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The Journal of Music's regular round-up of recent albums and singles, including CMAT, Slow Moving Clouds, Daniel Luke, Dani Larkin, Síle Denvir, Sandra Joyce, Willzee, Bricknasty and more. ...
A round-up of recent appointments and awards with news from Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival, Blackwater Valley Opera Festival, Queen's University Belfast, Royal Irish Academy of Music, the Pulitzer Prize, the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras...
This week's concerts, festivals and job and funding deadlines from Monday to Sunday.
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The Journal of Music's regular round-up of recent albums and singles, including CMAT, Slow Moving Clouds, Daniel Luke, Dani Larkin, Síle Denvir, Sandra Joyce, Willzee,...
Presented by DJ Shampain, the programme will look at hip-hop in Limerick, queer punk in Belfast, folk groups, electronic music and more.
Two-day event on 16–17 June in Dundalk will feature works by Shaw, Laurence Crane, Linda Catlin Smith, Cassandra Miller and Sam Perkin, as well as a performance of Terry Riley...
Reviews
TG4 recently broadcast 'Bláth na hÓige', a seven-part series focusing on the emerging generation of sean-nós singers, and the music has just been released on the Gael Linn label. Toner Quinn reviews.
The premiere of Neil Ó Lochlainn's new suite 'Tairseach', inspired by the music of fiddle player Tommie Potts, took place last week at Solstice Arts Centre (26 May). Brendan Finan reviews.
On 20 May, the National Concert Hall hosted an evening of concerts to mark 15 years of the Erased Tapes contemporary music label. Drew Stephens reviews.
Articles
A new book by Helen O’Shea, 'No Better Boy: Listening to Paddy Canny', journeys into the art of the great East Clare fiddle player. Martin Dowling reviews.
A tribute to the Irish fiddle player Seán Keane who died on 7 May.
The Irish composer Seóirse Bodley is 90 this month and two of his works will be performed at the New Music Dublin festival this week. Adrian Scahill looks back over his music and his innovative work in integrating Irish traditional music into his compositional voice.
Four months after Arts Council England made cuts to opera companies and orchestras, the BBC is now disbanding its professional choir and promising a 20% cut to its orchestras. Composer Christopher Fox discusses the growing crisis in British music.
From the Archive
Kilkenny Arts Festival presented the Irish premiere of Ed Bennett's 'Song of the Books' last week, performed by Kate Ellis and Crash Ensemble. Toner Quinn reviews.
Aug 22, 2019
Métier: Michael Buckley (saxophones), Justin Carroll (Fender Rhodes), Joe O’Callaghan (guitar), Ronan Guilfoyle (bass), Sean Carpio (drums), Cabinteely House, County Dublin, 15...
Dec 1, 2009
Derry band Touts' rapid-fire sociopolitical commentary resonates with a despondent generation, writes Jake Tiernan, in the second review from our new Music Writer Mentoring...
May 3, 2019
