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Time to Kill off the Revival Time to Kill off the Revival Toner Quinn Irish traditional music still lives under the shadow of the folk revival myth of the 1960s and 1970s, but more and more we will find that our music today will make no sense to folk revival thinking or language.
Passage Work: A Path Towards Stillness? Passage Work: A Path Towards Stillness? Raymond Deane Raymond Deane previews the premier of his Passage Work at the Project Arts Centre, Dublin, on 20 December 2001.
25 Years of Concorde 25 Years of Concorde Jane O'Leary The director of the Irish new music ensemble Concorde looks back over the history of the group.
A Future for Irish Traditional Singing? A Future for Irish Traditional Singing? John Moulden New factors are affecting the silent spaces that singing used to fill – threatening the survival of popular singing.
The difference between a rebel and a revolutionary: an interview with Dick Gaughan The difference between a rebel and a revolutionary: an interview with Dick Gaughan Julie Coghill This interview with Scottish singer-songwriter Dick Gaughan took place in Stornaway, Scotland, on 15 August 2001.
Tinnitus Dave McFarlane Raising awareness about the effect of loud music.
How to Survive a Murder: An Introduction to Music and Artistic Life in Yugoslavia How to Survive a Murder: An Introduction to Music and Artistic Life in Yugoslavia Daniela Kulezich A former musicology student of the Belgrade Faculty of Music, and now living in Co. Leitrim, Daniela Kulezich provides a tour of the new music scene in Belgrade, Zagreb and Ljubjana.
The Wynd You Know – Ronan Browne The Wynd You Know – Ronan Browne Ciarán Somers A review of uilleann piper Ronan Browne's first solo CD.
Notions of Notation Notions of Notation Roger Doyle On the imperialist attitude taken by many classical musicians to music that is not notated.
The Composer in Society John McLachlan It is essential that composers place a proper value on their work – even if society is slow to do so...

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