Irish Music Magazine - September 2020 Issue

COVER STORY

MILWAUKEE IRISH FEST AT HOME
Melissa Ward and Barry Stapleton discuss Milwaukee Irish Fest at Home with Robert Heuston for Irish Music Magazine.

FEATURES

DÓNAL LUNNY
Twenty-five years ago Dónal Lunny graced the first ever cover of Irish Music Magazine. Seán Laffey talks to Dónal about his career before and since then.

SKERRYVORE
Seán Laffey talks to Martin Gillespie and Fraser West from the Celtic Rock band Skerryvore about their new live album.

RURA : LIVE AT THE OLD FRUITMARKET
Jack Smedley, fiddler with the Scottish band RURA, tells Seán Laffey about their latest live recording, a celebration of a decade of music.

CHOCOLATE AND OTHER STORIES FROM BEN SANDS
Ben Sands has just released his latest recording Chocolate and Other Stories, and Mark Lysaght called him to find out more about the new album.

SO ENDS THIS DAY FROM ÉILIS KENNEDY
Anne Marie Kennedy spoke to Éilis about her new album.

TEN YEARS OF CEOL BINN ON RnaG
Neansaí Ní Choisdealbha, presenter of Ceol Binn ó na Beanna on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, spoke with Aidan O’Hara about the programme’s 10th anniversary.

BILL SHANLEY
One of Ireland’s leading guitar players and producers chats with Lar Flynn about all things music for Irish Music Magazine.

PICNIC TEIDÍ
Sadhbh Rosenstock’s Picnic Teidí is a new fun-filled CD of freshly-composed songs and rhymes for children.

TEA FOR TUNES WITH HANNAH HARRIS
Grainne McCool talks to Hannah Harris about the fiddler’s debut album.

‘THE HAAR’ FROM THE HAAR
Seán Laffey talks to The Haar about their eponymous album and the magic of making music.

BESPOKE BODHRÁNS WITH A PERSONAL TOUCH
Seán Laffey chats with Christian Hedwitschak about a new online
ordering service he is offering to bodhrán players.

ROAD TO FORGIVENESS
Richard Mulligan discusses his recently released album with Frank Greally for Irish Music Magazine.

MAGGIE MacINNES’S PORT BÀN
Maggie MacInnes’s new CD Port Bán is a delightful musical tour of the Western Isles. Aidan O’Hara had a chat with her recently and she told him how it all came about.

POLYTROPOS
Polytropos is Oscar West and Rennie Pearson, a New Zealand duo of virtuosi multi-instrumentalists and singers, playing fiddle, flute, guitar and Scottish small-pipes. Anne Marie Kennedy spoke to Oscar about their journey.

FESTIVALS

NYAH HALF DAY IN CAVAN FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER 13th – 20th, 2020
Supported by Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
Small Scale Local Festivals and Summer Schools 2020.

REGULARS

DONEGAL FIDDLE STYLES WITH AIDAN O’DONNELL
Brought to you in association with the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM).

LEGENDS OF IRISH MUSIC
Séamus Ennis (1919-1982). An appreciation by Mark Lysaght.

GREAT INFLUENCES ON THE TRADITION
Tomás Ó Canainn (1930-2013). Aidan O’Hara reflects on the contribution to Irish music of the Derry composer, author and uilleann piper.

WALTONS TUITION
Another selection of tutorials brought to you in association with Waltons Music. You can now listen to these online at www.waltons.ie

STORY BEHIND THE SONG
Seán Laffey brings us the backstory to the emigration ballad, The Emigrant’s Farewell.

CD REVIEWS

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

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