www.facebook.com/BlazingBows

Blazing Bows is Cathal Hayden,Dezi Donnelly, Tola Custy, John Joe Kelly and Ed Boyd. Their other bands include: Lúnasa, Four Men and a Dog, Guidewires, Sharon Shannon, Flook and many more. They got together for a series of summer shows in 2012 and will reconvene in June for another batch of gigs.

CultureFox described them as follows: “Through their playing, these five extraordinary musicians have become ambassadors for traditional Irish music all over the world. Together they created a sound that is truly sublime.” The band will play the Hawk’s Well Theatre Sligo in June.

www.benoneilldungarvan.com

Dungarvan based Ben O’Neill celebrated 40 years in record retail this past April. His shop supplies IMM with our Waterford Top ten each month and Ben is always ready to offer advice on the best albums for the discerning collector and the novice alike. Having traded through the eras of Vinyl and into the CD age he is confident that the boutique specialist album store can survive in the digital download times and is delighted to still be selling excellent Irish albums four decades after starting out.
For further information www.benoneilldungarvan.com

www.gael-linn.ie

This Double CD comprises a set of recordings of genuine Irish traditional music dating from the late 1960’s which were published on LP and tape by Gael Linn, in association with Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Éireann.
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The group was formed this year by well–known singer/musician Carmel Gunning and is very busy touring Ireland at the moment,  playing in Inisturk and Listowel in July and Gloucestershire, England in October. The members of the band are all established musicians such as Carmel Gunning, John Regan, Seamus O’ Kane and Joe Grady.
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The University of Limerick is about to launch a new taught Masters Course at the World Academy of Music festivals. The University is looking for a PhD to lead the course, which will run from next September and the post attracts a salary of between €50k – €81k.
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www.thewillisclan.com

If raising a large family was an extreme sport, Toby and Brenda Willis would be gold medalists. In a bucolic country setting in middle Tennessee they focus full–time on family life which includes their 12 children, ages 2 – 21, who are accomplished singers, songwriters, multi–instrumentalists and in the case of the older kids, internationally–ranked competitive dancers.The Willis Clan, a new series premiering on Great American Country (GAC), Thursday, June 27, 8:00 p.m EST goes behind the scenes with this musical family of talented, self–reliant and exceptional siblings.
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Gweedore, County Donegal
June 21st – 23rd, 2013
www.voicesandharps.com

Now in its third year, Clannad’s Moya Brennan and harp maestro, Cormac De Barra’s exclusive Voices & Harps workshop takes place on the weekend of June 21st – 23rd. The appeal has spread wide and this year the workshop will host visitors from Germany, France, Japan and the UK – as well as a number of homegrown enthusiasts. Places are limited in order to ensure personal attention to all participants but there are still a few places left.
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Craolfar clár speisialta faoi Chraobhchomórtas Siansa Gael Linn 2013 ar TG4, Dé Céadaoin 24 Aibreán, 10.30 p.m.  Ghlac 8 ngrúpa thraidisiúnta ó cheann ceann na tíre páirt sa cheolchoirm iontach seo sa Cheoláras Náisiúnta ar 14 Aibreán, 2013 agus is é Uachtarán na hÉireann, Micheál D. Ó hUigínn a bhronn na duaiseanna.  Bhí os cionn míle duine i láthair don ócáid.  Beidh ceol agus amhránaíocht den scoth le cloisteáil- ná caill é !

Don’t miss a special programme on TG4 at 10.30p.m. on Wednesday, 24 April, featuring highlights from the Siansa Gael Linn 2013 final from the National Concert Hall, Dublin. Eight young traditional music groups took to the stage to battle it out for the prestigous title of All-Ireland Champions in front of an audience of over 1000 people, including the guest of honour, President Michael D. Higgins.

www.dervish.ie

“The Thrush in the Storm”.

OUT APRIL 2013

DERVISH release their eagerly awaited first studio album in 5 years entitled “The Thrush in the Storm” this April 2013.  The album reflects DERVISH’s dedication to Ireland’s rich music tradition and in particular to theirSligo music roots and contains many new tunes and songs with an innovative Dervish style.

DERVISH have just completed a sell-out tour of the USfor the album’s launch.  The album had its US launch at a special function in Boston in association with the WGBH Public Broadcasting organisation in Americawhere it was hailed by fans as their best yet.  Their US Coast to Coast tour finishes in The Lincoln Theatre,University of Hartford, Connecticut.  DERVISH Launch “The Thrush in the Storm” this April in Ireland and Europe before heading to the UK for a promo tour.
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An Ceoláras Náisiúnta, Dé Domhnaigh, Aibreán 14, 2013

www.gael-linn.ie

AN PORT CEART AG “NUADA” AGUS CRAOBH NA hÉIREANN BUAITE ACU

BRONANN UACHTARÁN NA hÉIREANN MICHEÁL D Ó hUIGINN TRÓFAÍ GAEL LINN AGUS MOLANN SIANSA

COMÓRADH 60 BLIAIN GAEL LINN

BHUAIGH DAOINE ÓGA ón ngrúpa“Nuada” ó Mheánscoil San Nioclás, An Rinn, Co Phort Láirge, an comórtas Siansa Gael Linn 2013 sa Cheoláras Naisiúnta i mBaile Átha Cliath aréir (Domhnach, Aibreán 14) le ceol aoibhinn traidisiúnta a mheall cluasa idir mholtóirí, Uachtarán na hÉireann agus an Halla féin a bhí lán go doras.

Tháinig dhá ghrúpa as Baile Átha Cliath, “Frioscaí” ó Rath Éanna agus “Na Fataí Fánacha ó Choláiste Eoin-Íosagáin, sa dara agus sa triú háit foai seach.

Tháinig ocht ngrúpa ceoil ar stáitse i ndiaidh a chéile sa chraobhcheannais ag .iarraidh an lámh in uachtar a fháil lena stíl, lena gcumas agus lena gcur i láthair. Ní raibh giog as an slua de 1,000 duine ag éisteacht leo ná, is dóiche, leis an lucht éisteachta RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta a bhí á chraoladh beo agus á chur i láthair ag Áine Hensey..
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