As we pedestrianise 17 city streets we have a chance to make Cork City a vibrant cultural hub for the people and for visitors, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

As he fights for his life, Stevie G in his Downtown column reflects on the rapper's career

Enda Gallery is a really special artist, crafting his own music and helping others, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

"My Tribe” is proof that brave, entertaining, educational music television is possible at peak time, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

It’s been a year since the music venues shut their doors and it could be another year before things return to anything resembling normal again, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

The Notorious BIG (Biggie Smalls) was one of the greatest of rappers, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

Sza is enjoying her most successful single of her career and it has turned into an unlikely global smash, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

It's a sad day when the Kino joins a growing list of venues that have closed their doors, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

The legacy of Frederick Douglass from a musical perspective is being explored in Cork, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

There were great hip-hop nights at The Savoy in Cork, among them Double K and People Under The Stairs, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

With pandemic lockdown after lockdown, many of the best music producers are honing their skills, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

Almost poetic that the legend of the mask died on the day of the mask in the year of the mask, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

If this year has thought us anything, it’s that we need music more than ever, and it should be valued accordingly, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

2020 won’t be quickly forgotten, but there were a number of landmark moments, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

The floodgates of talented female rappers has opened worldwide and in Ireland, says Stevie G in his Downtown column

Longitude spark excitement with announcement of initial line-up for Marlay Park next July, says Stevie G in his weekly Downtown column

Yemi Alade has helped put Afropop and Afrobeat on the map worldwide, says Stevie G, in his weekly Downtown column

Legal streaming is the way forward, once your negotiate the challenges, says Stevie G.

Nealo raps about his generation, those who had to leave Ireland during the last recession, says Stevie G

Indiependence music festival won’t take place in Mitchelstown any more... so what did Stevie G make of the news. Read his weekly column in Downtown

The pandemic is not only hitting local live gigs, but also impacting internationally, notes Stevie G

While much has rightly been made of the rise of Irish hip-hop in recent years, its close sonic relatives in soul and R&B have had a quiet come-up also, the result of years of hard work from artists and DJs alike. Now Cork's Stevie G has curated Soul Ireland 2020. 

Cork was set to host the Cork Jazz Festival this weekend. In his weekly Downtown column, Stevie G says in future there's an opportunity to reboot festivals and shows, to offer more value and creativity

Minnie Marley: Her latest single, ‘Glue’, is probably her best yet.

Downtown columnist Stevie G enjoyed his very first gig in Cork in many months, here's how it went...

When we do eventually emerge from the Covid pandemic I’ve no doubt the hunger for live music and events and clubbing and festivals will be strong, says Stevie G

Embrace our street art and be proud of it, says Stevie G, as we celebrate Culture Night in Cork

In his weekly column in Downtown Stevie G gives his take on RTE's 'Origins-the story of Irish hip-hop'

Hip-hop has always been driven by young people.

Cork city returned to some degree of normality this week, but the music scene continues to look to the future with uncertainty.

It’s time to stand up and be counted and show solidarity with those here and elsewhere facing injustice, says Stevie G in his weekly Downtown column

This is a country where young Irish women are making some of the most exciting music here in years, so why are they not getting the air-time they deserve? So asks Stevie G in his Downtown column

What's been your best gig ever here in Cork? In his weekly column in Downtown, Stevie G tells us his favourites

Janet Jackson's influence runs very deep - you can hear it in artists ranging from Destiny's Child, J Lo, Lady Gaga, Rihanna and more, so says Stevie G in his weekly Downtown column

Stevie G on his love of music, and how one track can change it all for you.

ONE of the most interesting features about the current worldwide lockdown has been the increase in live streams from DJs and other artists.

Singer-songwriter, Bill Withers, who died last week (March 30), had a remarkable run when you consider that he was relatively unknown by the time he turned 30, so says Stevie G in his weekly column

Stevie G in Downtown says The Weeknd is always part of that conversation

Make music your form of escape in these tough times says Cork's Stevie G

As the Cork scene adjusts to life without gigs in the short-to-medium term, there's everything from live streams to new releases to get into while you're indoors. Mike McGrath-Bryan attempts to squeeze it all in to one place...

Women have been making big waves in rap since the early days, but what is the music scene like now? Read Stevie G's weekly column 

One of the great rap duos Gang Starr changed the game in the 90s, so says Stevie G in his weekly Downtown column

Dr Dre ultimately, he will really be remembered in future decades as one of the key figures who changed the face of hip-hop, so says Stevie G in his weekly column

Stevie G reflects on Cork Jazz Festival and asks, why can't the streets be this busy all the time?

THE Cork Jazz festival continues to be the big one as far as weekend festivals go in this city, so says Stevie G in his weekly Downtown column

Hip-hop in this country is stronger than ever, and it’s only getting more popular, so says Stevie G in his weekly column

The artistic talent in Cork and elsewhere is spellbinding and it’s logical that artists of different disciplines would work together, so says Stevie G in his weekly column

proud musical heritage that is respected all over Ireland and abroad.

In his weekly column Stevie G takes a look at where all the rappers from the early 2000s have gone...

The importance of De La Soul's catalogue is impossible to overstate, so says Stevie G in his weekly column