Paddy Glackin was told he would have to buy a seat for his fiddle on a Ryanair flight from Dublin to Newcastle and nearly missed a music festival in the North of England city.
The highly regarded fiddle player has travelled all over the world with his fiddle and had always been allowed to take it [...]
Christy Moore’s new album Folk Tale was released on October 28, 2011. “It is a mixture of tragedy, poetry and humour”, according to the singer’s website. The third track My Little Honda 50 is an ode to the impact of the Honda 50 on rural Ireland in the 80s. Easter Snow is a tribute to [...]
Dublin’s planned statue of Luke Kelly has become a victim of Ireland’s economic woes. The Dublin Docklands Development Authority (DDDA) had agreed to install a statue to honour the Dubliners legend at a cost of €85,000, but it has since retracted its promise because of its own financial difficulties. “Recently when the DDDA were brought [...]
There are two new books out - from Len Graham and John Hoban.
Joe Holmes – Here I Am Amongst You. Songs, Music and Traditions of an Ulsterman, by Len Graham.
This an account of the folklore and repertoire of one of the most influential singers and traditional fiddlers in Ireland – Joe Holmes (1906–78) of [...]
Once avoided as unfashionable by the children of the rich in urban Ireland, Irish dancing is becoming an expensive pastime and the cost is rising, according to irishcentral.com
One New York mother, who travelled with her dancing daughter to the 2010 North American Irish Dancing Championships in Orlando, said the cost is now getting so large [...]
NUIG is starting a new two year diploma in Irish music at the Galway campus this September. The diploma is offered on a part-time basis one evening per week (Wednesday) and runs over a two year period, at the end of which students will receive a Diploma in Irish Music Studies. Topics covered [...]
Traditional Irish music acts and songwriters will now get a cut of revenue from YouTube, as part of a new licensing agreement, according to The Sunday Times. Google, the owner of YouTube, has done a deal with the Irish Music Rights Organisation (Imro) and the Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Ireland (MCPSI), which will see the [...]
Singer Paul Brady is giving €20,000 to fund places for 25 musicians to the tune of €700 at the Blas Summer School at the University of Limerick. The Paul Brady Blas Scholarship is being set up in association with the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance at the University of Limerick, home [...]
Irish Festival shows increase in numbers
Carey Parks of Cape Coral plays Irish music on his own tin whistles …
Marie Brouder learned her set dancing in Ireland before emigrating to Australia …
Eric Cunningham from Co Galway is the man behind the World Fleadh which takes place in Castlebar
AFTER years of growth in Ireland’s entertainment market smaller venues and performers are feeling the pressure as concert-goers tighten their belts
With amost 200 fewer students registering this year, Willie Week organisers are confident
There is a strong case that the best time for FF and the Greens to go to the country would be towards the end of this year, write Stephen Collins
