At the
1948 London Olympic Games, when the competition still awarded
medals for music and other arts, 'gentle Miss Ina Boyle' narrowly
missed out on a bronze medal. Ita Beausang traces the story of the
composer from Enniskerry and her as yet unperformed work. read
more
American
composer and musician Dan Trueman reflects on the Irish music
scene, and Dave Holden of I Draw Slow considers Trueman's album
CrissCross, a recent collaboration with Brittany Haas. read
more
Spin
magazine fires a third of its staff and cancel its November/December
issue, suggesting the end is nigh for its print editions. read
more
The line
up for this year's An Droichead Festival includes Iarla ? Lionáird
and Steve Cooney, Breanndán ? Beaglaoich and Caoimhín ?
Raghallaigh, Pádraig Rynne, Dónal Lunny, John McSherry and Graham
Henderson. read
more
Crash
Ensemble launch Fund it campaign to support their co-commissioning
of a new work from Glenn Branca. read
more
Nuala
Kennedy's Noble Stranger is a collection of original and
traditional songs recorded in Scotland with her band Mike Bryan on
guitar, Ian Macleod on mandolin, and Donald Hays on drums. read
more
World
Orchestra Mountjoy Square is looking for musicians to participate
in its cosmopolitan cultural project. read
more
As part of
the international Summer School of Early Irish Harp in August, the
Historical Harp Society of Ireland is presenting its tenth summer
concert series of medieval to eighteenth century Gaelic music in
Kilkenny, Galway and Dublin. read
more
The Irish
Composers' Collective to explore audio-visual repertoire at the
National Concert Hall in August. read
more
For its
twenty-fifth anniversary year, the Irish Traditional Music Archive
has planned a rolling programme of publications, projects and
events. read
more
The
Classical, Music and Wired strands all focus on artists that fuse
or defy genres, with an eclectic mix of international and Irish
music. read
more
The Irish
choir mark their twenty-fifth anniversary with a new album and a
Dublin concert. read
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