Paul O'Connor
16 May 2012
After being recognised for its enterprising qualities in the NUI Galway Student Enterprise Awards recently, the Tunes in the Church series is back this summer with a focus on music, musicians and audiences. Cormac Ó Beaglaoich talks about its success to date.
10 April 2012
The Scottish-based trio Lau did a short Irish tour recently and are due back in June for more dates. Hearing them live for the first time at the Riverbank arts centre in Newbridge, Paul O'Connor assesses their music.
29 March 2012
Téada has added a sixth member to the band ahead of their performance at the Ballydehob Irish Traditional Music Festival this weekend in West Cork.
26 March 2012
Cathy Jordan’s new album, All the Way Home, is her first solo project in a career of over twenty years. Paul O'Connor talks to her about how it differs from her work with Dervish and the Unwanted.
8 March 2012
Acts confirmed for the small Kildare pub for the year ahead include Johnny Duhan, Ger Wolfe, Stacey Earle and Mark Stuart, Peter Mulvey, John Spillane, Otis Gibbs, Woodbine, Richard Gillewitz, Sara Grey and Kieron Means, and Jeff and Vida.
6 March 2012
The Journal of Music talks to Oisín Mac Diarmada of Téada about recording Le Chéile with Séamus Begley.
5 March 2012
Breton member of Guidewires, flautist, Sylvain Barou, has his first solo album coming out later this month featuring guest musicians such as Dónal Lunny, Jacques Pellen, Ronan Pellen, Julien Stevenin, Keyvan Chemirani, Prabhu Edouard, John Doyle, Liz Carroll, Stelios Petrakis, Pádraig Rynne, and Méabh O'Hare.
1 March 2012
The Scotland-based trio Lau, which has 'ignored what everyone presumed traditional music audiences wanted to hear', is coming to Ireland for the first time later this month.
24 February 2012
TG4's Geantraí, the JPTrio on RTÉ, the Café Sessions in Ennis, a charity concert in Vicar Street, and the Gathering Festival in Killarney are among some of the many traditional music items to look out for this weekend.
23 February 2012
After the high of presenting Triúr at the Abbey Theatre and before the high of presenting Andy Irvine at the Grand Social, the musician and promoter Conor Byrne spoke to The Journal of Music about his plans for the year ahead.
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