Irish Music Magazine - March 2019 issue

COVER STORY

MUSIC CITY IRISH FESTIVALS
Nashville, USA, March 17, 2019. Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Public Square Park.

FEATURES

BACK TO BOTERA
Seán Laffey puts in a call to Arty McGlynn, the Omagh based musician, to talk about Botera, Arty’s most recent album of virtuoso guitar playing.

A ROVERS RETURN
Grainne McCool talks to George Millar of The Irish Rovers.

CELTIC ON THE COSTAS
Seán Laffey talks to Gerry Flynn of Enjoy Travel about Celtic on the Costas, an exciting new festival that will run from the 21st to the 27th October.

MEITHEAL TO RUN IN LIMERICK AND ENNIS THIS YEAR!
Meitheal runs from July 22nd to 26th in Limerick and from July 23rd to 27th in Ennis.

SUN DOGS AND SNOWFLAKES
Seán Laffey in conversation with Nuala Kennedy about Sun Dogs, the debut album from Snowflake Trio.

ROUND AND ROUND WITH CIARAN O’KANE
Ciaran O’Kane from Cushedun, County Antrim, singer of traditional Irish songs and his own compositions, which feature on his new Round & Round CD, talks to Aidan O’Hara.

SIANSA GAEL LINN 2019
32 groups progress to the workshops! We continue our countdown to the Siansa Gael Linn Final.

INTRODUCING REDS BAND
REDS band is made up of two sets of brothers; River and Sage Scheuerell and Dante and Eros Faulk. Prodigious talents, they started early, very early, as they told Seán Laffey.

CROSSBOW ARE ON THE RISE
Seán Laffey talks to Steve Lesko one of the fiddlers and manager with the band CrossBow, a Michigan based outfit, who are blending Celtic music with some classic pop songs.

FESTIVALS

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

MILWAUKEE IRISH FEST OPENS ANNUAL FESTIVAL POSTER CONTEST TO PUBLIC

Milwaukee Irish Fest was started by members of Milwaukee’s Irish and Irish-American community to showcase the richness of Celtic music and culture.

LET YOUR SHAMROCK SHINE AT THE DUBLIN IRISH FESTIVAL IN DUBLIN, OHIO USA

Sunglasses should be mandatory at Dublin, Ohio’s Coffman Park on August 2, 3 & 4 when the best and brightest singers, steppers and showstoppers shine at the 32nd annual Dublin Irish Festival.

REGULARS

STORIES FROM IRISH AMERICA – BETWEEN THE MOUNTAINS AND THE SEA
Julee Glaub Weems chats with Reidin O’Flynn.

MUSIC TUITION – EASY TIN WHISTLE SESSION TUNES with Kirsten Allstaff
Brought to you in association with the Online Academy of Irish Music.

LEGENDS OF IRISH MUSIC
An appreciation of the late Alec Finn by Mark Lysaght.

GREAT INFLUENCES ON THE TRADITION
An overview by Aidan O’Hara of the significant contribution by the late Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.

TUNE STORY – BOLD WILLIE BRENNAN
This April Rory Makem and Donal Clancy will play just two concerts in Ireland, one in Armagh, the other in Clonmel, where the action of this song, Bold Willie Brennan, swings to a close, writes Seán Laffey.

LIVE REVIEWS

POWERFUL MUSIC IN A POWERFUL PLACE
The William Kennedy Piping Festival celebrated their 25th Anniversary in November 2018. Caroline Tatem reports from Armagh for Irish Music Magazine.

CD REVIEWS

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

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