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My Cultural Life: Francis Jones
Editor of AU on catching the journalism bug, reading Wilde and falling back on The Smiths -
The 15th William Kennedy Piping Festival
Armagh celebrates the festival's anniversary by welcoming new faces and old favourites. Click Play Video for an introduction and history with musical director Eithne Vallely -
Brian Kennedy
Former Clonard choirboy woos crowd in sell-out monastery performance -
Ulster Youth Chamber Choir
Clonard Monastery provides a special backdrop to one of the classical concerts of the year -
Stuart Bailie CEO
Oh Yeah Music Centre co-founder receives huge arts foundation grant -
The National
Melancholic New York quintet make their way mainstream -
My Cultural Life: David Lyttle
The up and coming jazz drummer on Charles Dickens, Charlie Parker and touring with the best -
Hall of Fame - Brian Kennedy
The Belfast singer 'on song' -
Hall of Fame - Cara Dillon
The ups and downs of this Dungiven singer's career -
Hall of Fame - Derek Bell
One of Belfast's most gifted musicians -
Hall of Fame - Kieran Goss
The artist who is involved in every aspect of the music business -
Hall of Fame - Len Graham
The career of the only full time professional singer in NI -
Hall of Fame - The McPeake Family
The folk music dynasty from Belfast -
Hall of Fame - Phil Coulter
The Derry artist that has written for just about everybody -
A History of NI Club Culture (II)
The continued development of the underground sound suggests a bright future -
A History of NI Club Culture (I)
Lyndon Stephens and Sandra Gourley detail the youth culture revolutions -
Recapturing that Childlike Sense of Wonder
Guillemots discuss their Mercury nominated album Through The Windowpane -
Can't Stop The Rock
Francis Jones meets Oppenheimer's production whizz Rocky O'Reilly -
AU Presents: Oppenheimer
The Belfast pop duo are coming home to boost. Click Play Video to watch 'Breakfast in NYC' -
Ash Headline Glasgowbury
Downpatrick trio return to rock NI's biggest small festival. Click Play Audio for a selection of Northern Irish musical gems -
Jerusalem
Musical factions fight for supremacy in Tonus Peregrinus's Opera Fringe Festival oratorio -
Northern Ireland’s Music is Going Global
The Answer, Fighting With Wire and In Case of Fire bring NI rock to the world stage -
The Ulster Orchestra Finale Concert
A diverse collection of classics and Barry Douglas close the Ulster Orchestra's season -
Indiana Jones
Composer John Williams returns with another classic Indie soundtrack -
Sounds Classical
The Ulster Orchestra unveils its star-studded new season programme -
Francisco Garcia
World-renowned flamenco guitarist gets ready to pluck his strings in Belfast. Click Play Audio for a podcast with the maestro, including the song 'What's Going On' -
CQAF: The Orb
The 1990s comedown kings can still kickstart a good old rave -
CQAF: Ulrich Schnauss
Acclaimed knob-twiddler and the audience are let down by a lack of know-how -
The Flaming Lips Head for Belsonic
New Belfast summer event in Custom House Square welcomes alternative music legends -
CQAF: The Fall
Manc messiah Mark E Smith keeps the audience waiting in Custom House Square -
AU Presents: The Jane Bradfords
The Jane Bradfords' commander-in-chief Deci Gallen talks apprehensions and ambitions after the release of the band's first album -
CQAF: Rockin' on the Front Porch
The Beatles and Bluegrass. Sounds like hell, but Allan Preston discovers an eclectic stroke of genius opening the Cathedral Quarter Arts Festival -
Ulster Youth Chamber Choir
Graeme Stewart visits the Ormeau Baths Gallery for the chamber choir's inaugural concert -
The Smith Quartet
The Smith Quartet and Gerard McChrystal bring Belfast's Harty Room to life, Graeme Stewart reports -
AU Presents: Two Door Cinema Club
Bangor indie tykes Two Door Cinema Club speak to Chris Jones at the launch of their Four Words To Stand On EP -
What Up Holmes?
New album release from Oh Yeah and Carling includes new track from David Holmes -
Introspective Detective
Tom McShane is a leading light in lo-fi music, writes James Gracey. Click Play Audio to hear two tracks -
When Pilots Eject
There's more to this band than just great music, as James Gracey discovers. Click Play Audio to listen -
MY CULTURAL LIFE: Stuart Bailie
Broadcaster and founder of the Oh Yeah music centre on working for NME, visiting Cuba and cutting his own groove