Irish Music Magazine - JANUARY 2011
COVER STORY
A WOMAN’S HEART – STILL BEATING
Conor O’Hara reports on the latest CD from the Woman’s Heart Collection.
FEATURES
JIMMY MacCARTHY
John Brophy meets the legendary songwriter in Kilkenny to discuss his new album Hey Ho Believe.
DOLPHIN HITS 50
Seán Laffey chats with Paul O’Reilly of the Dolphin Music Group, celebrating a half century in the music business.
LIZ CARROLL
Collected, the book of tunes by Liz Carroll was launched earlier this year, writes Gwen Orel.
SONNY CONDELL
In Part 2 of Meet the Songwriters at IMRO’s Culture Night, Conor O’Hara chats with Sonny Condell.
A GALWAY AFTERNOON WITH THE MADDENS
Gwen Orel talks to Joanie Madden to discuss her new album A Galway Afternoon.
MUSIC NETWORK WINTER TOUR 2011
John Wynne prepares for the forthcoming Music Network Tour which takes place in January 2011. Martin Roddy reports.
HANNEKE CASSEL
Hanneke Cassel tells Helen Dunbar that it was a meeting with her hero Alasdair Fraser that brought her back to traditional fiddling.
DRIVIN LEITRIM TIMBER
IMM’s John Brophy meets Dave Sheridan the noted flute player from County Leitrim.
GETTING AWAY WITH IT ALL
IMM’s Fíacha O’Dubhda in conversation with Chris Newman on the release of his new album.
LAOISE KELLY
Harpist, Laoise Kelly recently released Ceis, her second solo album, eleven years after her debut offering, writes Sean Walsh.
BOBBY GARDINER
Bobby Gardiner talks to Eileen McCabe to discuss his new album The High Level.
DESTINED TO DUET
Christy Leahy and Caoimhín Vallely have released a new album, writes Eileen McCabe.
JOHN McSHERRY, DONAL O’CONNOR & BOB BROZNAN
Six Days In Down, yes any Irish traditional music project with the old county stamped on the title gets my approval, writes Josephine Mulvenna.
FESTIVALS
Our bumper update on Festivals & Summer Schools from Ireland, UK, Europe and North America.
THE GATHERING festival 2011
The Gathering Festival returns to the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney from March 6th–11th, 2011.
TEMPLE BAR TRAD FESTIVAL 2011
The Temple Bar Trad Festival takes place from January 26th – 30th, 2011.
LIVE REVIEWS
CELTIC COLOURS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Sean Laffey reports from his recent trip to Cape Breton.
SLIGO LIVE SESSIONS
Gerry Quinn was in the West for the very successful Sligo Live Sessions which took place over the October Bank Holiday Weekend.
REGULARS
UP & COMING – Nicgaviskey
Derek Copley finds out how the new group Nicgaviskey started.
CD REVIEWS
Another selection of CD Reviews from the International World of Folk and Traditional Music.
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