September/October 2004

Have Traditional Musicians No Ambition Beyond the Session?

Have Traditional Musicians No Ambition Beyond the Session?

Have Traditional Musicians No Ambition Beyond the Session?

Has the traditional session lost its way? Do traditional musicians still enjoy playing in pubs? Kíla whistle-player and percussionist Rossa Ó Snodaigh wonders why traditional musicians still do it...

Published on 1 September 2004

Rossa Ó Snodaigh plays percussion and whistles with Kíla.

Editorial: Archive Listings

Editorial: Archive Listings

There are so many different lines of musical questioning taken in this issue that it would be unwise of me to try and summarise them or somehow join up the ideas as an introduction.

Published on 1 September 2004

Toner Quinn is Editor of the Journal of Music. His new book, What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, is available here. Toner will be giving a lecture exploring some of the ideas in the book on Saturday 11 May 2024 at 3pm at Farmleigh House in Dublin. For booking, visit https://bit.ly/3x2yCL8.