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He was a cantankerous eccentric who stressed that the Irish language and music were inseparable. Richard Henebry should not be forgotten, writes Ciaran Carson

The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson

February/March 2010

The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson, Edited by Mark Fisher, Zero Books, Hampshire, England

'To have crossed his path as a listener was enriching; to have had him as a mentor was unforgettable,' writes Tony MacMahon of the uilleann piper Séamus Ennis. In New York and Dublin in the 1960s, MacMahon lived with, played with and learned from Ennis, and here he recalls some of the rituals and skills of the artist that made him unique.

Rethinking Opera

Christopher Fox

February/March 2010

If we want new opera to relate to our twenty-first century experience, we must return to first principles, says Christopher Fox

Obair le Déanamh

Breandán Ó hEaghra

February/March 2010

Breandán Ó hEaghra hears the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland in New York

Have a Little Faith

John McLachlan

February/March 2010

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