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The Crack Goes On The Crack Goes On Ciaran Carson Writer, poet and flute-player Ciaran Carson remembers the traditional music group Planxty and reviews a recent book on the pioneering band.
'The Deepest Need to be There, Communicating' 'The Deepest Need to be There, Communicating' Benjamin Dwyer An Interview by composer Benjamin Dwyer with double-bassist and composer Barry Guy.
Traditional Music and the Avant-Garde Traditional Music and the Avant-Garde Toner Quinn The idea of an avant-garde wing in Irish traditional music may seem a contradiction in terms, but it shouldn’t be, argues Toner Quinn.
Hooks you could land a blue whale with Paul Watts The Dublin Electronic Arts Festival.
Improvising the Voice of America Bob Gilmore Bob Gilmore discusses the upcoming RTÉ Living Music Festival with Artistic Director Ronan Guilfoyle.
chARTer 07 Martin Murphy There is now only six months to the Irish General Election. How can arts organisations make it work for them and us? The only way, argues Martin Murphy, is to pull together.
CD Reviews: The West Ocean String Quartet & Matt Molloy Adrian Scahill The Guiding Moon, West Ocean Records, WORCD 101 The West Ocean String Quartet’s second CD exemplifies the continuing interest of musicians in extending the boundaries of traditional music, in this case framing the music within the context of an art music...
CD Reviews: Malachy Bourke & Donnacha Dwyer Ciarán Somers Bourke and Dwyer: Traditional Irish Music on Fiddle, Pipes and Bodhrán Bourke and Dwyer is a CD by two well-known musicians, Malachy Bourke (now Galway-based but formerly Dublin) and Donnacha Dwyer (Dublin), containing thirteen tracks of both instruments...

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