Niall Vallely

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Joyce DiDonato: the Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano will appear at the NCH accompanied by the Il Pomo d’Oro period-instrument ensemble
National Concert Hall launches bumper programme for 2019-20

Artists from Joyce DiDonato to Damon Albarn and residencies by Philip Glass and Barry Douglas will feature over the next 12 months at the National Con(...)

The 2019 TG4 Gradam Ceoil winners
Awards shows and boutique festivals: This week’s traditional music highlights
  • Music
  • February 16, 2019, 03:00

SUNDAY 17 TG4 Gradam Ceoil 2019 The Waterfront Theatre, Belfast 9pm £26.50/£22.50 waterfront.co.uk Returning to Belfast for the second year in a ro(...)

Karan Casey: Hieroglyphs that Tell the Tale review – A great leap forward
  • Music
  • October 19, 2018, 05:00

Karan Casey’s latest album is revelatory. She’s always been a singer of songs that tell a story and show their muscle. But this collection sees her st(...)

The letter points to the political and financial support which successive Irish governments have given the Palestinian people. Photograph: Yannis Behrakis/Reuters
Former envoys call for recognition of Palestinian state

Almost 90 leading artists, academics and former ambassadors have signed a letter to Taoiseach Enda Kenny urging the Government to formally recognise t(...)

Gerald Barry: his piece Humiliated and Insulted is inspired by a Dostoyevsky novel. Photograph: Alan Betson
Music is a universal language – with some border checks

Music, it is often said, is a universal language. But not everything musical travels equally freely across international borders. New music travels sl(...)

Notify - InConcept review: an intriguing musical crossroad
  • Music
  • April 21, 2016, 20:30

Now here’s a crossroads that’s not so crowded, but still bustling with intriguing possibilities. This is a place where Irish traditional, jaz(...)

Civil rights radical who moved to Sinn Féin
  • People
  • January 3, 2015, 01:00

Niall Vallely, who has died aged 72, was a significant figure in the early years of the Civil Rights movement. He was one of the most militant and unc(...)

Karan Casey: Two More Hours
  • Music
  • May 16, 2014, 00:00

How refreshing it is to hear an artist depart from the certainties of the road well travelled. Karan Casey does just this on her latest, highly person(...)

Iarla Ó Lionáird: ‘I’m beginning to understand that the goal really is to create experiences for the listener and for myself.’ Photograph: Feargal Ward
The voice of experience: sean nós made new for Iarla Ó Lionáird
  • Music
  • September 9, 2013, 01:00

Remoulding songs from our sean nós tradition is a bold move, and not one to be taken lightly, unless the adventurer has a suit of armour to protect h(...)