May/June 2008

Live Reviews: i-and-e

Live Reviews: i-and-e

Boris Baltschun, Erik Carlsson, Roy Carroll, Axel Dörner, Kai Fagaschinski, Martin Küchen, David Lacey, Jason Lescalleet, Quiet Club (Danny McCarthy & Mick O’Shea), Fred Van Hove, Paul Vogel / The Unitarian & Peppercanister Churches

Published on 1 May 2008

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

The Little Bag of Spuds

The Little Bag of Spuds

The Little Bag of Spuds

Ciaran Carson’s second column in a series – in which he maps the learning of a tune – takes him into the virtual.

Published on 1 May 2008

Ciaran Carson (1948–2019) was a poet, prose writer, translator and flute-player. He was the author of Last Night’s Fun – A Book about Irish Traditional Music, The Pocket Guide to Traditional Irish Music, The Star Factory, and the poetry collections The Irish for No, Belfast Confetti and First Language: Poems. He was Professor of Poetry at Queen’s University Belfast. Between 2008 and 2010 Ciaran wrote a series of linked columns for the Journal of Music, beginning with 'The Bag of Spuds' and ending with 'The Raw Bar'.

Outer Way

Outer Way

Outer Way

Kevin Stevens considers the career of guitarist John McLaughlin ahead of his first appearance in Dublin.

Published on 1 May 2008

Kevin Stevens is is a Dublin-based novelist and writer on history, literature, and jazz.

CD Review: Matt Molloy and John Carty with Arty McGlynn – Pathway to the Well

CD Review: Matt Molloy and John Carty with Arty McGlynn – Pathway to the Well

CD Review: Matt Molloy and John Carty with Arty McGlynn – Pathway to the Well

Pathway to the Well – Recorded Live at Matt Molloy’s / Racket Records, RR007

Published on 1 May 2008

Niall Keegan is a traditional flute player and Associate Director at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick.

Singing at the Centre of a Life

Singing at the Centre of a Life

Singing at the Centre of a Life

Liam Mac Con Iomaire, Seosamh Ó hÉanaí: Nár fhágha mé bás choíche. Cló Iar-Chonnachta, Indreabhán, Galway, 2007, 521 pp, with CD, €35

Published on 1 May 2008

Angela Bourke's last book was Maeve Brennan: Homesick at The New Yorker. Now Professor of Irish-language Studies at UCD, she was a song collector in Carna in the 1970s, and as Angela Partridge wrote Caoineadh na dTrí Muire: Téama na Páise i bhFilíocht Bhéil na Gaeilge (1983).

Live Reviews: Lunfardia

Live Reviews: Lunfardia

Live Reviews: Lunfardia

Ariel Hernández (guitar, voice), Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin), Dermot Dunne (accordion), Malachy Robinson (double bass) & Frank Vidal (percussion) / Triskel Arts Centre, Cork / 11 March 2008

Published on 1 May 2008

Pat Ahern is a musician and producer. He lectures in mathematics at Cork Institute of Technology.

Live Review: Snakes & Ladders

Live Review: Snakes & Ladders

Live Review: Snakes & Ladders

Brian Ó hUiginn (uileann pipes), Roger Doyle (piano), Amoebazoid, Deep Burial, Somadrone, Tóirse, General Practice, Richard G. Evans (guitar) & Daniel Figgis (drum kit) / World Financial Center, New York, 16 March 2008

Published on 1 May 2008

Randy Nordschow is a New York-based composer and sound artist. He is associate editor of NewMusicBox.org

Editorial: Comhaltas Culture

Editorial: Comhaltas Culture

The reputation of Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann, the organisation founded in 1951 to promote Irish traditional music, reaches far and wide. Seldom is the rise of this music over the past fifty years mentioned without paying tribute to its...

Published on 1 May 2008

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.

Live Reviews: David Lyttle Group featuring Greg Osby

Live Reviews: David Lyttle Group featuring Greg Osby

Michael Buckley (tenor saxophone, flute), Justin Carroll (piano), Ronan Guilfoyle (bass), David Lyttle (drums) & Greg Osby (alto saxophone)JJ Smyth’s, Dublin24 February 2008The enrichment of jazz education in Ireland in recent years has

Published on 1 May 2008

Kevin Stevens is is a Dublin-based novelist and writer on history, literature, and jazz.

Live Reviews: The Poet and the Piper

Live Reviews: The Poet and the Piper

Liam O’Flynn (uileann pipes), Seamus Heaney (poetry)National Concert Hall, Dublin16 March 2008The Poet and the Piper was introduced by Seamus Heaney as an echo of W.B. Yeats’ St Patrick’s Day reading of poetry with music in 1934.

Published on 1 May 2008

Seán Ó Máille is a freelance critic, photographer and full-time secondary teacher in Dublin.