Focus
Cutting-Hedge Music and the Arts Council
In light of the arts council embarking on a consultation process in order to replace the Arts Plan 2002-2006, composer Roger Doyle offers his suggestions for improving and expanding current structures for music.
The Price of Happiness?
Has too much been sacrificed by Irish traditional music in embracing the values of modern Ireland? Barra Ó Séaghdha takes some snapshots of a country with 'societal amnesia' and wonders where all the slow airs have gone...
How to be Relevant
Style, John Wolf Brennan and Fergus Johnston.
‘Powerless’ and ‘consenting’: A response to D. Vincent Twomey
Art and Society: A response to Vincent Twomey.
Hand on Heart Talk
Fiddle-player and author Caoimhín Mac Aoidh looks back at ‘The Inside Track’ traditional music seminar, which took place in Glór in Ennis last November.
The Chosen Ones
The Sligo New Music Festival and Composers’ Choice.
A Foobarian Approach to Music Technology
The teaching of music technology in second-level education.
The Real Alternatives
A review of two new piping albums.