Irish Music Magazine - July 1997

Dervish

Capturing the live energy - Paul Saunders catches up with the whirlwinds fron Sligo and discovers where and how their live CD was produced.

Naimee Coleman - a new folk Diva?

Singer song-writers can be easily cast off as pop fashions change, Naimee knows what she wants and she's prepared to sing about it.

Seamus Egan

Ronan Nolan interviews Solas' multi-talented sunshine boy, talks about playing the banjo and tries to avoid mentioning the Bothy band.

Maura O'Connell - back to the home place

John O'Regan interviews Maura and asks, why has she returned to her Irish roots?

Café Orchestra - a touch of Bewley's in the Café Noir

John O'Regan finds out why the Cafes still like to include Irish influences in their continental espresso.

Kieran Hanrahan - Mr Ceili-House at Forty.

Ronan Nolan in conversation with Ceili House Fear á Tí, the talk turns to Stockton's Wing, growing up in Clare and his new Banjo album

Ram Raiding theTradition

John Brophy on a certain Mr Beethoven's excursion in to Irish and Scots music. Plus ca Change!

Foster and Allen - thirty years on the road and still great friends.

Middle of the road they may be, buy 18 million records sold means they are doing something right, Alex Moffatt tries to unravel the secret.

In Safe Hands

Manchester has a thriving Irish Traditional Music Scene, Paul Saunders finds out about a new archive and a key recording of the current cream of Manchester.