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Way Out West: New Jazz from Ireland Gerry Godley 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 Player on the Black Keys Tony MacMahon In an extract from a memoir in progress, musician Tony MacMahon remembers moments of inspiration, captivation – and terror.
Q&A: Sean Carpio Q&A: Sean Carpio The Journal Of Music 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,...
Open House Open House Peter Rosser 'Access' is now a guiding principle across music and the arts, but what does it mean in practice?
Hearing Voices Hearing Voices Kevin Stevens Kevin Stevens meets the innovative saxophonist David Murray
Greim Láimhe don Pháirtnéar is Gaire Dúinn Greim Láimhe don Pháirtnéar is Gaire Dúinn Breandán Ó hEaghra How country music in America binds Ireland North and South
The Thing Itself The Thing Itself Ciaran Carson How do we recognise the real thing in traditional music?
When is a Symphony not a Symphony? When is a Symphony not a Symphony? Michael Quinn On the attractions of the cinematic canon
My Love is in America My Love is in America Toner Quinn On learning traditional Irish music from outside Ireland
Ideas in Flux Ideas in Flux John McLachlan No discussion of Lithuanian composers can avoid the political dimension

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