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Music and Meltdowns
From Björk and Sigur Rós to Cortes and Emilíana Torrini, the success of Icelandic artists over the past two decades have earned a global reputation for the Icelandic music scene. Paul Sullivan looks at some of the elements that have helped such a small country become a big player, and asks what effect the current economic crisis will have.
Live: Rachel Unthank and The Winterset
Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin3 February 2009It would be all too easy to think that a gallery is the perfect place for folk musicians to play. For some, folk music is out of time, only to be preserved, commemorated, pinned like a beautiful butterfly through...
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra: Gerald Barry
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra / Alexander Anissimov (conductor) / National Concert Hall, Dublin 6 February 2009
Live: Temple Bar Trad: T with the Maggies
Maighréad Ní Dhomhnaill, Tríona Ní Dhomhnaill, Moya Brennan and Mairéad Ní MhaonaighButton Factory, Dublin31 January 2009Engaging eminent musicians alongside bright young stars, the 2009 Temple Bar Tradfest hoped cross-pollination...
Live: Buffalo Collision
Ethan Iverson (piano), Tim Berne (alto saxophone), Hank Roberts (cello), Dave King (drums) / The Sugar Club, Dublin / 28 January 2009
Concorde
Elaine Clark (violin), Martin Johnson (cello), David James (cello), Madeleine Staunton (flute), Paul Roe (clarinet), Roberto Oliveira (percussion), Tine Verbeke (soprano), Jane O’Leary (piano) / Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin / 15 February 2009
Tanya Tagaq Gillis
Tanya Tagaq Gillis (vocals), Michael Edwards (laptop), Kenton Loewen (percussion)Café Oto, London16 February 2009Tanya Tagaq Gillis works in a variety of vocal styles, from her native idiom of Inuit throat singing, to super-charged and loose-limbed...
Derek Ball
RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra; Robert Houlihan (conductor); Matthew Jones (viola)
National Concert Hall, Dublin
3 February 2009.