Criticism
Live Reviews: Temple Bar Trad
Olympia Theatre, Dublin / 27 January 2008
Live Reviews: Nils Økland Trio
St Audoen’s Church, Dublin / 13 February 2008
CD Reviews: The Sound We Are Now
Aphasia Recordings, APHASIA 22The Sound we are now is a CD from a small, artist-run record label in Dublin, Aphasia Recordings. It springs from an interesting idea: label founders David Stalling and Anthony Kelly asked various artists to send in a piece that...
CD Reviews: Transatlantic Sessions 3
Whirlie, WHIRLIECD12If Aaron Copland (1900-1990) – composer of evocative American odysseys – had a CD collection, you’d probably find a copy of Transatlantic Sessions 3 in there somewhere. Featuring over twenty-five folk and traditional musicians...
CD Reviews: Patrick Street
On the FlyLoftus Music LM002‘On the fly’ usually denotes hurriedness, a quick-fix in a situation where time is limited. However, this On the Fly does not betray anything of moves made in-flight or constrained by time. On this, the eighth studio...