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Renowned music producer and performer T Bone Burnett won himself an Academy Award to add to his fine collection of Grammys. 

Alongside Ryan Bingham, a rodeo star-turned-singer/songwriter, the pair won the Best Original Song category at this year's Oscar Awards Ceremony for the track 'The Weary Kind' which features in the new Jeff Bridges film 'Crazy ...

 

With tickets for Ireland's biggest music festival about to go on sale, promotors have turned up the heat with two big names added to the line-up.

Arcade Fire and Fat Boy Slim will both take to the stage as headliners for Oxegen 2010.  The Canadian rock outfit are putting the finishing touches to a new album while the Brighton ...

Mark Linkous, the man better known to many as Sparklehorse, committed suicide on Saturday 6th March in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Linkous's music was a surreal and haunting blend of indie-rock and alt-country which saw him rise to cult status in the music world.  Over the years he collaborated with many stars including Tom Waits, Vic Chesnutt, PJ Harvey, DJ ...

One of Ireland's Eurovision winners will represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010. 

Niamh Kavanagh, who ran away with the Eurovision back in 1993 in Millstreet with "In Your Eyes", has won the honour of representing us again, this time in Oslo next May. 

On The Late Late Show last Friday, five songs were performed ...

... Adrian Crowley!  The Barna man has collected the Choice Music Prize 2010 his album 'Season Of The Sparks'

In a special broadcast hosted by Paul McLoone, Today FM exclusively revealed that the judging panel of media professionals named Adrian as the man who made the Best Irish Album of 2009.

The bookies favourites going into ...

Hip-hop producer and rapper Guru has suffered a cardiac arrest on Sunday (28th February).

The 43-year old, who shot to fame as one half of Gang Starr, is due to undergo surgery in a New York hospital.  The news was confirmed by a phonecall from DJ Premier, his Gang Starr partner, in a phonecall to Sirius radio's Hip-Hop Nation ...

Lily Allen has told Sky News that she is planning to take a break from music to focus on a fashion career, and has already started on a project with designer Wayne Hemmingway.

Her last gig takes place in London's O2 Arena and has no more plans for music after that.

The project she's currently working on involves launching a ...

Dublin outfit The Fat Lady Sings are reforming for a one-off gig in their hometown at the end of March.  The band have promised "inriguing versions of some of Nick [Kelly]'s new tunes plus a lorryload of Fat Lady Sings classics"

The night in Upstairs @ Whelans venue on 31st March will feature original members Nick Kelly, Dermot Lynch and ...

Yes, that's right, The Jonas Brothers won two awards at this year's big NME night.  Granted they were the least desirable trophies, but in collecting both Worst Band and Worst Album they saved other acts including U2 and Green Day some embarrasing blushes. 

British bands were the big winners with Kasabian and Muse picking up two trophies each, including Best ...

 

The Meteor Ireland Music Award for Best National DJ remains in Today FM for the sixth year running as Ray Foley repeats Ray D'Arcy's feat of winning the gong three times in a row! Congratulations to Ray, JP, Adelle, and Ann on achieving such success and a huge thanks to all of you who voted for the show!

The ...