Are animal
sounds music? Emily Doolittle explores the connections between our
own songs and those of animals and birds. read
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Flute
player Aoife Granville listens to Kevin Crawford's newest album,
Carrying the Tune, and finds inspiration, intimacy and virtuosity
in 'one of the finest traditional flute/whistle albums I have
listened to in recent years'. read
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The
Project Arts Centre has announced Crash Ensemble as its new 'new
music ensemble in residence', with an official launch on 31
July. read
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The new
gig is called Chameleon, and the band members will be familiar to
regulars of the Isotope residency down the years: Hugh Buckley on
guitar, Shane O'Donovan on drums, Phil Ware on piano, and Neil
O'Loghlen on bass. read
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The RT?
NSO close their summer series with concerts celebrating young
artists and Dublin City of Science. read
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Among the
many new recordings being promoted around the Willie Clancy Summer
School this week is the debut solo album from Caitl?n Nic Gabhann,
one of the tutors at the School, featuring six of her own
compositions. read
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A new work
by Linda Buckley will be premiered by the RT? NSO on 24 July. read
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Johnny
Moynihan of Planxty fame will be among the first performers at a
new weekly folk club in the Grand Social's Ballroom space in
Dublin. read
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B?al have
issued a call for scores of text-based pieces that respond to the
work of composer Robert Ashley for this year's B?al Festival. read
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Dublin
jazz ensemble Rhombus, led by Dennis Wyers, will perform a concert
exploring the connection between meditation and improvisation on 10
July. read
more
Mart?n
Alvarado performs in Dublin on 24 August as part of the
International Tango Festival. read
more
Good
Piping is the name of new documentary film by a young filmmaker
from Nashville, Davis Watson, who sold his car to come to Ireland
and document the history of the uilleann pipes. read
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