Irish Music Magazine - May 2001

Ireland

The Magic of North Cregg

Five years after their formation, North Cregg are on the eve of their second album launch and a shift in gear, John O'Regan reports.

Forgotten Days

Davy Spillane and Kevin Glackin have teamed up to produce a new traditional album, its as pure drop as you can get, just two musicians, no bodhráns, guitars or pianos and no roster of famous names to drop in on the odd track or two, writes Seán Laffey.

Seán Keane Out On His Own

Ita Kelly meets with Sean Keane and the talk turns to matters of traditional song, the question is raised about where the tradition begins and ends, does a song have to be a hundred years old before it becomes traditional song and just because a song is traditional does that make it inherently good?

Exotic Adventures

Ita Kelly hears all the latest travel plans from Maighréad Ni Dhomhnaill who is about to take Irish music to Africa and Japan.

United Kingdom

Chronicling Carthy

Martin Carthy has been on the Folk circuit for nearly forty years. To celebrate his career and his forthcoming 60th birthday, Free Reed have produced a box set of four CDs called the Carthy Chronicles. John O'Regan reports.

Europe

Gwazigan

The name is Breton dialict for Korrigan (the continental Celtic cousins of Leprechauns), and don't this band weave a spell of musical magic. Mick Walsh looks into the cauldron of Celtic Quebecois crossover.

North America

Top of Their Music Tree

Gaelic Storm, forever dubbed as that band from the Titanic film, have a new album out. Ric Gentry talks to the band and their producer Jim Cregan.

Regulars

Story Behind the Tune

With the current nostalgia for all things Seventies, John Brophy takes a trip back to the Gaeltacht of that long hot summer of 76 and the sean nós of Seán Lofa Leyden.

Tuition Tips from Waltons

Part three of our look at the mandolin, this month we concentrate on the music of Sliabh Luachra and introduces a couple of well known polkas to get you into the 2.4 rhythm.

Up and Coming Music from The Holla

Martin McGinley learns about Peter Carberry's new CD, which is being talked about with the same excitement as that of the McNamara family a few years ago.

The Music Makers - Piping in the Castle

From Flanders to Malahide, Arie De Keyser has brought his love of bagpipes and his technical know-how across Europe. With a workshop in one of Ireland's most historic settings, John Brophy scales the battlements.

Live Reviews

We travel to the Pacific Coast of North America to catch gigs with Tommy Peoples and Craobh Rua.

CD Reviews

Another selection of CD reviews brought to you in association with HMV

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