Criticism

Live Reviews: Baltic Voices in Ireland Benedict Schlepper-Connolly
CD Reviews: Transatlantic Sessions 3 Jonny Tennant Whirlie, WHIRLIECD12If Aaron Copland (1900-1990) – composer of evocative American odysseys – had a CD collection, you’d probably find a copy of Transatlantic Sessions 3 in there somewhere. Featuring over twenty-five folk and traditional musicians...
CD Review: Raymond Deane CD Review: Raymond Deane Michael Quinn Ripieno, Violin Concerto, Samara / RTÉ, RTÉ CD274
CD Reviews: Patrick Street Rory McCabe On the FlyLoftus Music LM002‘On the fly’ usually denotes hurriedness, a quick-fix in a situation where time is limited. However, this On the Fly does not betray anything of moves made in-flight or constrained by time. On this, the eighth studio...
CD Reviews: Nóirín Ní Riain CD Reviews: Nóirín Ní Riain Michael Quinn A.M.E.N. / Daisy Discs, DLDC 026
CD Reviews: Fidelio Trio CD Reviews: Fidelio Trio Michael Quinn Bulb / NMC, NMC D147
CD Reviews: Kevin Brady CD Reviews: Kevin Brady Kevin Stevens Common Ground / LRP Music, LRP002
Live Reviews: Eliza Carthy Robert McMillen Spiegeltent, Queen’s University, Belfast21 October 2007The woman who was going to drag English folk music into the twenty-first century was at the Belfast Festival at Queen’s in Autumn, but watching the middle-aged and middle-class – that...
Live Reviews: Cork Jazz Festival Kevin Stevens Various venues, Cork / 26-29 October 2007
Live Reviews: DEAF Seán Ó Máille Various venues, Dublin25-29 October 2007Confucius said: ‘Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.’ After last year’s focus on Ireland, this year’s Dublin Electronic Arts Festival turned its gaze eastwards, its theme being...

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