Speaking Of Early Instruments
This animation was made by Ber Dowd and piper Blackie O Connell for the ‘Anon is Anall’ group show exhibition at the Rowen Tree Café, Ennis as part of the 2011 Trad Festival.
Published on 22 June 2012
From the Archive
Drips and Echoes
Hearing Lisa Hannigan, James Vincent McMorrow and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh in a cave in County Cork, Aoife Flynn is reminded of the simple intimacies in that link thousands of years of music.
Aug 12, 2011
Purists All
Little captures the imagination like the idea of the ‘traditional music purist’ – though it’s a notion rife with inconsistencies. What is more, the idea appears to be as popular as ever, though for reasons, argues Toner Quinn, that have little to do with music…
May 1, 2006
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Entrepreneur
Funding for the arts is essential, but without the right approach it can blunt artists’ entrepreneurial skills, writes Toner Quinn
Aug 1, 2010