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What's in an 'S'? What's in an 'S'? Aileen Dillane 'Irish music' in The Cambridge Companion to Modern Irish Culture.
Music in Space Music in Space Jürgen Simpson Sonorities Festival 2005.
Clasaiceach agus Gaelach: 'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire' le Peadar Ó Riada Clasaiceach agus Gaelach: 'Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire' le Peadar Ó Riada Deirdre Ní Chonghaile Go stairiúil, ní mórán de cheangal atá idir an Ghaeilge ná an Ghaeltacht agus ceol clasaiceach de bharr deighilt aicme agus tíreolaíochta. Iontas na n-iontas mar sin go bhfuil ceoltóir/cumadóir...
Recent Publications in Contemporary Music Contemporary Music Centre Listings from the Contemporary Music CentreContinued from JMI May-June 2005NEW WORKS RECEIVED, MAY-JUNE 2005Alcorn, Michael, Synapse [2002], 3333 4331 3 perc pf str, live electronics. Ball, Derek, Mettre de l'ambiance, fl cl vc; Voilà, va-solo,...
The Scribe The Scribe Caoimhín Mac Aoidh In Search of James O'Neill.
The Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant John McLachlan Gerald Barry's new opera.
Music, Ideas and History Music, Ideas and History Barra Ó Séaghdha Barra Ó Séaghdha reviews The Progress of Music in Ireland, a wide-ranging new book of essays by Harry White on the relationship between music, cultural history and musicology in Ireland.
New Music News The Journal Of Music The Arts Council has announced that Graham Devlin Associates will conduct a review of supports to contemporary music in Ireland and make recommendations for strategic development. The research objectives are: to appraise Arts Council policy and funding...
Banners, Turf and Liquefied Gas Banners, Turf and Liquefied Gas Fintan Vallely New recordings and writings by Tommy Sands, Gerry O'Connor, Harry Bradley, Paul O'Shaughnessy and Paul Brock.
‘Because it's our own’: Breandán Breathnach 1912-85 ‘Because it's our own’: Breandán Breathnach 1912-85 Nicholas Carolan Uilleann piper, writer, publisher, organiser, and one of the great music collectors, Breandán Breathnach’s name is known throughout the world of Irish traditional music for his five volumes of Ceol Rince na hÉireann as well as for his wide range of projects and publications. Nicholas Carolan, Director of the Irish Traditional Music Archive, recalls the life and work of this seminal figure who died in 1985.

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