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Mon 01 Jan 2011Awards chart state of play in trad music
The winners of this year’s TG4 Gradam Ceoil awards are an interesting mix, including one American woman, who show where Irish music is now and where it is heading, writes SIOBHAN LONG
IRISH TRADITIONAL musicians and composers look to the annual TG4 Gradam Ceoil awards as a barometer, a measure of the state of the music today and a peep into what the future may hold. This year’s winners’ list is refreshingly eclectic and outward-looking, and includes two women who have opened up new ground in the fields of singing and composition.
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