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Little Bells make Living Music
The sixth RTÉ Living Music Festival, featuring Arvo Pärt, took place on 15-18 February 2008 under the artistic direction of composer James McMillan. John McLachlan was there. 
Martin Hayes and the Tradition
In 2008, fiddle player Martin Hayes received the TG4 Gradam Ceoil award. Toner Quinn explores the work of an artist who has walked new ground in traditional music. 
Missing Pieces
Niall Ó Ciosáin reviews a new book on music in nineteeth-century Ireland, and revisits the controversy regarding the influence of nationalism on the development of Irish music.
CD Reviews: The Sound We Are Now
Aphasia Recordings, APHASIA 22The Sound we are now is a CD from a small, artist-run record label in Dublin, Aphasia Recordings. It springs from an interesting idea: label founders David Stalling and Anthony Kelly asked various artists to send in a piece that...
CD Reviews: Transatlantic Sessions 3
Whirlie, WHIRLIECD12If Aaron Copland (1900-1990) – composer of evocative American odysseys – had a CD collection, you’d probably find a copy of Transatlantic Sessions 3 in there somewhere. Featuring over twenty-five folk and traditional musicians...
CD Reviews: Patrick Street
On the FlyLoftus Music LM002‘On the fly’ usually denotes hurriedness, a quick-fix in a situation where time is limited. However, this On the Fly does not betray anything of moves made in-flight or constrained by time. On this, the eighth studio...
