July 2007

IRELAND

OVERNEATH THE TRADITION WITH SLIDE

John Brophy meets a band that have the ambition to make it on an international stage and with the addition of vocalist, Andrew Murray they seem to have covered all the important bases.

AROUND THE WORLD FOR MUSIC

Tim O’Shea the singer and guitar player from Killarney has taken Sliabh Luachra music from Boston to Berlin, writes Seán Laffey.

WORLD CLASS EVENT FOR PORTLAOISE

August 6th-12th will see the second staging of The World Fleadh in Portlaoise.

NORTH AMERICA

YOUTH TO THE FORE

In three short years, Kate Dowling has taken Minnesota’s’ Center for Irish Music from a good idea, to fruition, writes Helene Dunbar.

UNITED KINGDOM

LISA KNAPP “WILD AND UNDAUNTED”

Petra Jones interviews the latest English folk sensation, a lady who has emerged from the Tír Na Nóg and Kilkenny Tavern session scene in London.

FAIRPORT CONVENTION HAVE A SENSE OF OCCASION

Taken as a whole, Sense of Occasion has a vibrant freshness, which belies the band’s longevity; the new writing in particular being characterised by a bright pop sensibility and radio-friendliness, writes John O’ Regan.

FESTIVALS

Our monthly update on the festivals and summer schools from Ireland, UK, Europe and North America.

REGULARS

TUITION

Our continued series of tutorials brought to you in association with Waltons music.

MUSIC AND EDUCATION (THE BUTTON ACCORDION)

A new series on learning the tradition by the book, delivered each issue in association with Waltons Music.

STORY BEHIND THE SONG

Trouble at a Wedding, that’s the subject of this month’s traditional song from Dan Milner.

UP AND COMING – THE ROONEY’S

Josephine Mulvenna brings us a profile of one of the freshest young bands from the North of Ireland.

LIVE REVIEWS

Edel McLaughlin reports on a rare sighting of Clannad in the North west.

BOOK REVIEW

Aidan O’Hara on the Seamus Ennis Dairies, one of the most important musical books to come out of Ireland in a generation.

CD REVIEWS

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

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