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Julie Feeney on 20 years of her debut album 13 Songs; plus Irish releases of the week (Mar 7-14)

New Irish music (Feb 28-Mar 7) from M(h)aol, Varo, Lullahush and more

New music from Dug, God Knows, Maria Somerville and more

Skinner: Musicians should be supporting each other and helping each other

Niamh Regan - Come As You Are track by track

A Lazarus Soul: 'My mind is a mess and songwriting is like a meditation for me'

Ela Orleans on Night Voyager, her interest in space, and soundtracks

Padraig Cooney on Autre Monde's final gig, the motivation needed in the music industry, and his new bands

RÓIS on new EP MO LÉAN, keening, the Angelus, and death notices on Irish radio

Dublin trio Bedrooms on their debut album Perfectly Still and recording with Bill Ryder-Jones

Molly Sterling on releasing their first track in five years, writing music on their own terms, and life in Co Clare

The Kates on their debut EP, empowering girls to play music, and feeling inspired in West Cork

Barry McCormack on making his eighth studio album, moving to Helsinki, and being a reluctant traveller

Obituary: Eoin French was a beautiful person who made wonderful music as Talos

Interviews with Pastiche, Niamh Regan and Monjola

The PVP: The cost-of-living and housing crisis are really putting a stranglehold on arts, art events and arts participation

Villagers - That Golden Time (track by track)

Maria Kelly: 'Releasing music can be very emotionally draining, especially as a DIY artist'

An interview with Limerick band His Father's Voice; Danny Carroll; and more

Kieran and Emily on Delorentos, Republic of Loose and how Driven Snow started

TPOE 300 and favourite moments in Irish music

Lankum win the Choice Prize album of the year for False Lankum. Read/watch the speeches

Maykay on Fight like Apes, solo plans and Other Voices

Interviews with Def Nettle and Elaine Malone and 12 new Irish tracks of the week

Interviews with Kim V Porcelli and Naoise Roo and 12 new Irish releases

Interviews with NIA, The Cope, and tracks of the week

James J Clarke - Hard Work (track by track); The Line on collaborating with Sorcha Richardson, God Knows and Murli, and more

Laurie Shaw - Dove From Above (track by track); RF Chaney; CineCeoil Festival #1

Rachael Lavelle - Big Dreams (track by track)

The Murder Capital: 'You just didn’t think it was a doable thing, being in a band'

Soda Blonde: 'The dream needs to be reimagined'

John Francis Flynn: 'The only rule I have for myself is to be honest and respectful of the source material'

ØXN - CYRM (track by track)

Andy Connolly (Naive Ted): Music, for me, it's not a separate thing to my life

Jape: 'You have to have a wide range of skills to survive'

Read/subscribe to the new TPOE Substack

Messiah J and the Expert: 'We hit a brick wall'

Meltybrains?: 'We were chaotic people'