July/August 2008
1 July 2008
In April 1994, the seven-minute performance of Riverdance, combining the music of Bill Whelan with a reinterpretation of traditional Irish dance, had an immediate and remarkable impact on the Irish public. Shining a new, international...
1 July 2008
In his latest column, Ciaran Carson considers the mix that makes the session
1 July 2008
Now in its ninth year, the Bray Jazz festival in May has emerged as the leading Irish jazz festival after Cork. Kevin Stevens was there.
1 July 2008
In a new series of columns, Peter Rosser writes on changes in the music scene in Northern Irelad
1 July 2008
Breandán Ó hEaghra looks at comedian Des Bishop’s achievement with his rap in Irish, ‘Léimigí Thart’
1 July 2008
Bernadette Greevy reads a new book on nineteenth-century Irish-born composer, Michael Balfe.
1 July 2008
Ceol agus Foinn: Music and Songs from the Willie Clancy Summer SchoolRTÉ 280CDReleased to coincide with the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Willie Clancy Summer School, this generous double CD also celebrates Raidió na Gaeltachta’s...
1 July 2008
Ships in the ForestCrow Valley Music CVCD001Since her days with the group Solas, Karan Casey has been continually building upon her reputation as a leading interpreter of traditional Irish and contemporary folk song. This, her sixth solo release, could...
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