March/April 2008
Martin Hayes and Dennis Cahill (Photo: Derek Speirs, Report Ltd)
- Untamed Art
John McKenna reviews a new book by New Yorker music critic Alex Ross
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- The Bag of Spuds
The first in a new series of traditional music columns by Ciaran Carson
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- Éire Nua agus an tAmhrán Náisiúnta
Breandán Ó hEaghra on what our national anthems say about us
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- Little Bells make Living Music
The sixth annual RTÉ Living Music Festival took place on 15-18 February under the artistic direction of Scottish composer James McMillan. John McLachlan was there.
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- Martin Hayes and the Tradition
Fiddle player Martin Hayes will this March receive the TG4 Gradam Ceoil award. Toner Quinn explores the work of an artist who has walked new ground in traditional music.
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- On the Feet of Doves
Bernard Clarke discovers the bluegrass band, Punch Brothers
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- Missing Pieces
Niall Ó Ciosáin reviews a new book on music in nineteeth-century Ireland, and revisits the controversy regarding the influence of nationalism on the development of Irish music.
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- CD REVIEWS
The Sound We Are Now / Transatlantic Sessions 3 / Raymond Deane / Patrick Street / Nóirín Ní Riain / Fidelio Trio / Kevin Brady / John McCormack
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- LIVE REVIEWS
Pharoah Sanders Quartet / Horizons / Concorde / Temple Bar Trad / Life After Feldman / Horizons / Nils Økland Trio / Baltic Voices in Ireland
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