March/April 2004

Sirs William, Jack and Thomas...

Sirs William, Jack and Thomas...

Sirs William, Jack and Thomas...

In an extract from a major new book, The Cork Choral Festival 1954-2004, edited by Ruth Fleischmann, Irish composer Seoirse Bodley shares his memories of the Festival’s seminar on contemporary music through the years as well as his experien

Published on 1 March 2004

Seoirse Bodley is an Irish composer and Emeritus Professor at University College Dublin.

An Interview with Fiddle-Player Frankie Gavin

An Interview with Fiddle-Player Frankie Gavin

An Interview with Fiddle-Player Frankie Gavin

In 1976, Frankie Gavin, made one of the outstanding fiddle albums of the latter half of the twentieth century, Traditional Dance Music of Ireland with bouzouki player Alec Finn.

Published on 1 March 2004

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.

Editorial: Frankie Gavin

Editorial: Frankie Gavin

It was only after the interview with Frankie Gavin that I once again thought about the need for an Aosdána-type body for Irish traditional musicians.

Published on 1 March 2004

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.

Good Listeners

Good Listeners

New albums by The Tap Room Trio (Jesse Smith, Harry Bradley and John Blake) and Mick O'Brien and Caomhín Ó Raghallaigh.

Published on 1 March 2004

Dermot McLaughlin is a fiddle player and currently Chairman of the Irish Traditional Music Archive.

The Many Sides of the Drum

The Many Sides of the Drum

A new book by Gary Hastings on the fife and Lambeg drum tradition of the North of Ireland.

Published on 1 March 2004

Dr Hammy Hamilton has been a professional flutemaker since 1979. He taught Irish music at UCC and WIT, and was a Fulbright scholar at UCLA. Currently he is an independent academic, living and working in the West Cork gaeltacht. He is the author of The Irish Fluteplayer's Handbook.