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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
Obair le Déanamh
Breandán Ó hEaghra
Breandán Ó hEaghra hears the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland in New York
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
The Master
Tony MacMahon
'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.
The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson
Peter Rosser
The Resistible Demise of Michael Jackson, Edited by Mark Fisher, Zero Books, Hampshire, England
Don’t Upset the Rhythm
Matthew Jordan
When innovative music is seen as a moral threat to society
Open Archive
- Music in 17th and 18th Century Dublin: Part 1
Douglas Gunn - The MEND Report
Frank Heneghan - Recent Publications in Irish Traditional Music
Irish Traditional Music Archive - Location: Ghetto or Niche?
John McLachlan - The Telephone Reel
Ciaran Carson - Recent Publications in Irish Traditional Music
Irish Traditional Music Archive - Player on the Black Keys
Tony MacMahon - The Art of Money
Toner Quinn - Dermy Diamond, Tara Diamond and Dáithí Sproule
Toner Quinn - Notes
News items on musical life in Ireland - In The Ranelagh Gardens
Macdara Woods - Composition as Vandalism
Bob Gilmore - July - August Music Guide
Festivals, concerts and tours - Other Dimensions
Declan O'Driscoll - For Two Euros More?
Diarmaid Moynihan - Tiger Ireland, Turd Sniffers & Meta-Trad: People, Power and the Pursuit of Privileged Status in Music in Ireland
Fintan Vallely - Editorial: About the Money
Toner Quinn - Northword: Here Be Monsters
Peter Rosser - Live Reviews: Sa Dingding
Aengus Ó Maoláin - Recorded: The NMC Songbook
Michael Quinn





