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Live Reviews: The Frost is All Over
Tony MacMahon (accordion); David Power (uilleann pipes, whistle, fiddle, vocals); Dermot Bolger (poetry); Directed by John Comiskey; Produced by David Teevan/Ten42 Productions / Tradition:DL Festival, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin, 2 August 2008. 
Live Reviews: Analog Festival, Dublin
The Analog 2008 festival – Grand Canal Dock, Dublin / 18–20 July 2008 
Live Reviews: Benjamin Dwyer: Twelve Études
Benjamin Dwyer, (guitar) / Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin / 8 June 2008 
Live Review: Spatial Music Collective
Bridgewood Ensemble: Leonie Curtin (violin), Joanne Quigley (violin) Cora Venus Lunny (viola), Kate Ellis (cello) / SS Michael & John, Dublin, 26 June 2008.
Live Reviews: Young Composers' Collective
One aim of the Young Composers’ Collective (now the Irish Composers’ Collective) since its founding in 2003 is to provide young Irish composers with the opportunity to hear their works professionally performed, a goal realised over two concerts...
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.