Echoing
the recent election of Tommy Peoples to Aosd?na, the Arts Council
of Northern Ireland has given one of its annual Major Individual
Artist Awards (MIA's) to guitarist Arty McGlynn. read
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Laura
Sheeran's densely textured songs are never planned and most are
written and recorded in just one day. Anna Murray talks to the
musician about her intuitive writing process, and the making of her
latest, most aggressive album. read
more
The Arts
Council is accepting applications for its recording fund, designed
to give support to performers and composers working in
non-commercial genres to ensure the maximum dissemination of their
work. read
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eX will
perform four staged and costumed shows about possession on 7, 8, 9
and 10 June. read
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There will
be very considerable Scandinavian representation at the North
Atlantic Fiddle Convention in Derry next month, including
performances by Majorstuen, Frikar, Habadekuk, Fiolmionisteriet,
Goran Premberg and Matts Nilsson. read
more
One of the
more peculiar events in the North Atlantic Fiddle Convention
programme is the Donegal Fiddle Day consisting of a bus tour
through south-west Donegal and ending at a narrated concert in Glenties. read
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The Irish
composer's first release on Delphian Records features RT? National
Symphony Orchestra, the Fidelio Trio and clarinettist Robert
Plane. read
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Dublin
String Quartet will give a concert of final year DIT students'
compositions on 24 May. read
more
Sharon
Rollston, previously Performance Programmes Manager, succeeds
Deirdre McCrea as CEO of the professional arts organisation
dedicated to live music. read
more
One of the
non-music events taking place during the North Atlantic Fiddle
Convention is an exhibition of paintings of famous living fiddlers,
including Martin Hayes, Nancy Kerr, and Ado Barker, called Fiddle
Icons. read
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The first
North Atlantic Fiddle Convention to be hosted in Ireland will
include over two hundred events showcasing music and dance
traditions from Ireland, Scotland, Shetland, Orkney, England,
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Galicia, Canada and the United
States. read
more
The Long
Live EP from The Raglans will be Whelan's Records inaugural release
and will be launched on 25 May at the Dublin venue. read
more
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