Flute
player Aoife Granville listens to Kevin Crawford's newest album,
Carrying the Tune, and finds inspiration, intimacy and virtuosity
in 'one of the finest traditional flute/whistle albums I have
listened to in recent years'. read
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Stephen
Graham listens to Roger Doyle's Chalant ? Memento Mori, in which
answer phone messages from the late-1980s serve as the basis for
music of great poignance. read
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This
year's Summer Festival of Opera runs on 29 July and 5 August in
Bray. read
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Tony
MacMahon and Steve Cooney are back playing together in an ongoing
series of ?kitchen concerts' which they put on in private homes for
specially invited local audiences. read
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Hunter's
Moon Festival is seeking contributions for its 2012 edition. read
more
Ensemble
?riu is a new project developed by concertina player Jack Talty and
double bass and flute player Neil O'Loghlen to combine a wide range
of influences and musicians from many backgrounds and create
'contemporary settings for Irish traditional music'. read
more
Fidelio
Trio have been announced as artists-in-residence at St. Patrick's
College in Drumcondra. read
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Bill
Evans' new album, In Good Company, features bluegrass and American
roots musicians including Tim O'Brien, Laurie Lewis, the Infamous
Stringdusters, Joy Kills Sorrow, Darol Anger, Stuart Duncan, Mike
Marshall, and Rob Ickes. read
more
Aiming to
provide something of a platform for otherwise neglected music,
Music We'd Like To Hear begins on 4 July in London. read
more
Running
throughout the day on 5 July, L? Gaelach at the Global Village
during the Volvo Ocean Race features, among many others, tin
whistle player N?ir?n N? Sh?illeabh?in joined by her brothers Se?n
and Frankie Gavin. read
more
Independent
label and stalwart champion of Ireland's instrumental rock bands is
to close with a final concert in November. read
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The Derry
music festival has launched a 2012 programme that heavily features
new Irish music. read
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