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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
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
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.
Recent Publications in Irish Traditional Music
Listings from the Irish Traditional Music ArchiveContinued from JMI Mar-Apr 2005CDS PUBLISHED 2005Burke, Kevin, and others as Celtic Fiddle Festival, fiddles, guitar, Play on…, Green Linnet GLCD1230Chieftains, The, instrumental & vocal group, Live...
Recent Publications in Contemporary Music
Listings from the Contemporary Music CentreContinued from JMI Mar-Apr 2005NEW WORKS RECEIVED, MAR–APR 2005Ball, Derek, Struggling through Strangled Strata of Strident Strangeness [2003 rev. 2004], vn, ob, vc, pf [4 hands]. Clarke, Rhona, Where the Clouds...
The Artist's Voice
The Sligo New Music Festival and a composer's voice.
New Music Radio plans underway
A group of composers have come together with the Contemporary Music Centre to develop a new website for showcasing the work of Irish composers. The idea was first proposed by composer Fergus Johnston at a public discussion during the Mostly Modern Contemporary...
Philistinism ...an aerial view
A recent book argues that Britain is in the grip of a ‘philistine agenda’ which treats the public like children who need to be protected from cultural and intellectual challenges. Composer Roger Doyle finds parallels in Irish broadcasting.
A Response to Roger Doyle
A list of points made by Aodán Ó Dubhghaill, Head of RTÉ lyric fm, in response to the talk given by Roger Doyle at the Mostly Modern Open Forum.
On Going Solo
Recording in traditional music, David Power's My Love is in America and Tim Collins' Dancing on Silver.