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Series will focus on a different country each week and feature Claudia Boyle, Naomi Louisa O’Connell, Gyula Nagy, John Molloy, Sinéad Campbell Wallace, Brenton Ryan and more.
A round-up of recent releases including Cathy Jordan and Peter Crann, Tansy Davies, Louise Gaffney, Atlantic Arc and Soda Blonde. To submit your music for inclusion, please email [email protected]
Arts Minister says department currently working on proposals for music venues and large events.
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A collector of traditional song and music since the 1960s, he was also a member of the group Cran.
This week's concerts, livestreams, and job and funding deadlines from Tuesday to Sunday.
A round-up of recent appointments and awards including the Markievicz Award, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Music Generation Cavan and Monaghan, ISM Distinguished Musician...
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Competition will take place from 12 to 19 June.
24 finalists from 18 countries will compete in the competition’s final rounds in September.
Festival to take place from 7 to 29 August 2021.
Reviews
The 8th edition of New Music Dublin, Ireland's largest festival of contemporary music, took place on 23–26 April, this time online. With 33 world premieres and a weekend full of concerts, did it manage to maintain the momentum of recent years? Adrian Smith reviews.
Filmmaker and musician Myles O'Reilly has been releasing music under the title of [Indistinct Chatter] since shortly after the pandemic began. His third record of ambient electronica, 'My Mother's Star' was released last month. Don O'Mahony reviews.
On 14–18 April, Louth Contemporary Music Society presented a five-day online festival featuring work by Sarah Hennies, Kevin Volans, Cornelius Cardew, Leo Brouwer and more. Brendan Finan reviews.
Articles
With Covid-19 now reaching endgame, we're about to enter a new situation: a global music marketplace that's grown a whole lot younger and more technological. In order for Ireland to embrace this future, it needs an ambitious new music plan – with record labels at its heart. Gareth Murphy sets out five steps to help transform Ireland's music business.
Music and broadcasting go hand in hand, but RTÉ's leadership role in music has been shrinking in recent years. Toner Quinn suggests four ways to turn the situation around...
What a year 2020 was. When it began, the outlook for the music industry hadn't looked so good in decades. Then came Covid-19, the industrial equivalent of a comet hurtling in from deep space. As we emerge into 2021, it's time for some damage assessment. What exactly has been destroyed?...
‘Trad Nation’, a new book by fiddle-player and scholar Tes Slominski, questions how ‘Irish’ Irish traditional music is in a postnational music scene, and makes the case for separating the genre from ethnic nationalism. Helen Lawlor reviews.
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For over 30 years the Munich based record label ECM have issued a unique series of recordings which, says Tim Thurston, have not only redefined jazz, but have changed the face of...
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