It's been an interesting year all round for the music industry. Here are the people who've won some of my much-coveted recognition 

It's never easy to narrow down the list, but these are some of the records I've loved over the past year 

Get it right and the sky is the limit, as shown by the box office receipts of the five biggest-ever-grossing music biopics

Beatles ’64 is a hugely-entertaining look at the band's first trip to America, and the social changes it was part of 

As Shane MacGowan's first anniversary approaches and rumours of a tribute album filter through, I'd vote for sticking to the incredible roster of Irish acts we have at the moment

A recent visit to the Ulster Hall showed me a new generation of bands keeping up the region's proud reputation for producing brilliant music 

Christy Moore’s new album, A Terrible Beauty, features an incredible collection of songs 

David Hepworth has done it again with a brilliant new book about the music world 

But I did make it along to the Snow Patrol comeback in Belfast 

Bands are entitled to make money from touring, but there's a point where over-pricing becomes disrespectful to fans