Irish Music Magazine - July 2024 Issue

COVER STORY

GODERICH CELTIC ROOTS FESTIVAL, CELTIC COLLEGE & KIDS CAMP

This magical week will take place August 5-11, 2024, along the beautiful shores of Lake Huron in Goderich, Ontario, Canada.

FEATURES

SCOIL SAMHRAIDH WILLIE CLANCY

July 6th – 13th, Miltown Malbay, County Clare. Seán Laffey in conversation with Harry Hughes for Irish Music Magazine.

CELTIC WORLD FORUM

The Celtic World Forum runs from September 5th – 7th, 2024 at the Irish Institute of Music & Song. Gráinne McCool was delighted to get the opportunity to question Éabha McMahon about the upcoming event.

WOLF LOESCHER’S IMMIGRANT SONGS

Seán Laffey puts a zoom call into Colorado and discovers the fascinating backstory behind Wolf Loescher’s album Immigrant Songs.

THIS SECRET FROM GRÁINNE HUNT

Gráinne Hunt is an accomplished songwriter, her voice has been compared to Tracy Chapman, Natalie Merchant and Dolores Keane, writes Anne Marie Kennedy for Irish Music Magazine.

SEÁN LYNCH’S CHONGIE ROAD

A sense of place and the personal past pervades piper Seán Lynch’s Chongie Road. He tells Seán Laffey that moving back to Achill Island was the catalyst that drove on this album.

WAY OUT WEST FROM MOON LOOKS ON

Stephen Gormley chats to Anne Marie Kennedy for Irish Music Magazine.

FESTIVALS

A selection of wonderful Festivals and Summer Schools from Ireland and abroad.

SPARTA CELTIC FESTIVAL

The Sparta Celtic Festival runs August 9th & 10th, 2024, writes Gráinne McCool.

58 NIAGARA IRISH FESTIVAL ONTARIO, CANADA

Seán Laffey talks to Declan O’Sullivan about the second annual Niagara Irish Festival, which will be held on August 23 & 24, 2024.

SOUTH SLIGO SUMMER SCHOOL

Seána Haughey tells IMM’s Seán Laffey that the great majority of the tutors at this year’s South Sligo Summer School are steeped in the local and regional musical tradition of South Sligo and North Connacht.

REGULARS

THE LEGENDS SERIES

Chapter 37 : Seamus Egan. An appreciation by Mark Lysaght for Irish Music Magazine.

MUSIC & HEALING

Lisa Wong and the Bivalent Life of the Musician-Physician by Bruce S. Victor MD, DLFAPA in Part 5 of our Series.

MANDOLIN PROGRESSIONS with Paddy Cummins

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

STORY BEHIND THE SONG

The Mist from the Mountain. Seán Laffey writes, one recurring theme in Irish songs is that of the old place, a location fondly remembered. It’s the meat on the bones of Spancil Hill and the melancholy of the May Morning Dew.

LIVE REVIEWS

MAURICE O’KEEFE FESTIVAL

Kiskeam and Ballydesmond, March 30th Easter Weekend 2024. Seán Laffey reports for Irish Music Magazine.

MUIREANN NIC AMHLAOIBH and DÓNAL O’CONNOR

Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, 24th March 2024. Michael Walsh reports.

CD REVIEWS

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

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