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Traditional Singing Festival Goes Digital

  • Covid-19 forces concerts, sessions & workshops to all go online for 2020

  • Festival - Sept 25-27 - celebrates generations of traditional Irish song

  • Highlights include: gala concert featuring Karan Casey, book launch by Donal Lunny and Poetry Ireland collaboration

Covid-19 has forced one of the most celebrated gatherings of traditional Irish song to gather online this year. The 15th Frank Harte Festival - September 25-27 - is this year taking to Zoom and Youtube, as well as making the entire weekend programme free for all to enjoy. Host to a wide array of traditional Irish singing, anyone interested in the lore and tradition of unaccompanied singing will be glued to their screens for the three days.

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Permalink - Posted: September 7, 2020 at 12:02 pm

BRIAN KENNEDY : RECOVERY

Supporting the Marie Keating Foundation

The following is an extract from Lar Flynn’s Interview with Brian Kennedy for CONCERT4CANCER Souvenir Magazine.

” It was a bit of a shock of course, and it was doubled by the fact that my brother had been also diagnosed with pancreatic cancer at the same time but he sadly passed away just five months after his diagnosis. I realise that this ‘celebrity’ or being in the public eye is ‘currency’ and a platform for me to be able to start a conversation within families on difficult subjects that may not have taken place before whether it’s being a gay man and growing up in Falls Road,  and it’s the same with my cancer journey. It was on The Matt Cooper Radio Show that I made it known publicly because I know that even to this day that people are afraid to talk about it, particularly with men, especially anything below the belt”

CONCERT4CANCER Souvenir Magazine produced by Irish Music Magazine is now available for worldwide distribution to Order @ www.mariekeating.ie/product/concert4cancer-magazine/

All profits generated from this publication will be Donated to the Marie Keating Foundation.


To SUPPORT the Marie Keating Foundation
Or Text MARIE to 50300 for €4 Donations

CONCERT4CANCER produced by 10Central and supported by Permanent TSB Community Fund and by Irish Music Magazine as a Media Partner will Broadcast on Virgin Media One this coming Friday August 28th at 9pm.
Permalink - Posted: August 26, 2020 at 2:18 pm

CONCERT4CANCER MAGAZINE NOW AVAILABLE!!!

Concert4Cancer Magazine is a special edition Souvenir Publication produced by Irish Music Magazine and bumper-packed with interviews from the amazing line-up of artists and acts all who so generously donated their time and talents in support of the Marie Keating Foundation’s Concert4Cancer.

Read about Ronan Keating, Johnny McEvoy, Lisa Lambe, Brian Kennedy, Phil Coulter, Nathan Carter and many others as to why they were motivated to give Concert4Cancer their backing in support of the Marie Keating Foundation.
All profits generated from the Concert4Cancer Magazine will be donated to the Marie Keating Foundation whose fundraising activities have been significantly impacted due to Covid-19.
CONCERT4CANCER Souvenir Magazine is now available for worldwide distribution at €10. To Order
Permalink - Posted: August 25, 2020 at 2:12 pm

Kodaline, Gavin James and The Coronas join stellar CONCERT4CANCER line-up

A host of Irish and UK musicians have come together to announce CONCERT4CANCER a televised benefit concert to raise much needed funds for cancer support services in Ireland. Artists such as Riverdance, Ronan Keating, Gary Barlow, Nathan Carter, Brian Kennedy, and Paddy Casey have been announced with the event hosted by Anna Daly all in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation.
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Permalink - Posted: August 21, 2020 at 12:44 pm

Riverdance added to the line-up of Concert4Cancer

In aid of the Marie Keating Foundation

A spectacular 25th anniversary performance will be a part of the televised benefit gig on Virgin Media One Friday 28th at 9pm.

www.marieakeating.ie/concert4cancer

RIVERDANCE has been announced as the latest addition to the star-studded Concert4Cancer in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation.

The international music and dance phenomenon is celebrating 25 years since its first performance but due to the COVID pandemic, their international tours have come to an abrupt halt and they have not been able to perform together since early March. This special performance for the Concert4Cancer in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation will be one of the flagship pieces of the concert and is the first time in the history of the show that the original choreography will have been re-worked to ensure social distancing.

Concert4Cancer, proudly supported by the Permanent TSB Community Fund will be aired on Virgin Media One on Friday August 28th at 9pm and Riverdance will join a host of names including; Ronan Keating, Gary Barlow, Nathan Carter, Brian Kennedy, Lisa Lambe, Aimee, HotHouse Flowers, Paddy Casey with lots more. (more…)

Permalink - Posted: August 20, 2020 at 2:00 pm

Some of the best of Irish & UK music and entertainers come together for a Concert4Cancer

A televised benefit concert on August 28th will see artists such as Ronan Keating, Gary Barlow and Lisa Lambe perform to encourage donations for the Marie Keating Foundation

A host of Irish and UK musicians have come together to announce ‘Concert4Cancer’, a televised benefit concert to raise much needed funds for cancer support services in Ireland.

Artists such as Ronan Keating, Gary Barlow, Nathan Carter, Brian Kennedy, Lisa Lambe, Aimee and Paddy Casey have been announced with the event hosted by Anna Daly all in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation. (more…)

Permalink - Posted: August 20, 2020 at 1:59 pm

CONCERT4CANCER

August 28th 9pm-11pm VIRGIN MEDIA 1

Tune into Concert4Cancer produced by 10Central Group for the music event of the year, and help support cancer patients at every step of their journey.

A host of Irish and UK musicians have come together to announce Concert4Cancer, a televised benefit concert to raise much needed funds for cancer support services in Ireland. Artists such as Ronan Keating, Gary Barlow, Nathan Carter, Brian Kennedy, and Paddy Casey have been announced with the event hosted by Anna Daly all in aid of the Marie Keating Foundation.

Concert4Cancer, proudly supported by the Permanent TSB Community Fund will be aired on Virgin Media One on Friday August 28th from 9pm-11pm, kicking off the broadcaster’s Autumn schedule. (more…)

Permalink - Posted: August 20, 2020 at 9:24 am

Music Network announces free online-training programme for musicians in response to the industry’s shifting demands

Nick Roth, Steve Lindsey, Frances Mitchell and Laoise O’Brien to present live as part of its online professional development course

Music Network presents Taking Charge of your Performance Career 2020, a free online professional development course for musicians delivered by four leading industry experts. The special series of live online training sessions aims to help musicians from all genres to develop the skills necessary to respond to the music industry’s shifting demands. Streamed Live on Facebook, the presentations will take place every Tuesday and Thursday at 3pm from 28 April - 21 May, delivered by Nick Roth, Steve Lindsey, Frances Mitchell and Laoise O’Brien.

The course will offer relevant and up-to-date advice in the areas of sharing music in a digital environment, navigating the music publishing industry, self-management for artists and preparing for an audio recording.

Commenting on the announcement, Music Network’s CEO Sharon Rollston said: “We are very pleased to launch this exciting new online support which aims to help professional musicians to adapt and excel, both during the current period and into the future. In a matter of weeks, the music industry has changed radically and Music Network has been adapting likewise, to continue to support musicians. This course is free and available to musicians working in any genre and we hope many will benefit from the presentations.”

Musician and producer Nick Roth will present two sessions addressing the current restructuring of how music is being made and shared (28 & 30 April), while Steve Lindsey, musician and publisher, will cover essential areas of music publishing, including details on copyright ownership, song splits, registrations, Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO), income streams, contracts and music usages (5 & 7 May).
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Permalink - Posted: April 16, 2020 at 4:05 pm

Music Network

The Music Network/Centre Culturel Irlandais Music Performance Bursary was established to enable Irish musicians to further their performance careers during residencies at the centre in Paris, as well as being an important means of showcasing Ireland’s dynamic contemporary culture on an international stage.

The one-month residency offers the recipient the opportunity to tap into the many resources that both the CCI and Paris itself offer. The former recipients of the music residency in association with Music Network are Mairéad Hickey (2019/20), Aisling Kenny (2018-19), Sam Comerford (2017-18), Barry Donoghue (2016-17) and Rhob Cunningham (2015-16).

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Permalink - Posted: March 6, 2020 at 10:49 am

Mayo flute player takes home the Gold

Mayo flute player Jillian O’Malley won the prestigious Seán Ó Riada Gold Medal at the final for the competition held in Cork on Friday 7 February, presented by Peadar Ó Riada live on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta.

Jillian, from Louisburgh in Co. Mayo, started playing whistle when she was just five years old, an instrument she has a lot of respect for, and one she feels often gets overlooked.  She has won many awards down through the years, including the Fleadh Cheoil All-Ireland titles on flute and slow airs on whistle.  She is very involved with the annual Féile Chois Cuain traditional music festival in her hometown.  As well as traditional music, she’s also a beginner on saxophone!

Jillian is a freelance translator, currently living in Carrick on Fergus in Co. Clare.  She will be taking up a translation position in the EU in Brussels in April.
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Permalink - Posted: February 14, 2020 at 10:02 am
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