The Scribe

In Search of James O'Neill.

Caoimhín Mac Aoidh

Published on 1 July 2005

Music, Ideas and History

Barra Ó Séaghdha reviews The Progress of Music in Ireland, a wide-ranging new book of essays by Harry White on the relationship between music, cultural history and musicology in Ireland.

Barra Ó Séaghdha

Published on 1 July 2005

Barra Ó Séaghdha is a writer on cultural politics, literature and music.

Letters: RTÉ Living Music Festival 2005

Dear EditorGiven that I had been quite critical of his programming, it is entirely understandable that Kevin O’Connell should be annoyed with my review of the 2005 RTÉ Living Music Festival.

Barra Ó Séaghdha

Published on 1 July 2005

Barra Ó Séaghdha is a writer on cultural politics, literature and music.

Letters: RTÉ Living Music Festival 2005

Raymond Deane

Published on 1 July 2005

Raymond Deane is a composer, pianist, author and activist. Together with the violinist Nigel Kennedy, he is a cultural ambassador of Music Harvest, an organisation seeking to create 'a platform for cultural events and dialogue between internationals and Palestinians...'.

Banners, Turf and Liquefied Gas

New recordings and writings by Tommy Sands, Gerry O'Connor, Harry Bradley, Paul O'Shaughnessy and Paul Brock.

Fintan Vallely

Published on 1 July 2005

Fintan Vallely lectures in traditional music at Dundalk Institute of Technology. He is author of several biographical and ethnographic books on the music, and is editor of the A-Z reference work Companion to Irish Traditional Music.

Letters: RTÉ lyric fm

Roger Doyle

Published on 1 July 2005

Roger Doyle is a Dublin-based Irish composer working in electronic music.

Music in Space

Sonorities Festival 2005.

Jürgen Simpson

Published on 1 July 2005

What's in an 'S'?

'Irish music' in The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture.

Aileen Dillane

Published on 1 July 2005

Aileen Dillane is an ethnomusicologist and musician based in the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick.

Clasaiceach agus Gaelach: 'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire' le Peadar Ó Riada

Go stairiúil, ní mórán de cheangal atá idir an Ghaeilge ná an Ghaeltacht agus ceol clasaiceach de bharr deighilt aicme agus tíreolaíochta. Iontas na n-iontas mar sin go bhfuil ceoltóir/cumadóir...

Deirdre Ní Chonghaile

Published on 1 July 2005

Deirdre Ní Chonghaile is a PhD student in UCC’s Music Department. Her thesis is on the music and song of the Aran Islands.

‘Bed of Soft’ – Jennifer Walshe

Conor Kostick

Published on 1 July 2005

Conor Kostick is a writer and journalist. He is the author of Revolution in Ireland (1996) and, with Lorcan Collins, The Easter Rising (2000).

...traditional arts news...

The Arts Council has announced that it intends implementing a new three-year initiative for the traditional arts beginning with an allocation of €3 million in 2006, a figure which will increase in 2007 and 2008.

The Journal Of Music

Published on 1 July 2005

Looking for the Irish Bartók

The ‘Irish Bartók’ question has been around for decades, but is there still some value in the concept?

David Flynn

Published on 1 July 2005

David Flynn is a composer and musician from Dublin

Editorial: Normalising the Nation

The news that the Arts Council has allocated 3 million euro to the traditional arts for 2006, with that figure set to increase in 2007 and 2008, is both welcome and significant.

Toner Quinn

Published on 1 July 2005

Toner Quinn is Editor of the Journal of Music. His new book, What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, is available here. Toner will be giving a lecture exploring some of the ideas in the book on Saturday 11 May 2024 at 3pm at Farmleigh House in Dublin. For booking, visit https://bit.ly/3x2yCL8.

New Music News

The Arts Council has announced that Graham Devlin Associates will conduct a review of supports to contemporary music in Ireland and make recommendations for strategic development.

The Journal Of Music

Published on 1 July 2005

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

Gerald Barry's new opera.

John McLachlan

Published on 1 July 2005

John McLachlan is a composer and member of Aosdána. www.johnmclachlan.org

Recent Publications in Contemporary Music

Listings from the Contemporary Music CentreContinued from JMI May-June 2005NEW WORKS RECEIVED, MAY-JUNE 2005Alcorn, Michael, Synapse [2002], 3333 4331 3 perc pf str, live electronics.

Contemporary Music Centre

Published on 1 July 2005

Recent Publications in Irish Traditional Music

Listings from theIrish Traditional Music ArchiveContinued from JMI May-June 2005CDS PUBLISHED 2004/05Altan, instrumental & vocal group, Local Ground, Vertical VERTCD069 (Europe); Narada 70876-19196-2-2 (North America); Plankton VIVO209

Irish Traditional Music Archive

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The Scribe

Published on 1 July 2005

Music, Ideas and History

Published on 1 July 2005

Letters: RTÉ Living Music Festival 2005

Published on 1 July 2005

Letters: RTÉ Living Music Festival 2005

Published on 1 July 2005

Banners, Turf and Liquefied Gas

Published on 1 July 2005

Letters: RTÉ lyric fm

Published on 1 July 2005

Music in Space

Published on 1 July 2005

What's in an 'S'?

Published on 1 July 2005

Clasaiceach agus Gaelach: 'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire' le Peadar Ó Riada

Published on 1 July 2005

‘Bed of Soft’ – Jennifer Walshe

Published on 1 July 2005

...traditional arts news...

Published on 1 July 2005

Looking for the Irish Bartók

Published on 1 July 2005

Editorial: Normalising the Nation

Published on 1 July 2005

New Music News

Published on 1 July 2005

The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant

Published on 1 July 2005

Recent Publications in Contemporary Music

Published on 1 July 2005

Recent Publications in Irish Traditional Music

Published on 1 July 2005