Irish Music Magazine - September 2016 issue
COVER STORY
CELTIC COLOURS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
The Celtic Colours International Festival celebrates 20 years and takes place from October 17th – 15th, 2016.
FEATURES
EILEEN IVERS
Gwen Orel talks to Eileen Ivers in New York who has released her new album Beyond the Bog Road.
CASSIE & MAGGIE MacDONALD
Seán Laffey talks to Cassie & Maggie MacDonald about their new album The Willow Collection.
BREWING UP A STORM
Seán Laffey chats to Kevin Burke and Christian Lemaitre about the new Celtic Fiddle Album Storm in a Teapot.
DANCING ON EDGES OF LIGHT
Seán Laffey talks to dancer Colin Dunne, fiddler Tola Custy and Deirdre Moynihan Programmes Manager at Music Network about Edges of Light a new work commissioned by Music Network.
VIVE LA DOOLIN’
Seán Laffey put a call in to Nicolas Besse in Toulouse in the middle of Doolin’s early July tour.
MICHELLE BURKE
Eileen McCabe in conversation with Michelle Burke, the Cork born singer who is now based in Glasgow.
SCANNAL
Dancing music for a dancing crowd is the premise of Sciodar the debut album from the Kerry based duo Scannal, writes John O’Regan.
LEO BRENNAN
Leo Brennan, father of Clannad, the long–lived singer and musician has died. Aidan O’Hara remembers him from his childhood and later life.
A NEW LIGHT ON OLD CLASSICS
I916 Classic Irish Ballads, the new CD from Don Stiffe, in collaboration with Pat Coyne shines new light on the old rebel songs, writes Anne Marie Kennedy.
ACCOMPANYING NOTES
Mark Lysaght is well–known on the trad scene in Dublin, as a backer, a guitarist and bouzouki player; here he talks to Seán Laffey about accompanying traditional tunes.
FESTIVALS
Our regular update on Festivals & Summer Schools from Ireland, UK, Europe and North America.
FLEADH CHEOIL NA hÉIREANN 2016 – SHARING CLARE
The concept of “Sharing Clare” has been developed to ensure that many of the cultural and economic benefits of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann Inis 2016 are spread across the county.
Return to Camden Town
The 18th Return to Camden Town Festival runs this year from Tuesday 25th to Monday 31st October at a number of venues in and around the Borough of Camden.
REGULARS
TUNE STORY – THE HILLS OF SWEET LISLEA
Finbar Magee tells Seán Laffey how The Hills of Sweet Lislea came to be written.
LIVE REVIEWS – MEITHEAL FINALE CONCERT 2016
Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick, July 22nd, 2016. Seán Laffey reports.
Tuition
Another selection of tutorials brought to you in association with Waltons Music. You can now listen to these tunes on-line at www.waltonsmusic.com
CD REVIEWS
Another selection of CD Reviews from the International World of Folk and Traditional Music.
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