Criticism
Live Reviews: Nils Økland Trio
St Audoen’s Church, Dublin / 13 February 2008
Live Reviews: The Necks / Paul G. Smyth
Daghdha Space, Limerick3 November 2007Chris Abrahams’ hands rest silently on the piano keys, hesitate, reconsider, retreat. A second attempt to begin reveals a single tone, repeated with a silver care, racing ahead and pulling back. Drummer Tony...
Live Reviews: Fred Hersch Trio
Fred Hersch (piano), John Hebert (bass) and Eric McPherson (drums) / Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire, Co. Dublin / 17 November 2007
Live Reviews: ConTempo String Quartet / RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet
Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin / National Gallery, Dublin / 2 December 2007
Live Reviews: Rolf Hind (piano) & David Alberman (violin)
Printing House, Trinity College, Dublin4 December 2007Theloosely-themed programme of New Sound Worlds in December focussed on the developments made in twentieth and twenty-first century violin and piano music, highlighting the distance travelled between early...
CD Reviews: Lorcán Mac Mathúna
Rógaire DubhIn the short time that I have had Lorcán Mac Mathúna’s CD in my possession, my feelings towards it have already gone through a number of phases. As they may shift again, what follows may be more an update on a process... 