Geoff Travis may have had a hand in the rise of bands such as The Smiths, but it’s his new crop of Irish acts that has him excited in advance of his visit to Cork, writes Ed Power

UK folk hero June Tabor returns to Cork, a city she first played in the 1970s, with her genre-defying trio Quercus, writes Ed Power.

Through six decades, Simon Nicol’s band have been through the full gamut of experiences from massive success to awful tragedy, writes Ed Power.