May/June 2008
Paul G. Smyth, improvising pianist and keyboard player with The Jimmy Cake. Photo: Lucy Clarke
- Now's The Time: The State of Irish Jazz
The jazz scene in Ireland has witnessed a rush of young talent and now plays host to a long list of international artists. Kevin Stevens looks at the range of music out there and explores the next steps for Irish jazz.
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- The Little Bag of Spuds
Ciaran Carson’s second column in a series – in which he maps the learning of a tune – takes him into the virtual.
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- Ag Treabhadh Rocks of Bawn an Idirlín
Breandán Ó hEaghra, with the help of mudcat.org, gets behind the meaning of the famous song ‘The Rocks of Bawn’.
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- In a Silent Way
Filmmaker Daragh McCarthy remembers the American composer and producer Teo Macero.
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- Be Careful of the Mark You Make
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly talks to Paul G. Smyth, improvising pianist and keyboard player with The Jimmy Cake.
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- Outer Way
Kevin Stevens considers the career of guitarist John McLaughlin ahead of his first appearance in Dublin.
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- Singing at the Centre of a Life
Liam Mac Con Iomaire, Seosamh Ó hÉanaí: Nár fhágha mé bás choíche. Cló Iar-Chonnachta, Indreabhán, Galway, 2007, 521 pp, with CD, €35
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- X, Y and Z
Rob Casey says critics are right to pigeonhole.
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- CD REVIEWS
Fovea Hex / Frankie Gavin, Rick Epping and Tim Edey / Canty / Aindreas de Staic / Garth Knox / Matt Molloy, John Carty and Arty McGlynn
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- LIVE REVIEWS
Snakes & Ladders / David Lyttle Group featuring Greg Osby / Lunfardia / The Poet and the Piper / Composers' Choice / Sarah McQuaid / Efterklang / i-and-e / Seán Ó hÉanaigh
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