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Music website samples Belfast sounds and invites users to 'Mix the City'
Already available in several major cities worldwide, the interactive platform features contributions from 95 local artists including Duke Special and the Ulster Orchestra
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Belfast Ensemble to serenade city with Shakespeare Songs
The growing music and art collective is previewing a new piece this week celebrating the work of one of theatre's greatest showmen
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Belfast's 24 Hour Party People
A multi-genre art event running non-stop across two nights may seem ambitious, but Undergrowth hopes to unite people of all ages and tastes in the spirit of the wider counterculture movement
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Local musicians invited to compete in 'Great Belfast Busk Off'
Bands and troubadours of all levels have the chance to win studio time and more as part of the event celebrating the city's music scene
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Complete Guide to Brilliant Corners
Andrew Moore gives a full five-day run-down of events as Belfast's only jazz festival reaches its fifth year
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Pound Music Club
The spirit of the Belfast institution lives on in the lungs of Kenny McDowell, whose voice still enraptures a faithful following after 50 years
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Leading Music Industry Speaker Announced for Output Belfast
Fearless commentator and analyst Bob Lefsetz will deliver the closing keynote at this month's conference - register free now
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Music Acts Announced for Output Showcase
Over 40 bands and solo artists are confirmed to play free Belfast gigs as part of next month's creative industries conference
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The Lost Art of Writing a Christmas Song
Belfast singer-songwriter and Seven Summits frontman Rory Nellis on which seasonal ingredients together help strike the right chord
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Paper Dogs Score Sunflowerfest Slot
Belfast four-piece confirmed to play the Hillsborough weekender after emerging as winners of the inaugural Grass Roots band competition
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The Zombies
It's the time of the season as the sixties pop survivors kick off the summer festival calendar under the twinkling lights at CQAF
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Sing Along with the Open House Festival Choir
Katie Richardson leads the 70-strong community ensemble with singer-songwriter Gill Landry for two nights of choral covers in Bangor and Belfast
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Edge of Reflection
The Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble use Easter as the entry point for contemporary classical with an accessible programme of evocative compositions
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Titanic Shift for Belsonic
First wave of acts announced as the annual concert series uproots for 2016
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Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival
The spotlight returns to the minds behind the music in a programme boasting decorated international names plus educational elements
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Leading Rock Critic to Give Belfast Talk
Former Pitchfork editor and feminist writer Jessica Hopper will deliver a keynote at next month's Women's Work festival
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The Musical Life of Nineteenth-Century Belfast
Roy Johnston's posthumous chronicle of the formative period is an unprecedented work. Claire Savage reports from its launch at the Linen Hall Library
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Brilliant Corners
Moving on Music's Belfast jazz festival expands to seven days, and the big screen, for its third year in business
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New Names Announced for Output Belfast
Orbital man Paul Hartnoll, singer-songwriter Nadine Shah and more join Steve Albini among guest speakers at next month's music industry event
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NI Acts for 2016
Chris Jones sets his sights on the emerging names, established favourites and returning heroes expected to make the most noise in the year to come
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Steve Albini to Speak in Belfast
Rock super-producer behind acclaimed albums by Nirvana and more set to appear at second Output music conference in February
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Out to Lunch Arts Festival 2016
The annual festival returns with a mouth-watering menu of music, comedy and much more
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Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble
Through fearless programming and financial initiative, Greg Caffrey's contemporary music group are delivering a scintillating season of classical in Belfast
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Still Getting Their Kicks
Undertones founder John O’Neill ponders the Derry band's continued longevity as they gear up for a series of 40th anniversary celebrations
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Six Acts That Prove NI Music is in Safe Hands
Chordblossom editor Robert Brown argues that there is life yet in the local artist landscape, despite fears that our best years are behind us
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Belfast Music - December 2015
There’s something for everyone with our guide to Belfast’s best gigs happening throughout this month
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U2
For all their waning studio powers, Bono and his merry band still hit the mark on a politically poignant return to Belfast
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Belfast Music - November 2015
There's something for everyone with our guide to Belfast's best gigs happening throughout this month
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Requiem for a Scene
Following the end of Radar, former AU Magazine editor Chris Jones raises a final toast to a golden age for local music
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Top Ten Radar Gigs
Queen's events officer Damian McAdams on the defining nights of the midweek music institution's ten-year run, ahead of its farewell show on October 22
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Gary Lightbody Announces Belfast Christmas Show
Snow Patrol man plays a special solo acoustic performance at the Waterfront on December 22
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Belfast Music - October 2015
There's something for everyone with our guide to Belfast's best gigs happening throughout October 2015
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Robb Murphy Runs Wild on Belfast Zoo
The animals are let loose in the video for the Comber-born songwriter's latest single, recorded in collaboration with the Ulster String Quartet
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Watch U2's Historic Botanic Gardens Concert in Full
Fan-recorded bootleg captures the band's famous PopMart tour live in Belfast in 1997
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U2 Announce First Northern Ireland Shows in 18 Years
Dublin band's much-rumoured live dates confirmed for Belfast's SSE Arena on November 18 and 19
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Van Morrison at 70: Twitter Pays Tribute
Birthday wishes flood the Internet as the east Belfast songwriter celebrates at Cyprus Avenue
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Belfast Music - August 2015
There's something for everyone with our guide to Belfast's best gigs happening throughout August 2015
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Culture Night Belfast
Culture Night - the biggest evening in Belfast's cultural calendar - returns to transform the spaces and places of the city centre and beyond!
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EastSide Arts Festival
East Belfast is getting ready for the hottest summer yet as the annual festival serves up a 12-day feast of events
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Sheer Joy for Foy
World tours with Ed Sheeran and a Rudimental feature spot are turning Foy Vance into a household name. But the Bangor-born songwriter is keeping his cool ahead of the biggest gig of his life
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Listen to a Preview Track from Nick Boyle's New Musical
The Jazzabelles is a rags to riches tale from the Wireless Mystery Theatre music director set in 1950s Belfast
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NI Opera 2015-16 Season Preview
Director Oliver Mears on tackling a 'gargantuan work of art', venturing into uncharted territory and taking risks to challenge audiences with this year's programme
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Five Northern Irish Glastonbury Performances
Casting an eye back over the homegrown acts who've graced the festive fields of Worthy Farm over the years
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Queen's Call for the Top Brass
University's School of Creative Arts appeals for antique materials to help form Ireland's most comprehensive music archive
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Lavery's Announce Tall Ships Music Weekend
Three day programme of live performances complete with outdoor marquee will coincide with next month's Lidl Belfast Titanic Maritime Festival
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Titanic Composer James Horner Dies, Aged 61
Oscar-winning orchestrator of best-selling film scores passes away following fatal private plane crash in Southern California
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Music of Northern Ireland Sweeps the Emmys
Programme presented by Tyrone tenor Eamonn McCrystal picks up four awards at US TV's top night
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Sunflowerfest Unveils 2015 Line-Up
Tubby's Farm welcomes biggest bill yet to sixth annual weekend of live entertainment, interactive arts and family fun
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Quire Belfast Celebrates 10th Birthday in Harmony
Founding member of Northern Ireland's only LGBT choir Duane Farrell reflects on a decade of giving a voice to diversity ahead of 10th birthday celebration on June 6
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Five Northern Irish Letterman Performances
Look back on the musical guests who've flown the flag for NI as the legendary Late Show host steps down after 33 years
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Hudson Taylor Hit Belfast and Derry
Dublin-based busking brothers take their talents to the next level after signing with Polydor and raking up millions of YouTube hits. 'This is where all the hard work begins'
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Songwriters on Songwriters
Five Northern Irish writers on the international names who shaped their tastes, including Paul Simon, Feist, Nick Cave, Björk and Celtic group Clannad
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Look Out Machines!
Duke Special goes electro on captivating new studio album, his most personal to date, propelled by synths and marked by a romantic, optimistic lyricism
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Top Ten Animal Disco Gigs
Promoter Paul Irwin counts down his most memorable shows, featuring headliners General Fiasco and more, as the midnight live music series returns to Belfast on May 8
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Arborist Records with Indie Legend Kim Deal
Mark McCambridge takes time out from mixing his forthcoming album to discuss new single 'Twisted Arrow', featuring vocals from former member of the Pixies and Breeders
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Lunch With Bowie
Writers and musicians pay tribute to the divisive, chameleonic rock icon at the Ulster Hall's latest Literary Lunchtime event. 'He was the human equivalent of a Google search'
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Northern Irish Albums To Get Excited About
From And So I Watch From Afar to SOAK, our pick of which local releases to start counting down the days to
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Cobain: Montage of Heck
Brett Morgen's artful documentary uses home movie footage and Kurt Cobain's extensive journals to reveal the man behind the music
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David Lyttle's Many Faces
Jazz drummer, songwriter, label owner and now newly unveiled artist in residence at the Nerve Centre in Derry – is there anything David Lyttle can't do?
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Disquiet
Therapy? release 'a sequel of sorts' to 1994's seminal Troublegum, a fearsome album that deals with addiction, ageing and expectation with typical vigour
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