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Fiddler Martin Hayes: ‘I come to the table with whatever little bit I managed to bring off the side of the mountain’
The acclaimed musician reimagines his album Peggy’s Dream with the National Symphony Orchestra this St Patrick’s weekend
Kate Ellis of Crash Ensemble: I’ve never tried to focus on one route within music. It’s more important to see everything as a whole’
The acclaimed group’s artistic director is a natural collaborator, including on Strange Waves, her new album with the composer Ed Bennett
Ye Vagabonds: Nine Waves – A loving marriage of old and new
The Mac Gloinns are back with a brace of original songs among the traditional
Ye Vagabonds: ‘We just felt like we were total weirdos in Carlow’
The MacGloinn brothers on becoming part of the Irish folk scene
Irish composers unite for long-delayed Beethoven celebration
Ahead of an NCH concert series, artists reflect on how a musical giant shaped them
New York’s Irish Arts Center gets a new lease of life
The centre’s new home is on the site of an old tyre shop in Hell’s Kitchen
Laura Cannell and Kate Ellis: ‘We just play and see what happens’
The musicians met only once, but the spark they felt has led to a fruitful collaboration
Laura Cannell & Stewart Lee: These Feral Lands Volume 1 – A fevered collection
Cannell and Lee engage in a ricocheting, jagged-edged conversation
Martin Hayes: ‘Retirement is a terrible disaster if it’s something you love doing’
The Gloaming fiddler continues eternal musical quest with The Common Ground Ensemble
Local Honeys with a degree in Hillbilly: This week’s best rock and pop gigs
Also: Somebody’s Child, Kim Petras, Bedlam Suitcase, Polyphia, Mango x Mathman
Ordnance Survey: Relative Phase – Artist formerly known as Somadrone finds his bearings
Startling soundscapes and sublime electronica from a modern maverick
Whispers of Eastern colour from composer Barry O’Halpin
‘Advice from a Caterpillar’ is a depiction on solo bass clarinet of the conversation in ‘Alice in Wonderland’ between Alice and the caterpillar
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