Fiona Collins is chairperson of the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, which takes place this weekend. She’s originally from Bandon but has been living in Cork city for a number of years.

Many Junior Certificate students hoped to end their exams on the right note with their written music papers.

The Derek Davis remembered at his funeral service in Dublin was a big man in so many other ways than the obvious.

THOUGH just over a debilitating chest infection, singer-song writer Eddi Reader is full of the joys of life and music.

Stevie Wonder will feature on Mark Ronson's new album.

For jazz legend Charles Lloyd, playing live is a spiritual and uplifting experience, says Alan O’Riordan

Boxing: Bernard Hopkins has warned you might not see his like again ahead of his light-heavyweight unification match against Sergey Kovalev tomorrow night-

Brecht-Weill’s rarely-seen opera is a stirring take on consumer excess, writes Padraic Killeen.

Tina Mcintyre is attacked on Coronation Street and The Good Wife returns in an unfortunately late slot on RTE.

GIG WISE: The countdown has begun for Live at the Marquee in Cork, with young whippersnapper Cliff Richard kicking it all off on Monday, June 9, followed by the equally youthful Dolly Parton (June 12).

Seventeen-year-old Victoria Duval stunned former champion Sam Stosur to reach the second round of the US Open under the lights at Flushing Meadows last night.

Film director and restaurant critic Michael Winner has died aged 77, his wife Geraldine has said.

What I do: I’m a graphic designer, photographer and web designer

Joe McNamee meets an exceptional man whose use of technology and music is transforming exceptional people’s lives

Elvis Costello has warned his fans not to buy his latest album and said its price tag of more than €233 “appears to be either a misprint or a satire”.

Adele “doesn’t need” to win the Barclaycard Mercury Prize.

Roger Federer brushed aside Jurgen Melzer to seal his place in the quarter-finals of the US Open, with another fine performance ensuring he has yet to drop a set in doing so.

Marcos Baghdatis today became the biggest casualty of the US Open so far, the 16th seed losing in five sets to veteran Frenchman Arnaud Clement.

“I’M probably fairly tame now and can’t do any more damage so they gave me a doctorate,” was how a modest Niall Tóibín summed up UCC’s decision to grant him an honorary doctorate.

Actress Sandra Bullock is dumping her two-timing husband and welcoming a new guy into her life – a baby boy she is adopting as a single mother.

A QUARTER of Britons believe the Apollo moon landings were a hoax, according to a poll conducted this month.

Hellraiser Iggy Pop is deserting his rock roots to record an album of jazz songs.

Forest Whitaker is delighted to land the lead role in a new Louis Armstrong biopic after winning the approval of the late star's estate.

Frankie Laine, the big-voiced singer whose string of hits made him one of the most popular US entertainers of the 1950s, has died at 93.

The Beatles’ enduring appeal was confirmed today when they were named the most important entertainers of the past 100 years.

Bryan Adams classic hit Everything I do (I do it for You) is the top choice as a first dance at weddings, a poll showed today.

Comedian Spike Milligan has died in his home in Sussex, aged 83.