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- What’s New for the 23rd of June: A special edition for the Solstice, Wales in literature and music, and yes, in film.
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Tag Archives: Irish music
Nightnoise’s The White Horse Sessions
I spent years looking for this album after Reynard, a bandmate of mine in Mouse in the Cupboard, said it was an album that I should hear. (He heard it on some late-night Celtic radio programme, but couldn’t find a … Continue reading
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Tagged Celtic music, Irish music, Nightnoise
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Eileen Ivers’ Fresh Takes and Eileen Ivers — Traditional Irish Music
Chuck Lipsig penned this review. Sometimes, genius is made more apparent when paired with excellence. Eileen Ivers is one of the finest Celtic fiddlers out there. But it’s one thing to sound good as a soloist; it’s another to be paired … Continue reading
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Dervish’s at the end of the day
Brendan Foreman penn this review. By the time they recorded end of the day, Dervish had honed its sound to a rather fine edge. It is clear that years of playing have paid off, resulting in nuanced, even stately ensemble-playing. Their … Continue reading
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Tagged Irish music, Irish trad music
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Liam Clancy’s The Mountain of the Women: Memoirs of an Irish Troubadour
This is the autobiography of Liam Clancy, the youngest member of the Irish folk music group, The Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. Liam and The Clancy Brothers were responsible for making Irish Folk Music and Aran sweaters a fad in … Continue reading
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Lúnasa’s The Kinnitty Sessions
Australian author and Celtic musician Paul Brandon, who wrote of one of the finest fantasy novels of recent years, Swim the Moon, has a new novel, The Wild Reel, coming out this summer. He’s also a great fan of Lúnasa, who are … Continue reading
Lúnasa’s Sé
Paul Brandon penned this review. It’s been nearly 10 years since I first saw Lúnasa. I had to pause after I wrote that, because, as the cliché says, I still remember it like it was yesterday. The gig, at a now-extinct … Continue reading
Lunasa’s Lunasa, Otherworld and The Merry Sisters of Fate
Stephen Hunt penned this review. Sitting here in my house in Cornwall, on a balmy spring evening in 2003, the 1990’s feel like a long time ago. Back then I was living near Slough, one of those modern, overcrowded railway towns … Continue reading
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Bevel Jenny’s Above the Clouds… and Still Searching (CD Single)
Mike Stiles penned this review. There’s grand news from Saint Stiles‚ Voyages among the Mystic Isles of Celtic Rock. Down near the southern fastness where the scintillating waterfalls cascade from the islands of rock into the skies of jazz is to … Continue reading
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Sandy” Ives’ Drive Dull Care Away: Folksongs From Prince Edward Island and John Lilly’s Mountains of Music: West Virginia Traditional Music from Goldenseal
I used to have this dream. I was, like John or Alan Lomax, driving in my big old car with a clunky reel-to-reel tape recorder in the back seat. I would cruise up and down the country roads searching for … Continue reading
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Tagged Appalachian music., Cape Breton trad muisc, Irish music, Irish trad music, Scottsih trad music
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Diana Boullier’s Exploring Irish Music and Dance
At some point for children seeking to master traditional music, the learning must come through the power of relationship — through parents, friends, neighbors, or teachers. But not every child has access to that world, and many a child may … Continue reading
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