Irish Music Magazine - December 2023 Issue

COVER STORY

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF MUSIC MAKING
Anne Marie Kennedy heard about COSCÁN’s individual musical influences and their unique achievements to date.

FEATURES

MORE THAN YOU CAN CHEW FROM HORSLIPS
Seán Laffey in conversation with Barry Devlin for Irish Music Magazine.

ATLANTIC SOUNDS FROM MISCELLANY OF FOLK
Late September and Seán Laffey has a coffee and a chat with Benny McCarthy and Eddie Costello, who are two thirds of Miscellany of Folk.

IRISH MUSIC MAGAZINE CALENDAR 2024
Brought to you in association with the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO).

INTRODUCING ONÓIR
Gráinne McCool was delighted to find out more about Onóir recently from Tom McHugh.

BRIAN O’DONOVAN 1957-2023
An appreciation by Seán Laffey for Irish Music Magazine.

HEMISPHERES FROM INN ECHO
Seán Laffey talks to fiddler Karson McKeown about Prince Edward Island’s Inn Echo and their new album Hemispheres.

YOUR ROOTS ARE SHOWING
A harmonious January and beyond : celebrating and exploring the deep roots of Irish Folk.

CALUM STEWART’S TALES FROM THE NORTH
Anne Marie Kennedy asks Calum about his early musical influences, making the new album and the intriguing choice of uilleann pipes as his main instrument.

THREADS OF GOLD
Gráinne McCool has a zoom call with Adrienne O’Shea to talk about her debut album, Threads of Gold.

VIRGIN GROUNDS BY TON SCHERPENZEEL
Seán Laffey talks to Ton Scherpenzeel about a re-released and reworked enhanced album from 1991.

MARY-KATE SPRING LEE’S TUNES IN THE MORNING
Seán Laffey discovered a wonderful way of learning traditional music when he talked to harpist Mary-Kate Spring Lee.

FESTIVALS

MORE ARTISTS ANNOUNCED FOR TRADFEST 2024
Ireland’s largest gathering of trad and folk music takes centre stage as one of the most exciting cultural events to take place in Dublin this Winter.

REGULARS

CONCERTINA FOUNDATIONS with Caroline Keane
Brought to you in association with the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM).

THE LEGENDS SERIES
Chapter 31 : Freddie White. An appreciation by Mark Lysaght for Irish Music Magazine.

STORY BEHIND THE SONG
By way of marking the passing of Dan Milner, who often contributed to this column, Seán Laffey toasts his memory with a tot of rum.

LIVE REVIEWS

SHARON SHANNON LIVE IN MILWAUKEE
The Sharon Shannon Trio took centre stage at the Irish Cultural & Heritage Center (ICHC) on September 9th, to kick off the 31st year of the venue’s concert series. Mary Beth McCormack reports.

CD REVIEWS

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