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O'Leary the Levitator Barra Ó Séaghdha Recent work by Cork guitarist Mark O'Leary.
Chorus for Change Chorus for Change Michael McGlynn The time is right to look at choral music in Ireland as a whole and open up a debate concerning its future.
Réabhlóid Ealaíne na Gaillimhe Breandán Ó hEaghra Project '06: an alternative to the Galway Arts Festival.
Kíla Twinning Adrian Scahill Two new albums from the Kíla stable, Kíla & Oki and piper Eoin Dillon’s The Third Twin.
Micheál Ó Domhnaill (1951–2006) Micheál Ó Domhnaill (1951–2006) Robert McMillen An obituary of the guitarist, composer and singer.
Live Reviews: Iarla Ó Lionáird / Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill Barra Ó Séaghdha ESB Beo Celtic Music Festival, NCH, Dublin / 5 August 2006
Live Reviews: Debashish Bhattacharya Barra Ó Séaghdha (chaturangi – 22-string guitar) / Farmleigh Salon Series (programmed by Improvised Music Company), Farmleigh, Castleknock, Dublin, 17 July 2006
The group Seachtar, 1974 The group Seachtar, 1974 Images from the Irish Traditional Music Archive The group Seachtar, which within a year or two and with some change of personnel would become internationally famous as the Bothy Band.
Ó Riada's Vision Ó Riada's Vision Iarla Ó Lionáird As a child, singer Iarla Ó Lionáird witnessed the extraordinary impact that Seán Ó Riada had on Cúil Aodha in the Irish-speaking area of Cork in the 1960s. On the 75th anniversary of Ó Riada's birth, Ó Lionáird teases out the composer's vision as represented by the choir he founded, and the song the choir constructed in the wake of Ó Riada's death – 'Sé Mo Laoch, Mo Ghile Mear...', the 'laoch' (hero) representing Ó Riada himself...

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