Matt Berninger Serpentine Prison WITH the expanded 10th anniversary re-release of The National’s career-high album High Violet four months ago, does the world really need a solo album from the band’s singer? The answer is a definite yes, as Matt Berninger’s debut under his own name is a quiet triumph, produced impeccably by Booker T Jones, frontman of Booker T & The MGs.

BELFAST Music Society will kick off its centenary celebrations with a series of five events as part of its growing Northern Lights’ Mini-Fest.

FROM the 1972 Eurovision winning song Come What May – whose lyrics include the line “in a world full of change” – to the poignant Our Special Absent Friends and Remember Me, you could be forgiven that thinking Daniel O'Donnell's song choice for his new album was selected in response to the year we have been living through.

U2 last night said they were "thrilled" that people are still connecting with their album The Joshua Tree after it was voted the best album of the 1980s.

Travis 10 Songs TWENTY years since they won the first of two best British group awards at the Brits, Travis return with their ninth studio album.

In our youth-obsessed world, an artist on the cusp of turning 50 doesn't normally spark a bidding war for their debut album.

A Co Armagh guitar maker is raffling off a custom-made acoustic guitar worth £6,000 to raise money for struggling musicians in Northern Ireland.

How do you unwind at the weekend? I like to go on bike rides and have enjoyed road biking for 20 years.