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Irish Albums Turning 5 to 45 in 2024

The must-see Wicklow music, comedy, gigs and movie events for 2024

It’s going to be another bumper year of festivals, music, comedy and new films that have been shot on location in Wicklow that you can look forward to. We have plucked out a few of the best picks that have been announced for the year ahead, so you can start planning and get those early bird tickets.

Jape: Endless Thread – After six albums and two decades, the Dubliner has found a winning formula

Richie Egan delivers his most cohesive and well-rounded album to date

Jape: 'I thought music was the only medicine I needed to survive. When I got older I realised this is not entirely true' – The Irish Times

Richie Egan on living in Sweden, parenthood, his new album and becoming a musical lifer

Musician, Richie Egan: 'A good piece of advice? Be careful where you get your dopamine from'

The Dublin-born singer-songwriter and band member of Jape admires the ability to maintain focus and positivity when the going gets tough

Jape takes a leap into the future with nod to the past

Groove Tube with Cian O’Connell For 20 years, Jape have been one of the most revered and influential alternative music acts in Ireland. What was once a side-project for the Redneck Manifesto bass player Richie Egan is, to date, the only band to have earned two Choice Prize Album of the Year awards. Among a […]

Track of the Day: Jape - 'Heal These Wounds'

Jape's new album takes influence from 1970s heroes like Paul McCartney, Judee Sill, Robert Wyatt and John Cale.

25 albums of the year: The best of international, Irish, and Cork

From Kendrick Lamar and Let's Eat, to Just Mustard and Telefís, music writer Ed Power selects his highlights of 2022 

Jape on music to play while walking through graveyards, and Elizabeth Cotten's beautiful voice

Electro-rock musician Richie Egan is obsessed with old samplers like the Cazio FZ1. Here the Dubliner reveals how his favourite musicians and songs have inspired him

Southern-Fried Superhero

Whip-smart comedian Trae Crowder gives advice on being a liberal redneck.