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Speakers include Alexandra Coulter, Tom James, Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Dr Mike O’Connor, Nathalie Weadick, Maureen Kennelly, Tania Banotti and Justine Foster.
Farpoint Recordings have recently released 'SacrumProfanum' by composer Benjamin Dwyer, a work for ensemble and tape inspired by the medieval Sheela-na-gig carvings found in Ireland. James Camien McGuiggan reviews.
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Final took place at the National Concert Hall on 24 May.
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Speakers include Alexandra Coulter, Tom James, Professor Rose Anne Kenny, Dr Mike O’Connor, Nathalie Weadick, Maureen Kennelly, Tania Banotti and Justine Foster.
Final took place at the National Concert Hall on 24 May.
Festival includes new works by Siobhán Cleary and David Fennessy, and a tribute to frontline workers.
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Eight UK musicians will take part in a series of talks, discussions and workshops this summer.
This year's event is Fergus Linehan’s last as festival director before violinist Nicola Benedetti takes up the role in October 2022.
‘Banding: Love, Spit and Valve Oil’ starts on 3 March.
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A round-up of recent releases including Just Mustard, Sorcha Richardson, Brídín, Ed Sheeran and Denise Chaila, and O Deer. To submit your music for inclusion, please email [email protected]
Farpoint Recordings have recently released 'SacrumProfanum' by composer Benjamin Dwyer, a work for ensemble and tape inspired by the medieval Sheela-na-gig carvings found in Ireland. James Camien McGuiggan reviews.
A round-up of recent releases including Aoife Nessa Frances, Ye Vagabonds, Sean Carpio, The Olllam, Mama's Broke, SOAK, and Paper Tigers. To submit your music for inclusion, please email [email protected]
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On 26–28 May in the Bello Bar in Dublin, Dave Liebman and the Guilfoyle/Nielsen trio will try to emulate the atmosphere of the New York jazz clubs of the 1960s, with their long playing time and intimate atmosphere in which jazz originally developed. Here, Ronan Guilfoyle discusses what made the jazz club so essential to the music.
A new collection of essays, 'This Woman's Work', focuses on the female experience of music and aims to challenge 'the historic narrative of music and music writing being written by men, for men’. Laura Watson reviews.
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RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta celebrates 50 years this month, but however great its achievements and its positive impact on traditional music and song, Irish-language media cannot stand still, writes Toner Quinn.
Beyond the activist punk band Pussy Riot, a number of popular rock, pop and rap artists in Russia have been making their voices heard on the invasion of Ukraine – in the face of oppressive new laws – while others have chosen to stay silent. Adrian Smith explores the nature of dissent through music...
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