Irish Music Magazine - Annual 2018 issue

COVER STORY

GETTING READY FOR THE HOMECOMING
Gavin Murphy, the musical director of Celtic Woman, talks to IMM’s Seán Laffey.

FEATURES

CHRISTY MOORE
Eileen McCabe dissects the new album from the legendary Christy Moore.

DAMIEN O’KANE
The highly regarded Damien O’ Kane is due to release his new album titled Avenging and Bright. Seán Laffey reports.

FROM GLASGOW TO THE GAOTH DOBHAIR GAELTACHT
On the cusp of their second CD–launch in December, Clare Friel of The Friel Sisters speaks with Deirdre Cronin about songs and tunes on the time–honoured emigrant path.

EILEEN GANNON
Gwen Orel catches up with Eileen Gannon who has released a new CD titled The Glory Days Are Over.

COSCÁN
David Nevin of Coscán chats to Seán Laffey.

WHERE TWO WORLDS MEET
Clive Price gets a guided tour through an Irish and Appalachian soundscape, led by Jonny Toman and Brendan Hendry.

THERE IS A STORM BREWING
Eileen McCabe talks to Tiarnán Ó Duinnchinn about his new album Reggish Paddy.

MUSIC NETWORK TOUR
Seán Laffey chats with Deirdre Moynihan about curating the forthcoming January tour.

TURNING THE TIDES WITH BRUCE FOLEY
After 40 plus years singing Irish songs, the well–travelled musician, Bruce Foley, talks with Dan Milner about Turning the Tides, Bruce’s first solo recording.

INSTRUMENT MAKING PILOT PROGRAMME LAUNCHED
Mark Lysaght meets Paul McGrattan of the Ballyfermot College of Further Education.

RONNIE DREW 1934–2008
A Reflection by Mark Lysaght of the late Ronnie Drew, an iconic figure in Irish Music.

SEISÚN–READY PRACTICE TOOLS
Brought to you in association with the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM).

MICHAEL COLEMAN (1891-1945)
Aidan O’Hara looks back over the career of one of the most influential fiddlers in the tradition.

CARA LIVE
January 2018 sees the band Cara celebrating 15 years on the road, with a new album simply called Live. Seán Laffey talks to their founder, the fiddler Gudrun Walther.

SAOIRSE MHÓR
Saoirse Mhór has released a new album titled Ghosts of Tomorrow. Derek Copley reports.

TUNES FROM THE FLAGGY SHORE
Florence Fahy Carnevale doesn’t need to tell anyone where she’s from. As soon as she begins to play the concertina, people know she’s from Clare, writes Gwen Orel.

AROUND THE ROADS WITH PAT McCABE
Grainne McCool spends some time with Pat McCabe, a man who is proud to be known as a teacher of the tradition.

LUCKPENNY – KAREN TWEED & TOM McELVOGUE
Longtime friends and fellow-musicians, Karen Tweed and Tom McElvogue in conversation with Deirdre Cronin.

SEÁN TALTY IN PROFILE
Seán Laffey talks to Seán Talty about making uilleann pipes, playing Irish music and the shape of instruments to come.

STORIES FROM IRISH AMERICA
Pat Egan takes us back with Reidin O’Flynn.

NO BETTER TIME FOR SINÉAD
Clive Price meets Sinéad Murphy, who found a new place in old songs.

THE ROGUE DIPLOMATS
John O’Regan has a Whiskey Picnic with the Rogue Diplomats.

TOUCHSTONE WITH BRIGID O’NEILL
Grainne McCool talks to the award-winning singer-songwriter from Belfast, about the new album Touchstone.

McNEELA INSTRUMENTS
Seán Laffey talks to Paraic McNeela about some new instruments that are being developed in Baldoyle.

MICHIGAN IRISH MUSIC INITIATIVE
The Michigan Irish Music Initiative (MIMI), is one of the most exciting new awards offered to young traditional Irish music/performance groups.

FESTIVALS

THE 19th GATHERING FESTIVAL
The 19th Gathering Festival takes place in Killarney, County Kerry from February 21st–25th, 2018.

IMBOLC INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVAL
IMBOLC 2018 will run from 28th January to 4th February 2018, and will include over 80 events

TradFest 2018
TradFest started out in 2006 as a small niche traditional music festival, a first for Dublin. From modest beginnings the festival has gone from strength to strength.

CATSKILLS IRISH ARTS WEEK 2017
Cohesive festival vision is brilliantly curated by Artistic-Director Réidín O’Flynn, writes Deirdre Cronin.

TOCANE, CEOL AGUS DORDOGNE
Erick Falc’her-Poyroux thought great Irish music could only happen in Ireland, but a tiny French summer school proved him wrong.

REGULARS

LAUNCH PAD – THIS DAY 20 YEARS
On Saturday night October 14th, Brian Hughes officially launched his brand new album, This Day 20 Years.

TUNE STORY – THE IRISH ROVER
The late Barney McKenna of the Dubliners made this song his own; its history and its transition into Irish folk music is a fascinating story, writes Seán Laffey.

BOOK REVIEWS
KIERAH’S COLLECTION – ALL ORIGINAL FIDDLE TUNES
For All Levels, No ISBN, 66 Tunes, 53 Pages. www.irishmadness.com
Seán Laffey digests the content.

TUITION
Another selection of tutorials brought to you in association with Waltons Music. You can now listen to these tunes on-line at www.waltonsmusic.com

CD REVIEWS

Another selection of CD Reviews from the International World of Folk and Traditional Music.

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