Irish Music Magazine - DECEMBER 2010

COVER STORY

HEIDI TALBOT

Fiacha O’Dowda talks with Heidi Talbot to discuss her new album The Last Star.

FEATURES

T WITH THE MAGGIES

Sean Laffey meets T with the Maggies during a recent visit to Cape Breton.

Meet THE SONGWRITERS

In part 1 of our review of IMRO’s very successful Culture Night, Derek Copley chats to singer/songwriter, Mick Hanly.

IRISH MUSIC CALENDAR

In association with IMRO.

FESTIVALS

Our bumper update on Festivals & Summer Schools from Ireland, UK, Europe and North America.

JOHNNY KEENAN BANJO FESTIVAL

Aidan O’Hara was in Longford for the 9th Johnny Keenan Banjo Festival which took place from September 23rd – 26th, 2010.

TEMPLE BAR TRAD 2011

Irish Music Magazine previews the 6th Temple Bar Trad Festival which takes place in Dublin from January 26th – 30th, 2011.

LIVE REVIEWS

Sean Laffey has an insider’s view on Mulligan’s Bar an legendary Amsterdam Institution.

REGULARS

UP & COMING – STEVIE DUNNE

Stevie Dunne is from County Louth and the fishing village of Clogherhead, but he is very much proud to have been adopted by Belfast in work and in music, writes Mac Spy.

BOOK REVIEW – THE REPRINTED NEAL COLLECTION

Aidan O’Hara reports on an exciting new publication that is already being hailed as ‘a truly inspiring piece of work’ and ‘a most impressive book’.

CD REVIEWS

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

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