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Past, Present and Future of an English Patriot Past, Present and Future of an English Patriot Carlo Gébler Carlo Gébler reads Billy Bragg's new polemic.
How to compose in your own time John McLachlan We might as well start by stating that this article will not provide any solution to the problem of how to compose in your own historical time. Like an academic character from a David Lodge novel it will instead, ‘merely seek to raise some interesting...
His Pencil Poised... His Pencil Poised... Peter Woods One hundred years after the publication of The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems…, Caoimhín Mac Aoidh's book on James O'Neill throws new light on the O'Neill collections.
Colour on all sides Barra Ó Séaghdha A review of the recent RTÉ Living Music Festival which focused on jazz and the music of American composer John Adams.
myTunes and i myTunes and i Toner Quinn On tunes and musicians' relationships to tunes.
Musical Texts of the Elites Barra Ó Séaghdha Barra Ó Séaghdha finds much to debate in a recent work on music and Irish identity.
Live Reviews: Ronan Guilfoyle - Terms and Conditions Apply Kevin Stevens Paul Williamson (trumpet), Michael Buckley (saxes and flute), Joe O Callaghan (guitar), Justin Carroll (keyboards), Ronan Guilfoyle (bass), Sean Carpio (drums) / Projects Arts Centre, Dublin, 7 April 2007
Live Reviews: Chris Wood Pat Ahern Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, 28 March 2007We first knew Chris Wood in these parts as the fiddle-playing half of a musically rich and good-humoured partnership with the accordion player, Andy Cutting. In more recent times, we have known him for his robust campaign...
Live Reviews: i-and-e festival Paul Watts Fergus Kelly/Judith Ring, Will Guthrie, Joe Colley, Wade Matthews/Andrea NeumannPrinting House, Trinity College, Dublin, 30 March 2007In its three-year existence, the i-and-e festival has become one of the most interesting annual events in Dublin. The purpose...

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