The January–February issue of JMI is out now!

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IMRO has announced a call for entries for it's 2009 Showcase Tour. The IMRO Showcase Tour provides a live platform for emerging Irish music. Recent acts to have featured include Fight Like Apes, Oppenheimer, Declan O’Rourke, Halves, Delorentos, The Immediate and The Flaws. Bands and artists who wish to be considered for a place on the tour should send a website or MySpace link to showcase_at_imro_dot_ie">showcase_at_imro_dot_ie before Friday, 27 February, 2009. All genres of music are welcome. Successful acts will be notified in early March. The IMRO Showcase Tour 2009 will feature ten live shows in venues across Ireland including Dublin, Belfast, Cork, Galway and Dundalk in March and April. www.imro.ie

The closing date for this year's ESB Feis Ceoil is this week. Entries to the music competition should be submitted by 5:30pm on Friday, 30 January. www.feisceoil.ie

Éigse na Brídeoige, which celebrates the social and cultural heritage of Iveragh, South Kerry, takes place in the area on 30 January – 1 February. This year's Éigse, which will be opened by John O'Donoghue TD, features talks, readings, field trips and concerts. All events are either bilingual, or will have simultaneous headphone translation. www.eigsenabrideoige.com

Bóithre, an exhibition of drawings by Bernice Corcoran, will open this week at the Ionan Cultúrtha, Baile Mhuirne, Co. Cork. The exhibition, which runs until 28 February, will be opened by musician Jim Murray on Friday, 30 January. The opening will be followed by a concert at 8:30pm by Fiona Kelleher, Richard Lucey, Jim Murray and Ciarán Coughlan. www.ionadculturtha.ie

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31.1.09 Baroque Classics: Ulster Orchestra, Roy Goodman (conductor, organ), Deborah York (soprano), Jorgen Skogmo (mandolin), Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet), David Adams (violin); Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Co. Antrim; 7:45pm; £23.50/8 (www.ulster-orchestra.org.uk)
31.1.09 Julian Arguelles Trio; Black Box, Hill Street, Belfast, Co. Antrim; 8:00pm; £12/8

29.1.09 Mary Black; Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork, Co. Cork; 8:00pm; €36 (www.mary-black.net)
29.1.09 Buffalo Collision; Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Co. Cork; 8:00pm; €18/16
29.1.09 Glucksman Unplugged: Silta; Glucksman Gallery, UCC, Cork, Co. Cork; 6:00pm; Free admission

30.1.09 The Sullane Sessions: Fiona Kelleher (vocals), Jim Murray (guitar), Richard Lucey (accordion), Ciaran Coughlan (piano); Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Bhuirne, Co. Chorcaí; 8:30pm; €15/10/5
31.1.09 Ray LaMontagne; Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork, Co. Cork; 8:00pm

26.1.09 Redmond O'Toole (eight-stringed guitar); Bach, Bolger, Scarlatti, Toroba, Rodrigo, Haydn, Walton; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 8:00pm; €15/10
27.1.09 Horizons: Benjamin Dwyer: RTÉ NSO, Gavin Moloney (conductor), Richard O'Donnell (percussion), Benjamin Dwyer (guitar); Deane, Dwyer; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 1:00pm; Free admission (www.rte.ie/performinggroups)
27.1.09 Brian Ó hUiginn (uilleann pipes); DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama, 163-167 Rathmines Road, Dublin 6; 1:15pm; Free admission
28.1.09 Anthony Flannery (trombone), Edward Holly (piano); DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama, 163-167 Rathmines Road, Dublin 6; 1:00pm; Free admission
28.1.09 Buffalo Collision; The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2; 8:00pm; €20
30.1.09 RTÉ NSO, Giordano Bellincampi (cond.) & Sarah Chang (violin); Nørgård, Brahms, Mendelssohn; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 8:00pm; €35/10 (www.rte.ie/performinggroups)
30.1.09 No Crows: Steve Wickham (fiddle), Anna Houston (mandocello, cello), Felip Carbonell (guitar), Eddie Lee (double bass); ;        ; The Cherry Tree, Walkinstown, Dublin 12; 9:00pm; €17/15 (www.nocrows.net)
31.1.09 Albert Niland; Séamus Ennis Centre, The Naul, Co. Dublin; 7:30pm; €16
31.1.09 Nigel Mooney (guitar); JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm; €10 (www.nigelmooney.com)
31.1.09 Angel Pier; Whelan's, 25 Wexford Street, Dublin 2; 8:00pm; €10
1.2.09 Sundays at Noon: (even more) Sextets in the City: Michael Seaver (clarinet), Fergus O'Carroll (horn), Elaine Clark (violin), John Lynch (viola), Niall O'Loughlin (cello), Réamonn Keary (piano); Fibich, Dohnanyi; Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin 1; 12:00pm; Free admission
1.2.09 The Spinning Jennys; Séamus Ennis Centre, The Naul, Co. Dublin; 7:30pm; €10

31.1.09 Darren Breslin (accordian), Christopher Maguire (melodeon); Boho Community Centre, Boho, Co. Fermanagh; 8:00pm (www.bill-stewart.org.uk)

2.2.09 - 4.2.09 Workshop: Calefax Reed Ensemble; Galway Education Centre, Galway, Co. Galway (www.musicforgalway.ie)

30.1.09 - 1.2.09 Éigse na Brídeoige; Iveragh, , Co. Kerry (www.eigsenabrideoige.com)

28.1.09 At the Racket: John Carty (fiddle, banjo), Brian McGrath (piano, banjo), Seamus Ó Donnell (saxophone, flute, vocals), Michael McCague (guitar); The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim; 8:30pm; €15/12

29.1.09 The Sullane Sessions: Fiona Kelleher (vocals), Jim Murray (guitar), Richard Lucey (accordion), Ciaran Coughlan (piano); Belltable Arts Centre, 69 O Connell Street, Limerick, Co. Limerick; 8:30pm; €15/12

31.1.09 No Crows: Steve Wickham (fiddle), Anna Houston (mandocello, cello), Felip Carbonell (guitar), Eddie Lee (double bass); Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth; 9:00pm; €15/12 (www.nocrows.net)

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