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Ronnie Drew & The Dubliners
Ronnie Drew (right), Luke Kelly (seated), Ciarán Burke, & Barney McKenna on the cover of the first of some fifty original long-playing records (and hundreds of reissues) by the Dubliners group, Transatlantic TRA 116, issued 1964. Photo and design Brian Shuel.
Live Reviews: National Chamber Choir
National Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier (conductor)Harty Room, Queen’s University, Belfast11 June 2008Faced routinely with the deepest sentiments, sacred and profane, where do singers position themselves emotionally? There are two possible approaches: 1....
Think Global, Play Local
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.
...Expectation
John McLachlan's regular column on composers and composing
Finding New Musical Passages
In a new series of columns, Peter Rosser writes on changes in the music scene in Northern Ireland
Ag Léimt Thart ag Piocadh Faochan
Breandán Ó hEaghra looks at comedian Des Bishop’s achievement with his rap in Irish, ‘Léimigí Thart’
The Bohemian Life
Bernadette Greevy reads a new book on nineteenth-century Irish-born composer, Michael Balfe.
CD Review: Ceol agus Foinn – Music and Songs from the Willie Clancy Summer School
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...