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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.
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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.