Criticism
Live Reviews: Ryoji Ikeda
IMMA Great Hall5 October 2007Ours is an information age. A tsunami of data surrounds us, overwhelms us, governs us. Ikeda takes streams from this flood and interprets them musically and visually. He is a sound engineer, crafting real time audiovisuals. A congregation,...
CD Reviews: ConTempo Quartet, Máirtín O’Connor, Garry O’Briain, Cathal Hayden – Spiccato Junction
Spiccato JunctionGalway Ensemble in Residence GER-CD-002Máirtín O’Connor and Cathal Hayden have been two of the most dynamic performers of Irish traditional music over the past few years, and on this sparkling CD they collaborate with the...
CD Reviews: Eliot Grasso – Up Against the Flatirons
Up Against the FlatironsNa Píobairí Uilleann NPUCD014It’s a measure of the strength and depth of Irish traditional music in America that the first in a new series of CDs issued by Na Píobairí Uilleann, entitled The Ace and...
CD Reviews: Perfect State – The Music of Ciarán Farrell
RTÉ Concert Orchestra/David Brophy; The Smith Quartet; Craig Ogden; Gerard McChrystal; Sinéad Farrell; Roger Moffatt // RTÉ Lyric FM CD113
Live Reviews: Niwel Tsumbu and Clear Sky Ensemble
Spiegeltent, Dublin Fringe Festival / 19 September 2007
Live Reviews: Concorde
Norman Villa Gallery, Salthill, Galway16 September 2007There comes a point where one must ask whether contemporary music is meant to be played or performed. A small standing audience – there were no chairs – in an upstairs gallery room on a Sunday...