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The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson
Peter Rosser
The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson, Edited by Mark Fisher, Zero Books, Hampshire, England
A Whole New Thing
Alice Echols
Alice Echols tells the forgotten story of the daring, cross-racial experimentation that happened across rock, funk and disco during the 1970s.
Have a Little Faith
John McLachlan
Promoters of art mislead audiences by suggesting that there is meaning where there is none. Sometimes you just have to trust the artist, writes John McLachlan
After Franco
Kasongo Musanga
From the 1950s until the 1980s, Franco Luambo Makiadi and his TPOK Jazz orchestra profoundly shaped the sound of African music across the continent, and subsequently the popular music of the world through artists such as Paul Simon and Talking Heads. Yet Franco is little known outside Africa and his 1,000 compositions are hardly represented on recordings. Now just over twenty years since Franco’s death in 1989, Kasongo Musanga tells the story of ‘The Sorcerer of the Guitar’, from whose shadow Congolese music is still emerging.
Rethinking Opera
Christopher Fox
If we want new opera to relate to our twenty-first century experience, we must return to first principles, says Christopher Fox
The Musical Priest
Ciaran Carson
He was a cantankerous eccentric who stressed that the Irish language and music were inseparable. Richard Henebry should not be forgotten, writes Ciaran Carson
Open Archive
- Listings from the Irish Traditional Music Archive
- Festival Guide
- Classic Ephemera
John McLachlan - Piping Aces
Toner Quinn - Live Reviews: Garry Walsh, Máire Breathnach, Dave Hennessy & Donal Clancy
Pat Ahern - Accordion players being recorded on stage in Hall an Phobail, Miltown Malbay, Co Clare, 10 July 2003
Irish Traditional Music Archive - The Long Now
Michael Cronin - Editorial: MacMahon from Clare
Toner Quinn - Liz Carroll and John Doyle
Adrian Scahill - The Piper's Dream
Steve McGrail - Music in 17th and 18th Century Dublin: Part 1
Douglas Gunn - Unity of Being: The Music of Deirdre Gribbin
Bob Gilmore - July-August Music Guide
- Recent Publications: Listings from the Irish Traditional Music Archive
Irish Traditional Music Archive - Music That's Good Value
Toner Quinn - The Irishness of Irish Music
Fintan Vallely - May-June Music Guide
Festivals, concerts, tours and sessions - Anúna: Fifteen Years On
Michael McGlynn - CD Reviews: At It Again – John Carty
Emer Mayock - Harry Bradshaw
Images from the Irish Traditional Music Archive






