Blues
Teenage dreams: 17-year old Ballybofey blues star Muireann Bradley on signing a major label record deal and balancing Leaving Cert studies with international success
David Roy chats to 17-year-old Ballybofey blues prodigy Muireann Bradley, who shot to fame following her appearance on Jools Holland's Annual Hootenanny on New Year’s Eve, and her dad/manager John as she prepares to play at Bangor’s Open House Festival
Sir Mick Jagger says John Mayall helped to ‘usher in a new era for the Stones’
Sir Mick said Mayall recommended Mick Taylor to the band following the death of Brian Jones.
‘Godfather of British blues’ John Mayall was ‘major influence on rock and roll’
The musician has been remembered after his death at the age of 90.
‘Sleep? When I was in Thin Lizzy, I was lucky if I got to bed at all’ - Eric Bell
Gail Bell asks experts and people in the public eye what keeps them going. This week: Eric Bell, original guitarist and founding member of Thin Lizzy
Music fans to pay tribute to ‘great champion’ Hugh Russell at Belfast City Blues Festival
The Belfast City Blues Festival takes place from June 28-30
Mary Coughlan: Regression therapy is what freed me up to let go of all the s**t
ON A downstairs wall inside Crumlin Road Gaol, Mary Coughlan has just spotted a picture of a 'wee woman in a black shawl' – a former inmate – who shares the singer's name.
Aretha Franklin and Count Basie among new inductees to Blues Hall of Fame
An induction ceremony is scheduled in May in Memphis, Tennessee.
Postnatal depression linked to brain inflammation caused by stress
Results from animals studies could help experts understand what causes postnatal depression and open the door to new treatments.
This musician plays guitar on an axe, then splits wood with it and it's taking multitasking to the next level
Literally an axe.
Linfield hope to close the gap in top of the table showdown against Crusaders
LINFIELD have lost just two games out of 22 this season but they find themselves seven points adrift of league leaders Crusaders as 2016 comes to a close.