Dancer Michael Keegan-Dolan: ‘I do everything slightly backwards’
Michael Keegan-Dolan has created 1975/Naoi Déag Seachtó Cúig around The Bothy Band’s astonishing first album, which has stuck in his mind since he was six
Dónal Lunny
Dónal Lunny returns to stage after illness with surprise appearance in Cork
Musician performed with Andy Irvine following a showing in Cork of a new film about his life
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Paul Brady: ‘There’s a huge coterie of Irish nationalists who don’t want a United Ireland’
The singer has been reflecting on his life to compile The Archive, his new box set. It’s been a rich, rewarding six decades in music
Philip King: ‘I have five daughters, three of them triplets, so as John McGahern would have it, I’m amongst women’
The Scullion musician and Other Voices music series cofounder on his upbringing, the importance of music in his life, and why the arts matter
Shane O’Connor inquest jury calls for improved HSE mental health protocols
Teenage son of musicians Sinéad O’Connor and Dónal Lunny died by suicide in January 2022
Shane O’Connor (17) was not receiving 24-hour one-to-one supervision in hospital before suicide, inquest hears
Son of musicians Sinéad O’Connor and Dónal Lunny absconded from Tallaght University Hospital less than 24 hours before his death on January 7th, 2022
The Bothy Band: Traditional music’s most influential group blaze back after four decades
The revolutionary group, reunited for the making of a documentary, now plan to perform a series of shows in Belfast and Dublin
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Folks’ Music: Terry Riley would love this trad take on In C every bit as much as the audience did
Louth Contemporary Music Society’s engaging weekend festival also featured the Esposito Quartet, Sigma Project and Explore Ensemble
A trad take on Terry Riley’s In C: ‘It’s totally out of the comfort zone for all of us’
In C will be performed by Irish traditional musicians, led by Zoë Conway in St. Nicholas’ Church of Ireland, Dundalk on Saturday, June 17th, as part of this year’s Louth Contemporary Music Society festival. louthcms.org SOLD OUT
Tara Breen & Pádraig Rynne: Nasc review – A joy throughout
Clare duo joined by guests Dónal Lunny and Jim Murray for this heart-thumping album
Atlantic Arc: Dónal Lunny steers a new Celtic musical course
The new nine-piece band brings together a dizzying array of talent on a mission
Still nervous: Those Nervous Animals release a debut album after 40 years together
The Mission Sessions is the first full-length album from Those Nervous Animals
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