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From 2RN to International Meta-Community: Irish National Radio and Traditional Music
Selecting from such a rich body of music and song, and imposing an order on what is by nature chaotic, broadcasters of traditional music have always presented a varied cavalcade of programmes and performers. 
Music and Economic Development: A Common Purpose
Music produces wealth, but has music education been reluctant to use economic arguments to obtain additional funding from Government?
Nósanna Nua de Dhith don Sean-nós
Bhíodh Eamon Dunphy ag tabairt amach faoi ghné de shaol na hÉireann ar ar thug sé ‘official Ireland’. Séard a bhí i gceist aige leis an téarma seo ná na daoine a cheap iad féin mar...
Recent Publications in Irish Traditional Music
Listings from the Irish Traditional Music ArchiveContinued from JMI Nov-Dec 2004CDS PUBLISHED IN 2004Anúna, vocal group, Deep Dead Blue, Danú 020. Reissue of CD with new catalogue noArmstrong, Siobhán, harp, Cláirseach na hÉireann:...
Recent Publications in Contemporary Music
Listings from the Contemporary Music CentreContinued from JMI Nov-Dec 2004NEW WORKS RECEIVED, OCT-DEC 2004Corcoran, Frank, Quasi un Amore [2002]. fl, gui; Variations on ‘A Mháirín de Bharra’ [2004], va.Cullivan, Tom, Lullaby [1984],...
Generation Gap
Understanding the decline in the standard of traditional music CDs.
Dylan-Killin’ Villains
Ireland’s singer-songwriter plague.
For Teachers: Wind and Brass
Experienced music teachers share their thoughts on various aspects of instrumental tuition.
Receiving Music
The first concert of the Young Composers' Collective and new music from Northern Ireland.
Arnold Bax, the Fleischmanns and Cork
‘We all felt very lonely after you had gone. Your visit was like a part of an Irish fairy tale...’. Part and parcel of the British Composer Arnold Bax’s attachment to Ireland was his warm friendship with the Fleischmanns in Cork. Drawing on original letters between the composer and this musical family, Séamas de Barra tells the story.