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The twelve-week programme is aimed at providing support and opportunities for female musicians with parenting responsibilities.
Harper Laoise Kelly is this year’s recipient of the TG4 Gradam Ceoil traditional musician of the year award. She speaks to the Journal of Music about her musical upbringing, why...
The Irish record label Diatribe is hosting a stage for five concerts and releasing seven albums during the forthcoming New Music Dublin festival. Directors and musicians Nick Roth...
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Three large-scale works by Israeli-American composer to be performed in November; tribute to composer James Dillon also announced.
Semi-finals to take place on 4 March followed by the final on 7 March.
Whistle player and piper wins at live event at Celtic Connections.
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Harper Laoise Kelly is this year’s recipient of the TG4 Gradam Ceoil traditional musician of the year award. She speaks to the Journal of Music about her musical upbringing, why...
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A new collection of Irish-language art songs, written by a range of Irish and international composers, is being premiered in three concerts at the National Concert Hall. Brendan Finan reviews the first concert which took place on 15 February.
In the third review from our new Traditional Music Writer Mentoring Scheme, supported by the Arts Council, Ciara O'Leary Fitzpatrick reviews a Music Network concert in Cork featuring Galician piper Anxo Lorenzo, Dónal O’Connor, Jim Murray and Jack Talty.
Galway 2020's music programme is under way, with 'Imagining Ireland', a concert of female artists including Lisa O'Neill, Radie Peat and Sorcha Richardson, at the Black Box Theatre last Monday. Shannon McNamee reviews.
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The Irish record label Diatribe is hosting a stage for five concerts and releasing seven albums during the forthcoming New Music Dublin festival. Directors and musicians Nick Roth and Matthew Jacobson spoke to the Journal of Music about their ideas behind the label, their catalogue of over 30 recordings to date, and the contemporary music and improv scene that they have been documenting.
The creator of Other Voices spoke to the Journal of Music about the ideas behind the programme and about the role music can play in society.
Christy Dignam of Aslan has recently published a new memoir that tells of his epic private struggle with drugs as well the story of the band's evolution from local heroes to fixtures of the Irish musical establishment. Laura Watson reviews.
A memoir and diary belonging to the composer Brian Boydell (1917–2000) have recently been published in a book titled 'Rebellious Ferment', focusing in particular on his life and work in the 1940s and 50s. Mark Fitzgerald reviews.
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24 February
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London 
