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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

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