Focus
Changing our in-tune
A review of Ross W. Duffin's new book on tuning, How Equal Temperament Ruined Harmony (and why you should care).
Honouring Deane
A review of a new book by Patrick Zuk on composer Raymond Deane, part of the new Field Day Music series, and the first biography to be published in an Irish composer's lifetime.
What's Wrong with the Royal Irish Academy of Music?
If we cared as much about our musical life as we do about our national theatre we would already have seen the Royal Irish Academy of Music discussed in the same terms as the Abbey, argues former RIAM Governor Richard Pine. But can a way forward now be found, one that involves the creation of an Irish Academy for the Performing Arts?
CD Reviews: Róisín Elsafty: Má bhíonn tú liom bí liom
RÓISÍN ELSAFTY
Má bhíonn tú liom bí liom
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CD Reviews: Francis Heery: Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue
FRANCIS HEERY / Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Blue 
CD Review: Gerard McChrystal & Craig Ogden – Pluckblow
Gerard McChrystal & Craig Ogden / Pluckblow / Meridian CDE84546
CD Reviews: John Spillane & Louis de Paor: The Gaelic Hit Factory
John Sillane & Louis de PaorThe Gaelic Hit FactoryEMI, CDGHF1John Spillane and Louis de Paor’s first album together, The Gaelic Hit Factory, brings a contemporary approach to Irish- language song, blending poetry and music, to provide an organic...
CD Reviews: Sami Moukaddem: Resistance: Soul Food
Sami MoukaddemResistance: Soul FoodBA42072-012The themes tackled in Sami Moukaddem’s latest album are as diverse as the musical styles on offer. They range from civil war and American occupation to questions of national identity to the divinity inherent...