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Siobhán Ní Laoire at the Sean-nós Cois Life Traditional Singing Festival, 1993
Dublin singer Siobhán Ní Laoire at an event of the Sean-Nós Cois Life Traditional Singing Festival on 2 April 1993 in the Góilín Club at the Ferryman, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2, with fellow-singers Clíona Ní Shúilleabháin, Áine uí Cheallaigh, and Frank Harte. Photograph by Dublin singer Luke Cheevers 
CD Review: Una Hunt – Fallen Leaves from an Irish Album
Una Hunt / Fallen Leaves from an Irish Album / RTÉ Lyric FM CD109
CD Reviews: Geantraí: Ceol den Scoth ón tSraith Teilifíse
GeantraíCeol den Scoth ón tSraith TeilifíseGael Linn CEFDVD189, CEFCD 189This DVD and CD marks ten years of the TG4 series Geantraí, and is a useful and thoroughly enjoyable compilation documenting the variety and vigour of contemporary...
The Crack Goes On
Writer, poet and flute-player Ciaran Carson remembers the traditional music group Planxty and reviews a recent book on the pioneering band. 
'The Deepest Need to be There, Communicating'
An Interview by composer Benjamin Dwyer with double-bassist and composer Barry Guy. 
Traditional Music and the Avant-Garde
The idea of an avant-garde wing in Irish traditional music may seem a contradiction in terms, but it shouldn’t be, argues Toner Quinn.
Hooks you could land a blue whale with
The Dublin Electronic Arts Festival.
Improvising the Voice of America
Bob Gilmore discusses the upcoming RTÉ Living Music Festival with Artistic Director Ronan Guilfoyle.
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There is now only six months to the Irish General Election. How can arts organisations make it work for them and us? The only way, argues Martin Murphy, is to pull together.
CD Reviews: Breda Keville
The Hop Down, BKCD 205