Irish Music Magazine - September 2018 issue

COVER STORY

AN AVALANCHE FROM ÍMAR
Seán Laffey asks award winning concertina player, Mohsen Amini to shine a light on Ímar.

FEATURES

BANJO JEWELS: DAMIEN O’KANE & RON BLOCK ARE BANJOPHONY
Anne Marie Kennedy spoke to Damien O’Kane about the muses, the music, his own musical journey and working with the banjo legend Ron Block.

COSCÁN – NO BRAKE IN THE MUSIC
Seán Laffey talks to David Nevin about twenty years of the band Coscán.

EMBRACING THE ROAD AHEAD
Martin Gillespie talks with Deirdre Cronin about Skerryvore’s musical roots in the Hebrides, tours with a global reach, links local, personal, and their new album EVO.

STEPH GEREMIA SOARS MUSICALLY IN UP SHE FLEW
Anne Marie Kennedy finds out about the new project from Steph Geremia.

SOUTH HAVEN
Sean Laffey introduces readers of Irish Music Magazine to the music of Ben Miller and Anita MacDonald and their new trio project.

A TRIO OF SURPRISES ON THIS SEPTEMBER’S MUSIC NETWORK TOUR
This September Music Network will present a ten-day tour featuring Maighread Ní Dhomhnaill, Séamie O’Dowd and Máirtín O’Connor. Seán Laffey finds out more from Séamie O’Dowd.

SONGS WITH A FAMILY HISTORY
Mark Lysaght talks to Ballyknockan, County Wicklow-based songwriter Barry Kinane.

A PAIR OF MUSICAL PURRINGS
“Now She’s Purring was a saying that the famous Padraig O’Keefe used to say when he was in the sessions of years and years ago,” Billy Clifford tells Eileen McCabe.

PASCAL BOURNET CONSORT’S CELTIC WAYS – SOLACE
“I would define myself as a guitarist-composer, polyglot with classical training and cosmopolitan inspiration,” Pascal Bournet tells Philippe Cousin.

CLAIRE WATTS, AT HOME IN HEART AND MIND
Landmark is the new CD from singer-songwriter; multi-instrumentalist and Miltown Malbay based Claire Watts. Anne Marie Kennedy spoke to her about the album, the themes and her writing process.

LAST NIGHT’S JOY
Gerry (fiddle) O’Connor in conversation with Deirdre Cronin.

MATTHEWS SOUTHERN COMFORT
Iain Matthews has never been one to dwell on past successes writes John O’Regan.

ÚNA MONAGHAN
Úna Monaghan is a harper, composer and sound artist from Belfast. She talks to IMM’s Grainne McCool about her new CD.

THE MUSICAL O’NEILLS OF TYRONE
Grainne McCool caught up with John O’ Neill’s daughter, Clare McCrystal, recently to talk about the poignant new collection of music.

MUZIKKON
Seán Laffey talks to Áine O’Neill about Muzikkon, a new musical instrument business based in Dublin and Blessington.

TICKET TO HAPPINESS
John Regan takes a ride with Ticket to Happiness.

FESTIVALS

A selection of wonderful Festivals and Summer Schools from Ireland and abroad.

The 20th Return to Camden Town Festival
Experience seven days of concerts, céilis, workshops, album launches, sessions and more at the 2018 festival, which takes place in London this October.

FINGAL FLEADH
Derek Copley chats to Colm Ó Síocháin about the upcoming Fingal Fleadh.

STEP INTO IRELAND – STEP INTO PITTSBURGH
Seán Laffey talks to Mairin Petrone, Executive Director at Pittsburgh Irish Festival about this September’s Festival.

INTRODUCING…TRADFEST 2019
Tradfest Temple Bar is coming back and will run from January 23-27, 2019.

25th WILLIAM KENNEDY PIPING FESTIVAL
November 15th to 18th in Armagh. Seán Laffey talks to the Artistic Director of the William Kennedy Piping Festival, Caoimhín Vallely.

REGULARS

STORIES FROM IRISH AMERICA
Patty Furlong shares her story with Reidin O’Flynn.

GREAT INFLUENCES ON THE TRADITION
Mrs Elizabeth Crotty (1885-1960). Ireland’s First Lady of the Concertina: An appreciation by Aidan O’Hara.

LEGENDS OF IRISH MUSIC
Joe Derrane (1930-2016). An appreciation of the late Joe Derrane by Mark Lysaght.

MUSIC TUITION – POPULAR IRISH PUB SONGS
[on guitar] with Jon O’Connell
Brought to you in association with the Online Academy of Irish Music (OAIM).

TUNE STORY – DISCOVERING AN UNIDENTIFIED PLANXTY
Fr. John Quinn takes us on a journey into the Grier collection.

LIVE REVIEWS

TRADITIONAL MUSIC LIVES!
Behind the curtain of Irish pop music, the traditional side still breathes, Rory Modlinski and Jim O’Keeffe, report from the Irish American Heritage Center of Chicago Festival.

CD REVIEWS

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

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