Artists

Van Morrison

Local loreHyndford Street, East Belfast, is the childhood home name-checked in his songs.

East Belfast

Now: Northern Ireland & England

BelfastRockSoulBlues

Kaz Hawkins

Belfast

Now: France

BelfastBluesSoul

Stiff Little Fingers

Local lore'Alternative Ulster' became a punk anthem of the Troubles.

Belfast

Now: Touring internationally

Duke Special

BelfastSinger-SongwriterCabaret

Belfast

Gary Moore

Local loreA statue of him stands outside the Strand Arts Centre in East Belfast.

Belfast

Now: England (until 2011)

BelfastBluesRockLegacy

Kneecap

Belfast & Derry

BelfastHip-Hop

Brian Kennedy

Belfast

Now: Dublin

BelfastPopFolk

Ruby Murray

Local loreIn 1955 she had five singles in the UK Top 20 in the same week.

Belfast (Donegall Road)

Now: England (until 1996)

BelfastPopLegacy

Sir James Galway

Local loreKnown worldwide as 'The Man with the Golden Flute'.

Belfast

Now: Switzerland

BelfastClassical

David Holmes

Local loreScored Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven.

Belfast

BelfastElectronic

Bap Kennedy

Local loreRecorded his solo debut with Steve Earle producing.

West Belfast

Now: Co. Down (until 2016)

BelfastSinger-SongwriterCountry RockLegacy

Them

Local loreTheir recording of 'Gloria' entered the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.

Belfast

Now: Ended 1970s

BelfastBluesRockLegacy

Vivian Campbell

Local loreHis first show with Def Leppard was the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at Wembley.

Belfast

Now: California, USA

BelfastRockMetal

Eric Bell

Local loreThat's his guitar on Thin Lizzy's 'Whiskey in the Jar'.

East Belfast

Now: Touring internationally

BelfastBluesRock

Oppenheimer

Local loreAsh's Tim Wheeler guested on their song 'Orchid'.

Belfast

Now: Split 2009

BelfastIndieElectronicPopLegacy

Cashier No.9

BelfastIndiePsychedelicLegacy

Belfast

Now: Split; members now exmagician

The Adventures

Local lore'Broken Land' was the most-played song on BBC Radio 1 in 1988.

Belfast

BelfastPopRock

Rudi

Local loreTheir 'Big Time' was the first-ever release on Good Vibrations Records.

Belfast

Now: Ended 1982

BelfastPunkPower PopLegacy

The Outcasts

Local loreGreg Cowan says the name came from being banned from five clubs in one week.

Belfast

Now: Touring internationally

Protex

Local loreThey shortened their original name, Protex Blue, so nobody would mistake them for a blues band.

Belfast

BelfastPunkPower Pop

The Defects

Belfast

Bicep

Local loreAndy and Matt met when they were eight years old.

Belfast

Now: London

BelfastElectronicHouseTechno

Phil Kieran

BelfastElectronicTechnoAmbient

Belfast

Owen Denvir

Local loreHis three-EP project Sticks, Stones and Bones drew on Freud's theory of personality.

Belfast

BelfastIndieFolkSinger-Songwriter

Sasha Samara

Belfast

Now: London

BelfastIndiePop

Neil Martin

Local loreHis music has been played on the International Space Station.

Belfast

BelfastTraditionalClassical

Michael McHale

Local loreOscar winner Mahershala Ali narrated his trio's album Portraits.

Belfast

Now: Touring internationally

BelfastClassical

Scott Flanigan

Belfast

BelfastJazz

Jordan Adetunji

Local loreKehlani herself jumped on the remix of his song named after her.

Belfast (raised)

Now: Touring internationally

BelfastHip-HopR&B

Problem Patterns

Local loreNo fixed front person — they swap instruments between songs.

Belfast

Chalk

Local loreThey recorded their Conditions III EP in remote northern Iceland.

Belfast

BelfastPost-PunkElectronic

Enola Gay

Local loreIggy Pop is a fan.

Belfast

BelfastPunkElectronicHip-Hop

Wynona Bleach