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An Irish harper on the continent: William Archdeacon
An Irish harper on the continent: portrait of Cork merchant William Archdeacon with his family (c. 1750), from painting in private collection, Ghent.
Way Out West: New Jazz from Ireland
Gerry Godley introduces Way Out West, a free recording of new Irish jazz by the Improvised Music Company which accompanies our April–May issue
Player on the Black Keys
In an extract from a memoir in progress, musician Tony MacMahon remembers moments of inspiration, captivation – and terror.
Q&A: Sean Carpio
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,...
Greim Láimhe don Pháirtnéar is Gaire Dúinn
How country music in America binds Ireland North and South