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'Don phobal as a dtáinig sé' Ciarán Ó Con Cheanainn At the Sean-Nós Cois Life festival in Dublin in April, UCD scholar Ríonach uí Ógáin was presented with Gradam Shean-Nós Cois Life – one of only two people who are not singers to ever recieve this award – for her enormous contribution to research on traditional song and culture.
Shadows of Things Vincent Woods Iarla Ó Lionáird and Liam Ó Maonlaí.
Missing Persons Bob Gilmore In the latest of an occasional series of articles featuring Irish composers, Bob Gilmore interviews Ailís Ní Riain from Cork, who is currently living in Manchester.
Encore! – Festival Review: RTÉ Living Music Festival 2006 – Steve Reich Encore! – Festival Review: RTÉ Living Music Festival 2006 – Steve Reich Jürgen Simpson A review of the fourth RTÉ Living Music Festival (17-19 February 2006) which featured the music of Steve Reich.
Live Reviews: Trihornophone Live Reviews: Trihornophone Toner Quinn Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, 23 February 2006
Live Reviews: Mostly Modern Festival Barra Ó Séaghdha Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin / 3-4 March 2006
Live Reviews: Dublin Guitar Quartet Paul Watts Lazybird (The International Bar), Dublin, 12 March 2006This gig served as an album launch for the Dublin Guitar Quartet’s debut album Deleted Pieces, which had just been released a couple of days beforehand on Greyslate Records, and attendance-wise it...
Vocal Musics of the Past Vocal Musics of the Past Tom Munnelly A review of Breandán Ó Madagáin's Caointe agus Seancheolta Eile: Keening and other Old Irish Music.

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