Interview | Music

Nell Mescal: "When you meet someone who’s getting emotional while they’re talking to you, or is telling you how important a song is to them… There’s no way of describing that feeling"
  • Music
  • 07 Jan 26

Nell Mescal: "When you meet someone who’s getting emotional while they’re talking to you, or is telling you how important a song is to them… There’s no way of describing that feeling"

Whitney: “When you're recording yourself, you're making something that sounds a little more charming and less computerised.”
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

Whitney: “When you're recording yourself, you're making something that sounds a little more charming and less computerised.”

Mani: Revisiting a Classic Interview from the Hot Press Chat Room at Electric Picnic
  • Music
  • 05 Jan 26

Mani: Revisiting a Classic Interview from the Hot Press Chat Room at Electric Picnic

12 Interviews of Christmas – Inhaler: "I'm really honoured to be part of what feels like another glory age for Irish bands and Irish culture in general"
  • Music
  • 04 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Inhaler: "I'm really honoured to be part of what feels like another glory age for Irish bands and Irish culture in general"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Peter Doherty: "Everybody’s talking about AI, but something that can’t be replicated digitally is the human soul and the warmth of human contact"
  • Music
  • 03 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Peter Doherty: "Everybody’s talking about AI, but something that can’t be replicated digitally is the human soul and the warmth of human contact"

Yusuf / Cat Stevens: "The idea of looking after people rather than big companies has gone out the window"
  • Music
  • 02 Jan 26

Yusuf / Cat Stevens: "The idea of looking after people rather than big companies has gone out the window"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Joan Baez: "I feel as though I found my people when I came to Ireland and the Troubles"
  • Music
  • 02 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Joan Baez: "I feel as though I found my people when I came to Ireland and the Troubles"

Hugh Jackman on playing Neil Diamond: "Singing is like this fast-track to vulnerability"
  • Film And TV
  • 01 Jan 26

Hugh Jackman on playing Neil Diamond: "Singing is like this fast-track to vulnerability"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Hozier: "We’ve watched a live streamed genocide unfold with little or no meaningful response from the most powerful Western leaders who have enabled it"
  • Music
  • 01 Jan 26

12 Interviews of Christmas – Hozier: "We’ve watched a live streamed genocide unfold with little or no meaningful response from the most powerful Western leaders who have enabled it"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jordan Adetunji: "I really want to link up with some great Nigerian artists. It’s such a musical hotbed"
  • Music
  • 31 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Jordan Adetunji: "I really want to link up with some great Nigerian artists. It’s such a musical hotbed"

<i>Hot Press</i> History In The Making: The Concert – Revisiting a classic interview with The Frames
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

Hot Press History In The Making: The Concert – Revisiting a classic interview with The Frames

RÓIS: "We’ve lost a lot of our culture and our customs, through technology, and this fast-paced, very individualistic culture"
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

RÓIS: "We’ve lost a lot of our culture and our customs, through technology, and this fast-paced, very individualistic culture"

12 Interviews of Christmas – Orla Gartland: "It’s an Irish thing – we just can’t own our successes. But I’m trying to get better at it…”
  • Music
  • 30 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Orla Gartland: "It’s an Irish thing – we just can’t own our successes. But I’m trying to get better at it…”

12 Interviews of Christmas – Bob Geldof: "The only available language our generation had to articulate the deep societal, economic and moral corruption in Ireland was rock ‘n’ roll"
  • Music
  • 29 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Bob Geldof: "The only available language our generation had to articulate the deep societal, economic and moral corruption in Ireland was rock ‘n’ roll"

12 Interviews of Christmas – The Last Dinner Party: "We always have the best shows in Ireland – every single time"
  • Music
  • 28 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – The Last Dinner Party: "We always have the best shows in Ireland – every single time"

<i>Hot Press</i> History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Imelda May
  • Music
  • 27 Dec 25

Hot Press History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Imelda May

12 Interviews of Christmas – Amble: "I was teaching the primary kids at St. Pius in Terenure, when an email came through saying, ‘You’ve got a record deal with Warners in L.A.'"
  • Music
  • 27 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas – Amble: "I was teaching the primary kids at St. Pius in Terenure, when an email came through saying, ‘You’ve got a record deal with Warners in L.A.'"

12 Interviews of Christmas - Wolf Alice: “You shouldn’t be afraid to speak up in support of people in need. No one should stop you doing that”
  • Music
  • 26 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas - Wolf Alice: “You shouldn’t be afraid to speak up in support of people in need. No one should stop you doing that”

Remembering Shane MacGowan: Revisit a Classic 1989 Interview
  • Music
  • 25 Dec 25

Remembering Shane MacGowan: Revisit a Classic 1989 Interview

12 Interviews of Christmas - KNEECAP's DJ Próvaí: "Realising that this big Israeli government lobby was out to fucking destroy us was overwhelming at first"
  • Music
  • 25 Dec 25

12 Interviews of Christmas - KNEECAP's DJ Próvaí: "Realising that this big Israeli government lobby was out to fucking destroy us was overwhelming at first"

Hot Press Christmas Summit '25: With Cliffords, BIIRD, Junior Brother, Daniel Lambert, Steve Wall, Shark School and DUG
  • Music
  • 24 Dec 25

Hot Press Christmas Summit '25: With Cliffords, BIIRD, Junior Brother, Daniel Lambert, Steve Wall, Shark School and DUG

<i>Hot Press</i> History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Van Morrison
  • Music
  • 23 Dec 25

Hot Press History In The Making: The Concert - Revisiting a classic interview with Van Morrison

My 2025: Michael Fox - "I saw a man have a swim in a bin during the heatwave... And I have thought about that video every single day since"
  • Culture
  • 18 Dec 25

My 2025: Michael Fox - "I saw a man have a swim in a bin during the heatwave... And I have thought about that video every single day since"

Darren Wharton: "Phil Lynott was great at utilising people’s talent and bringing the best out of you"
  • Music
  • 14 Dec 25

Darren Wharton: "Phil Lynott was great at utilising people’s talent and bringing the best out of you"

Loading