Criticism

CD Reviews: Dervish CD Reviews: Dervish Adrian Scahill Travelling Show Whirling Discs, Whrl 011
CD Review: Zoid vs. the Jazz Musicians of Ireland CD Review: Zoid vs. the Jazz Musicians of Ireland Rob Casey Zoid vs. the Jazz Musicians of Ireland / Diatribe Recordings DIACD001
Live Reviews: Marie Keyrouz and her Vocal Ensemble of Peace Live Reviews: Marie Keyrouz and her Vocal Ensemble of Peace Jürgen Simpson St Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick 15 November 2007.
Live Reviews: Eliza Carthy Robert McMillen Spiegeltent, Queen’s University, Belfast21 October 2007The woman who was going to drag English folk music into the twenty-first century was at the Belfast Festival at Queen’s in Autumn, but watching the middle-aged and middle-class – that...
Live Reviews: Cork Jazz Festival Kevin Stevens Various venues, Cork / 26-29 October 2007
Live Reviews: DEAF Seán Ó Máille Various venues, Dublin25-29 October 2007Confucius said: ‘Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.’ After last year’s focus on Ireland, this year’s Dublin Electronic Arts Festival turned its gaze eastwards, its theme being...
Live Reviews: Remembering Ligeti Festival Barra Ó Séaghdha Liberty Hall Theatre/NCH, Dublin9-11 November 2007György Ligeti was still alive when Benjamin Dwyer had the idea of dedicating a festival to his work; Ligeti had been dead for over a year when the idea eventually came to fruition. It was, however, very...
Live Reviews: The Necks / Paul G. Smyth Live Reviews: The Necks / Paul G. Smyth Benedict Schlepper-Connolly 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 Kevin Stevens 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 Barra Ó Séaghdha Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin / National Gallery, Dublin / 2 December 2007

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