Interview | Music

Music Shops Return, Live and In-Person: The Sound Shop, Drogheda
  • Culture
  • 18 May 21

Music Shops Return, Live and In-Person: The Sound Shop, Drogheda

On this day in 1980: Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis died, aged 23
  • Music
  • 18 May 21

On this day in 1980: Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis died, aged 23

girl in red: “My lyrics allow people to be that vulnerable with me, which is interesting.”
  • Opinion
  • 17 May 21

girl in red: “My lyrics allow people to be that vulnerable with me, which is interesting.”

Happy 60th Birthday Enya: Revisiting a Classic Interview
  • Music
  • 17 May 21

Happy 60th Birthday Enya: Revisiting a Classic Interview

Happy Birthday David Byrne: Revisiting a Classic Interview
  • Music
  • 14 May 21

Happy Birthday David Byrne: Revisiting a Classic Interview

Music Industry In Ireland – Oisín O'Brien: "It was really a moment of adapt or die"
  • Opinion
  • 13 May 21

Music Industry In Ireland – Oisín O'Brien: "It was really a moment of adapt or die"

Fontaines D.C. in the new issue of Hot Press: "With Bob Dylan there are many lessons to be had..."
  • Opinion
  • 13 May 21

Fontaines D.C. in the new issue of Hot Press: "With Bob Dylan there are many lessons to be had..."

Eurovision entrant Lesley Roy on songwriting after industry heartache: "The thought of getting back on stage was too much"
  • Culture
  • 12 May 21

Eurovision entrant Lesley Roy on songwriting after industry heartache: "The thought of getting back on stage was too much"

The Troubadour’s Tale: The Richard Thompson Hot Press Interview
  • Opinion
  • 12 May 21

The Troubadour’s Tale: The Richard Thompson Hot Press Interview

Music Industry In Ireland – Moya Brennan: "During the lockdown this year, it has been much harder to see the light at the end of the tunnel"
  • Opinion
  • 12 May 21

Music Industry In Ireland – Moya Brennan: "During the lockdown this year, it has been much harder to see the light at the end of the tunnel"

Interview – Lisa Gerrard: "I was brought up in a house where there was sean-nós singing and poetry..."
  • Opinion
  • 12 May 21

Interview – Lisa Gerrard: "I was brought up in a house where there was sean-nós singing and poetry..."

Declan O'Rourke - Who Lights The Stars At Night? The Hot Press Interview
  • Opinion
  • 11 May 21

Declan O'Rourke - Who Lights The Stars At Night? The Hot Press Interview

Interview: Renowned vocal coach Judith Mok discusses Ireland's ever-growing pool of talent
  • Opinion
  • 11 May 21

Interview: Renowned vocal coach Judith Mok discusses Ireland's ever-growing pool of talent

Imelda May: "It’s frightening how much Christianity and the State have been so intertwined. That’s been detrimental to our culture..."
  • Opinion
  • 11 May 21

Imelda May: "It’s frightening how much Christianity and the State have been so intertwined. That’s been detrimental to our culture..."

Music Industry In Ireland – Kim O'Callaghan: "Seeing the financial impact as well as the impact it is having on people’s mental health is heart-wrenching"
  • Opinion
  • 11 May 21

Music Industry In Ireland – Kim O'Callaghan: "Seeing the financial impact as well as the impact it is having on people’s mental health is heart-wrenching"

On this day in 1981: Bob Marley died, aged 36
  • Music
  • 11 May 21

On this day in 1981: Bob Marley died, aged 36

Music Industry In Ireland – Jackie Conboy: "We’re really in the dark"
  • Opinion
  • 10 May 21

Music Industry In Ireland – Jackie Conboy: "We’re really in the dark"

Music Industry In Ireland – Mark Graham: "Without music, there is no music industry. Without people who create music, the industry has no raw materials"
  • Opinion
  • 09 May 21

Music Industry In Ireland – Mark Graham: "Without music, there is no music industry. Without people who create music, the industry has no raw materials"

Music Industry In Ireland – Mary Coughlan: "Some musicians I know were living on €35 a week after rent and bills were paid"
  • Opinion
  • 08 May 21

Music Industry In Ireland – Mary Coughlan: "Some musicians I know were living on €35 a week after rent and bills were paid"

Wild Youth: "We’re always trying to push the boundaries a little bit, and not put a ceiling over our creativity"
  • Opinion
  • 07 May 21

Wild Youth: "We’re always trying to push the boundaries a little bit, and not put a ceiling over our creativity"

Music Industry In Ireland – Derek Turner: "I hope that when venues are reopened, audiences will wake up to the immense talent we have on these shores"
  • Opinion
  • 07 May 21

Music Industry In Ireland – Derek Turner: "I hope that when venues are reopened, audiences will wake up to the immense talent we have on these shores"

Music Industry In Ireland – Maya Cullen Petrović: "The mental well-being of artists has been a big concern"
  • Opinion
  • 06 May 21

Music Industry In Ireland – Maya Cullen Petrović: "The mental well-being of artists has been a big concern"

'Making an album was always in the back of my mind': 16-year-old Ollie West on his self-made debut LP
  • Culture
  • 05 May 21

'Making an album was always in the back of my mind': 16-year-old Ollie West on his self-made debut LP

Music Industry In Ireland – Mick Flannery: "I fear for the future of many of these venues. Their loss would be a great shame and would leave a sad void in our nation’s culture"
  • Opinion
  • 04 May 21

Music Industry In Ireland – Mick Flannery: "I fear for the future of many of these venues. Their loss would be a great shame and would leave a sad void in our nation’s culture"

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