Roisin O’Connor is The Independent’s Music Editor. Having worked at the title for nine years, she currently writes and commission news, long-reads, features, reviews, comment and festival coverage for The Independent's music section. In 2017, she created and launched Music Box, a recurring series of exclusive stripped-back music sessions that have to date starred artists including Lewis Capaldi, Bastille, Marika Hackman, Tom Grennan, Ms Banks, Ghetts, Emeli Sande and Caity Baser. She also writes a weekly music newsletter, Now Hear This, which has more than 35,000 subscribers, and regularly provides expert commentary for radio, TV and print.