Idols, Young Fathers and Sh!t Robot, LCD Soundsystem played their first live gig to Irish audiences in six years.

Photography • 03 Jul

I Am: Celine Dion - RTÉ Arena on a portrait of a diva in crisis

The ultimate diva, Celine Dion has been missing from her punishing concert schedule since 2020.

RTÉ Arena • 27 Jun

Tune Of The Week: Sun Stop by Lux Alma x Dashoda

This week's Tune Of The Week is a collaboration between Irish electronic arists Lux Alma and Dashoda

Tune Of The Week • 20 Jun

Other Voices: Lemoncello, Mohammad Syfkan , Martin Hayes & more

The final episode of Other Voices' second Anam - Songs for Hearts & Minds series features Dublin-based alt/folk duo Lemoncello and trad legend Martin Hayes...

other voices • 30 May

Irish hip-hop act Kneecap have just released their debut album (Pic: Sarah Ellis)

Does Ireland have its own way of thinking about music?

How might it have developed? And could it explain the current dynamism in Irish musical life?

opinion • 24 Jun

Watch: Nils Frahm live at the Philharmonie de Paris

Fusing neoclassical and electro music, pianist Nils Frahm has been taking us on a musical odyssey since the mid-2000s, both soaring and danceable.

Music • 25 Jun

Charlie Lennon remembered: thoughts on a traditional music giant

Toner Quinn remembers the great traditional musician and composer, who passed away on 8 June.

In Memoriam • 20 Jun

The multiplier effect means a Taylor Swift tour date - like this one in London - can benefit an ecomomy. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management

How much is a Taylor Swift live show worth to a country?

A lesson in Swiftonomics: can a Taylor Swift tour visit help a country shake off the impacts of the global economic slowdown?

Taylor Swift • 24 Jun

National Concert Hall announces 2024–25 Season

Music • 29 May

Conductor Jaimé Martin bids adiós to the NSO

This Friday marks not only the season finale of the National Symphony Orchestra, but also after five memorable years Jaime Martín's final performance as their …

RTÉ Arena • 29 May

In The Meadows with Lankum - the band talk to RTÉ Arena

The inaugural In The Meadows festival will take place on Saturday, June 8th - the event is headlined and co-curated by Lankum.

RTÉ Arena • 28 May

Mystery Train - your weekly selection of tracks from John Kelly

Each week, we present a random selection of tracks played by John Kelly on RTÉ lyric fm's Mystery Train...

Music • 21 Jun