January/February 2009
1 January 2009
In 1996, for a speech given at the Crossroads Conference in Dublin, Tony MacMahon wrote the following: ‘Underlying the affection of a large section of the public for [traditional music and song] is a preconception – that apart from its entertainment...
1 January 2009
In an extract from a memoir in progress, musician Tony MacMahon remembers moments of inspiration, captivation – and terror. Photos: Lucy Clarke
1 January 2009
Sean Carpio plays drums ‘with friends and family’. He was a student and teacher in the Newpark Music Centre and studied Carnatic classical percussion in Bangalore, India. Carpio is a member of the Louis Stewart Quintet, Red Rocket, Togetherness,...
1 January 2009
The first composition teacher of Charles Villiers Stanford, the ‘father’ of the renaissance in English classical music, came from Tralee. In a review of a new book on Arthur O’Leary (1834–1919), Raymond Deane argues that a new assessment of Irish classical music history is an urgent necessity.
1 January 2009
'Access' is now a guiding principle across music and the arts, but what does it mean in practice?
1 January 2009
How country music in America binds Ireland North and South
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