Focus
Live Reviews: Seán Ó hÉanaigh
Bewley’s Café Theatre, Dublin 2 / 11 March 2008
Harry Bradshaw
Harry Bradshaw, recipient of the ‘Gradam na gCeoltóirí’ award of the TG4 Television Gradaim Ceoil 2008, in an RTÉ radio studio 1992. Photo by RTÉ photographer John Rowe.
Live Reviews: David Lyttle Group featuring Greg Osby
Michael Buckley (tenor saxophone, flute), Justin Carroll (piano), Ronan Guilfoyle (bass), David Lyttle (drums) & Greg Osby (alto saxophone)JJ Smyth’s, Dublin24 February 2008The enrichment of jazz education in Ireland in recent years has created many...
Éire Nua agus an tAmhrán Náisiúnta
Breandán Ó hEaghra on what our national anthems say about us
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.